EV charging - Thurles
- 8chargers
- 3fast (50kW+)
- 180kW max
Skip's tip
At Thurles's fastest unit (Abbey Rd, Thurles, 180 kW) most popular EVs top up in about 26 minutes - usually long enough for a coffee and a stretch. The rest of the 8 chargers in town are slower, so you'll never struggle to find an overnight or while-you-eat plug.
Thurles has 8 public chargers, 3 of them rated 50 kW or higher, including 1 ultra-rapid units topping out at 180 kW. That puts it 70th in Ireland by charger count, out of 104 cities, behind Dublin (55). Relative to the 8k residents that works out to about 10.1 chargers per 10,000 people.
Today's featured EV
The Hyundai Ioniq 5, one of the country's top-10 best-selling EVs, has a 77 kWh battery and 235 kW peak DC charging. At Thurles's fastest unit (Abbey Rd, Thurles, 180 kW) it picks up about 170 km of range in 15 minutes, or roughly 26 minutes from 10% to 80%. On the 5 typical 22 kW destination chargers in town it gains about 20 km of range per 15 minutes plugged in.
Sales data: SIMI 2025 H2 BEV registrations.
About Thurles
Thurles sits on the River Suir in County Tipperary's Golden Vale, easily reached via M8 Junction 6. The N62 runs north-south through town, with the N75 heading east to Cashel.
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Data via OpenChargeMap.