The Wild Atlantic Way in an electric car: where to charge
The Wild Atlantic Way runs about 2,500 km down the west coast, from Malin Head in Donegal to Kinsale in Cork. This page goes town to town along it, by Donegal Town, Sligo, Westport, Clifden, Galway, the Cliffs of Moher, Kilkee, Tralee, Dingle, Kenmare and Bantry, on the quicker roads between them; the signposted route follows the coast and is longer. 1034 km, about 15 h 54 min of driving. 56 chargers of 50 kW and up are within 10 km of the road, 15 of them 150 kW and up, and 22 of those fast chargers are listed as taking a contactless card.
Malin Head to Kinsale. Larger dots are 150 kW and up. Town to town on the quicker roads, not the coast road itself.
Which of these you can use. That depends on the networks you have an account with, your car's plugs and whether you pay by contactless card, which is what ChargingSpots works out on your phone: every charger near your route marked compatible, incompatible or not sure, and why. On this page "Not listed" means OpenStreetMap does not say whether a charger takes contactless, not that it doesn't.What each network needs to start a charge.
Whether a charger is free right now. Ireland's networks don't publish that openly yet, so neither this page nor the app can say.
The slower chargers. 206 chargers of every speed are within 10 km of the road; this page lists the 56 of 50 kW and up, the ones worth stopping for on the way. The app shows all of them.
Plan it with ChargingSpots
Free, with no account. Set your networks, plugs and payment once, enter where you're going, and the chargers on the way are marked for you, with directions in Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps.
