Hello to Jackson ❤. Glad you had a reasonably smooth journey home. We use the Applegreen chargers at Cardiff Gate. Lots available and easy to connect. (The services there are better than some too.). Thank you for the videos. Given me more confidence to drive in France next year. Are you in the Facebook group for EV driving in Europe?
He may feature in more videos.....we're glad you have found them helpful and that its given you confidence for your trip 😊 when next year do you travel? Would anything else be helpful? Yes I'm in the EV road trips across Europe and beyond and UK/France cross border EV drivers (and Women Drive Electric) and find them useful 😊
You mean the CritAir? We did wonder if it was right side when looking at the car, or right side when looking out from the car!! So it needs to be on the drivers side is what you're saying? Thank you!
72p/kWh for 180kW !!. At that price, you’re driving an ice car at about 20mpg max!! Or a more efficient car which needs lots of expensive regular maintenance. According to EVMan around 42p/kWh is about the same as a 45mpg ice car.
Yeah that sounds about right, it also depends on the efficiency of the EV of course. The weighted average price is what counts over the long term, we only added 15kWh (and we meant to add less) because it was just a quick top up to get us home. We usually stop at Tesla Grantham but it was busy and we didn't want to have to wait. We summarised what it all cost, how long it took etc in the next episode, our weighted average price paid in France was 40p/kWh.
@@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x I wasn’t having a go at you but price gouging or whatever you choose to call it, is a thing. Mr Llewellyn brushes it off. I live in rural SW France, own a Model 3 LR and 99% of my charging is at home and during off-peak (EV tariff) times. I also own a 50+ mpg Peugeot diesel and can achieve about the same cost-efficiency as the Tesla, and it goes over twice as far on a tank! Local charging networks in villages and towns are a guessing game over which network it will be and if I have their RFID or app (Could be any one of seven within 90minutes of home), if they accept Chargemap etc / what time it is and whether or not the charger is working/is blocked by someone who doesn’t know what chargers and EVs are/is blocked because it’s the nearest space to the shop/even exists! On longer trips we mainly use Superchargers but once we’re off the Autoroutes, it’s very much a case of ‘you’re on your own’. We haven’t noticed any UK reg non Teslas down here (Marciac), because they’re victims of Ionity price gouging on Autoroutes and range/charger anxiety off them and so don’t make it this far. I met someone from England a couple of years ago who had a Volvo EX30(I think) and who was in tears because she had to use local 3/7/11kW chargers via an app and it had taken her three days to make it down from Calais, instead of the usual one day in her other car. She had to spend hours at the 7kw charger in the village every few days. Very long way to go before the greed is removed from supplying electricity from a box in a car park.
Blows my mind how much more expensive it is to charge here than on the continent. Great content, have enjoyed this series
It is really mind blowing!! So pleased you've enjoyed the series, we're happy you're here :)
Hello to Jackson ❤. Glad you had a reasonably smooth journey home. We use the Applegreen chargers at Cardiff Gate. Lots available and easy to connect. (The services there are better than some too.). Thank you for the videos. Given me more confidence to drive in France next year. Are you in the Facebook group for EV driving in Europe?
He may feature in more videos.....we're glad you have found them helpful and that its given you confidence for your trip 😊 when next year do you travel? Would anything else be helpful? Yes I'm in the EV road trips across Europe and beyond and UK/France cross border EV drivers (and Women Drive Electric) and find them useful 😊
The sticker on the front window is on the rong site. It must be on the right site.
You mean the CritAir? We did wonder if it was right side when looking at the car, or right side when looking out from the car!! So it needs to be on the drivers side is what you're saying? Thank you!
@@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x , on the continent it’s on the right side . No thanks!
72p/kWh for 180kW !!. At that price, you’re driving an ice car at about 20mpg max!! Or a more efficient car which needs lots of expensive regular maintenance.
According to EVMan around 42p/kWh is about the same as a 45mpg ice car.
Yeah that sounds about right, it also depends on the efficiency of the EV of course. The weighted average price is what counts over the long term, we only added 15kWh (and we meant to add less) because it was just a quick top up to get us home. We usually stop at Tesla Grantham but it was busy and we didn't want to have to wait. We summarised what it all cost, how long it took etc in the next episode, our weighted average price paid in France was 40p/kWh.
@@ComeChargeWithUs-e8x I wasn’t having a go at you but price gouging or whatever you choose to call it, is a thing. Mr Llewellyn brushes it off.
I live in rural SW France, own a Model 3 LR and 99% of my charging is at home and during off-peak (EV tariff) times. I also own a 50+ mpg Peugeot diesel and can achieve about the same cost-efficiency as the Tesla, and it goes over twice as far on a tank!
Local charging networks in villages and towns are a guessing game over which network it will be and if I have their RFID or app (Could be any one of seven within 90minutes of home), if they accept Chargemap etc / what time it is and whether or not the charger is working/is blocked by someone who doesn’t know what chargers and EVs are/is blocked because it’s the nearest space to the shop/even exists!
On longer trips we mainly use Superchargers but once we’re off the Autoroutes, it’s very much a case of ‘you’re on your own’. We haven’t noticed any UK reg non Teslas down here (Marciac), because they’re victims of Ionity price gouging on Autoroutes and range/charger anxiety off them and so don’t make it this far. I met someone from England a couple of years ago who had a Volvo EX30(I think) and who was in tears because she had to use local 3/7/11kW chargers via an app and it had taken her three days to make it down from Calais, instead of the usual one day in her other car. She had to spend hours at the 7kw charger in the village every few days.
Very long way to go before the greed is removed from supplying electricity from a box in a car park.