![]() The restaurant's website says you can charge your car for free if you eat there. Opposite our guesthouse is a fantastic restaurant: Zur Mühle in Grüntal. I tried to find out if I could charge at the hotel but couldn't get an answer so we assume it won't be possible. We have a total journey of 700 km ahead of us, but my wife's back is playing up so we decide to do it in two legs, with an overnight stay. The journey homeĪfter a week and a half we head for home. The meter is now showing an SOC of 30%, and after 20 minutes we're off again with 70%. We don't need many kilowatt hours to get where we're going. It's a Sunday and the streets are almost deserted. Here we have to briefly exit the A5 because the Allego charge point is located in some kind of industrial site with shops nearby. Now we drive at an average speed of 120 km/h towards Rastatt. The State of Charge (SOC) was 50% when we arrived, and 80% when we left the restaurant after 25 minutes. We have a cup of coffee at the restaurant, and before long we're back on the road. A German Autohof, or service station, usually offers everything you need: a petrol station, eateries and in this case Tesla and Allego charging stations as well. After 60 km we stop for our first charge at Autohof Waldlaubersheim off the A61. Better safe than sorry!Īfter spending a few days here we head off to our next destination: Freudenstadt in the Black Forest. The last thing you want is to see smoke coming out of the socket, or the whole thing bursting into flames. I'm not sure what this kind of plug socket can take, and there could be other equipment on the same group, such as a washing machine or dishwasher. I dial the charger back from 10A to 6A (= 1.3 kW). That means I can use the travel charger for a normal plug socket, which is the first thing I do. When we arrive, it turns out that I can park right next to the holiday home. We charge here for just under fifteen minutes, which gives us time to stretch our legs before we set off again. The driver understands the situation and moves forward a bit: fortunately, there's plenty of space. Much to my relief, I hear the truck engine idling when I get out. There we find a huge truck combination parked in front of the charge points. 50 km before our destination we make a short stop at the Elztal Raststätte on the A48. We charged for about 30 minutes, and with our current range we can easily get to our holiday home, but we'd like a bit more power in reserve. We have a chat, exchange some experiences and after a coffee we're off again. After five minutes a Jaguar i-Pace parks next to us. At the Raststätte, or 'rest area', along the A3 we're able to use a fast charger. So here comes the first leg of our holiday: we set out with a fully charged battery for the first charging stop, which is near Hünxe, a total distance of 221 km. The first leg, heading for the Mosel region I might not have made it if I hadn't turned down the heating a bit for the last 50 km. ![]() I just about got home without recharging, but with only a few kilometres to spare. ![]() I did once cut it fine though: I went on a trip of more than 200 km late in the evening at temperatures just below zero and drove all the way at the maximum speed limit (which was still 130 km/h at the time). I've been driving fully electric without any problems for almost three years now. The Smoov app says there should be one charge point there, but I'm not counting on it. ![]() We're going to a holiday park, and we're planning to go on day trips from there without having to worry about charging. Still, we don't want to arrive at our destination with a low battery, so I decide to make two charging stops anyway. My car can do about 350 km at 120-130 km/h on the motorway, which means we'll have to charge at least once on the way. It's about 20 degrees, which is always better for an electric car than lower temperatures because of how they affect the range. On Monday we set out for Cochem, a 430-kilometre drive. In this article Peter shares his travel and charging experiences. Among them is Peter Struijk, who travelled with his electric car from Friesland to the Black Forest via the German Mosel region. ![]() More and more people are going on holiday with their EV. ![]()
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