Ireland

The Irish electric vehicle (EV) market is in "extreme growth mode" according to the country manager of Monta, a Danish EV charging platform that recently ...

"Ireland is ahead of a lot of countries in Europe with charge points, but the Netherlands is the most mature market in Europe. They also have different challenges because they are so far down the road with electrification that their grid is very demanding. We do need solutions like Monta is creating around grid balancing and so on for that. On one hand we're heating up the grid by enabling people to use more electricity, but we're also working with the grid on beta projects, so they can pause or stop charges when there are high levels like 10,000 at once. We're in the middle of this huge energy transition, and I'm part of a company that is pioneering solutions for today and the next 40, 50 years. it's on the agenda for the Department of Transport. supporting existing customers and speaking with prospective customers to explain what Monta can do for them. A huge amount goes on supporting our customers, then for existing customers there's account management and that side of things. So if you're using Monta, and I'm using a different one, you have the same access to every charging point. Electrifying everything causes massive issues with the grid, so how do we solve that? "We don't share maps, so you need three or four different accounts and that's a poor experience for the EV driver. It can be adapted to any type of car park, working stations, public, for things like reservations, queueing, fleet management tools...