Bergen to Oslo in January

[tigerbalm]

I hope you can make the trip - already looking forward to those fantastic trip reports and pictures!

Thank you to @tigerbalm for starting a positive post on an upcoming road trip! Looking forward to photos!

FWIW, in addition to the report and picture format of our summer road-trip, I am planning on making video a much bigger part of this one.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgNdg1hsoyIntPjAQgz14eg/featured

Experimenting with the approach – but the aim is for a video format of the written report like:

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[tigerbalm]

Well the COVID restrictions have beaten us – just too restrictive to have a meaningful trip – and we don't want to be adding to any of the pressures countries are currently facing.

Hopefully we'll be able to reschedule relatively quickly in 2022.

 

[Midlifecrisis]

Shafted by Omicron... along with everyone's plans for ski holidays and anything else for the next couple of months

 

[W1NGE]

Until the next variant...we need to break this cycle somehow and I think that can only happen if we can get vaccination programmes massively increased in certain countries / continents - African continent for one - the rest of the world needs to step up and help these countries out otherwise living in a pandemic will become the norm for years to come.

 

[tigerbalm]

Planning finally completed – we leave Thursday.

 

[Scandinavian]

Planning finally completed – we leave Thursday.

Looking forward to seeing your reports!
Have a nice trip.

 

[tigerbalm]

Looking forward to seeing your reports!
Have a nice trip.

Thanks Peter. Stepping up the photography for this one!

 

[Scandinavian]

Not jealous at all!

That will get some amazing shots alright!


I do not know if you will hve the opportunity to try a charge at one of the Tesla Superchargers while you are on that trip. I guess you would need a Norwegian account in such case?? Would be interesting to hear if things work?

 

[tigerbalm]

Not jealous at all!

That will get some amazing shots alright!


I do not know if you will hve the opportunity to try a charge at one of the Tesla Superchargers while you are on that trip. I guess you would need a Norwegian account in such case?? Would be interesting to hear if things work?

I did look into it. You don't have to have just a Norwegian – but an account from any of these countries – from Tesla FAQ:

So you'd be covered! I was surprised to not see nearby countries like Sweden on the list.

Looking at the locations, its very much in Southern Norway where there are okay IONITY options for me. It would be much more compelling if I could access some more Northern ones – but they are not yet on the pilot list.

 

[tigerbalm]

I have managed to coax a ridiculous amount RFID tokens out of the likes of Mer, Fortum charge&drive, CircleK etc. Hopefully, I'll be charging like a local – bar having my DC charging port on the other side of the car! That might even work to my advantage at busy chargers!

 

[McgR]

Not jealous at all!

That will get some amazing shots alright!


I do not know if you will hve the opportunity to try a charge at one of the Tesla Superchargers while you are on that trip. I guess you would need a Norwegian account in such case?? Would be interesting to hear if things work?

I don’t have my car yet but downloaded the Tesla app and installed in with my Belgian address. It shows the Norwegian super chargers and it looks like I would be able to charge. Looks like a good opportunity on his trip.
I installed the app because of SC being opened for all user in NL and F. I hope the rest of Europe will follow.

 

[McgR]

I have managed to coax a ridiculous amount RFID tokens out of the likes of Mer, Fortum charge&drive, CircleK etc. Hopefully, I'll be charging like a local – bar having my DC charging port on the other side of the car! That might even work to my advantage at busy chargers!

Do you have any comment on the use of a RFID card vs using an app. I already had a shell recharge card and will get the Porsche card. And ordered a Plugsurfing card . For Italy Enel X Juice pass I supposed to be best and for the part of Austria I am going Charge point. I have installed the apps on my phone and linked them to my credit card. It looks easier to have all different apps but I don’t know if it is a reliable as a rfid card.

 

[tigerbalm]

Do you have any comment on the use of a RFID card vs using an app. I already had a shell recharge card and will get the Porsche card. And ordered a Plugsurfing card . For Italy Enel X Juice pass I supposed to be best and for the part of Austria I am going Charge point. I have installed the apps on my phone and linked them to my credit card. It looks easier to have all different apps but I don’t know if it is a reliable as a rfid card.

I avoid app's where I can. Especially in remote area's you can have coverage issues on your mobile or the charger itself is acting "offline". I use RFID cards/tokens as much as possible. I do not have Plug&Charge on my car due to it being a MY21 with the 22kW AC option – where that capability was removed after car delivery.

I did have to use an app in Scotland recently and it was a bit hiss & miss vs using a token/card directly.

 

[McgR]

I avoid app's where I can. Especially in remote area's you can have coverage issues on your mobile or the charger itself is acting "offline". I use RFID cards/tokens as much as possible. I do not have Plug&Charge on my car due to it being a MY21 with the 22kW AC option – where that capability was removed after car delivery.

I did have to use an app in Scotland recently and it was a bit hiss & miss vs using a token/card directly.

Thanks !

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