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Today I have the pleasure of introducing the first guest post from a new contributor, Timbo, on his recent 300 mile round trip. I believe it’s the lon
[See the full post at: 300 miles in a day – North Yorkshire to Nottingham and back]I see that you regularly charged above 80% Is it worth the extra wait due to the lower charging rate?
Also, what trim is that? Judging from the rims I would gues a Life?
@surya – The slowing of the charging was most noticeable above about 95%. At the time I was being cautious and with uncertainty about whether the next charger would be working, I wanted to give myself plenty of contingency (I’m more impatient and less cautious these days).
Also there were times when the charging was above 90% before we’d finished eating, or my coffee was cool enough to drink!
My trim is the basic Expression model – no frills.
Oh, the Life is called Expression in the UK? Didn’t know that
Nice report. I live in South London and my daughter is in Durham. I’ve looked at how to get there in Zoe and it always seemed that there was a problem getting to the next fast chargers after Nottingham on the way up without the detour into York. Looks like Wetherby now makes the trip reasonably possible. My fastest time in an ICE vehicle is around 4.5 hours in the early hours with no traffic, but it’s typically been around 5-6 hours. I suspect that would go up to about 9-10 hours in Zoe depending on charging rates which is a significant increase, basically caused by driving more slowly for range efficiency, but mainly the recharge times. But of course, the travel would essentially be free so you could argue that valuing your time at £15 per hour for the extra time the two trips are cost neutral! Plus, if you plan properly, you can get useful things done during the charging breaks so it’s not just down time. And my wife would argue the Zoe trip would be far more relaxing… 🙂
@nickh
The Wetherby charger makes a huge difference! I’d say that your Durham trip would now be really simple. There’s only one charger there at the moment (accessed from the roundabout, so it covers N- and S-bound traffic), but I guess this will change when the usage data tells them how much use it gets. And, of course, if you arrive there and it’s not working, then there’s always a detour to York, or crossed fingers and the new Scotch Corner fast charger. Let us know how you get on when you do the trip!Last Saturday I repeated the north Yorkshire to Nottingham trip, but one year on I find that I’m now confident to do the trip in just 2 stops in each direction.
It is much easier now, thanks to the expansion of the electric highway and, of course, I’ve got much braver. So on last Saturday I left home with a full charge, boosted to 88% at wetherby after 54 miles, then to 99% at Blyth on A1 and reversed on the way back.
I filled up at Blyth as I had to get back to there from Nottingham later in the day. Total journey time for the 125 mile trip was 3.5h. Only 1 hour longer than with a non stop trip in an ICE car. On the way home I did the trip in fractionally over 3 hours.I can nearly match that, timbo! Last Thursday I drove to Portsmouth and back from Northampton. That was about 280 miles, but with some errands locally I also needed to run I topped 300. For the main trip I charged twice each way, but I think with a bit of planning (and taking a bit of a chance) I could reduce that to 3 charges overall if there’s a next time.
I think i can top that. Back in September I have done London to Harrogate and back in a day.
Mostly all fine with few charger issues, but was a long day
335.2miles, do I have the record? 🙂
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