Road Trip to Southampton

[Gogs]

Doing a trip from Aberdeen to Southampton on the 10th September. Any good charging tips on the M6 etc? Planing to IONITY Charge at Gretna & Blackburn... Anyone checked out those chargers?

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[jetbox]

I will be doing a similar trip a month later. I will be interested to see how you get on

 

[Persuader]

If you come down past Leeds the Skelton Lake services Ionity chargers are Free to use at present.

 

[grahamsimmonds]

You could try the A Better Route Planner (ABRP) App which is free to download? This is what it came up with for your journey. I would treat the battery percentages with a pinch of salt. There is also PlugShare and ZapMap which are fairly thorough with charger listings.

There is a brand new Instavolt site on the M40 at Banbury with 8 125 kW stations.

 

[allan]

You could try the A Better Route Planner (ABRP) App which is free to download? This is what it came up with for your journey. I would treat the battery percentages with a pinch of salt. There is also PlugShare and ZapMap which are fairly thorough with charger listings.

There is a brand new Instavolt site on the M40 at Banbury with 8 125 kW stations.

I found the EON chargers to be very useful and fast (150kw I think) at Preston and Birmingham.

 

[SteveMc]

I found the EON chargers to be very useful and fast (150kw I think) at Preston and Birmingham.

I think the E.ON one in Birmingham is in the city centre, so possibly a faff to get to?

I reckon the route is:

Perth (Ionity) --> Gretna (Ionity) --> Blackburn (Ionity) --> Banbury (Instavolt)

 

[allan]

I think the E.ON one in Birmingham is in the city centre, so possibly a faff to get to?

I reckon the route is:

Perth (Ionity) --> Gretna (Ionity) --> Blackburn (Ionity) --> Banbury (Instavolt)

It's very easy if you are on the M6 (not the toll). Your route is a good shout.

 

[Gogs]

Think I might miss Perth and push to Gretna. ABRP recons I can do it!

 

[JamieG]

Know it's a bit too soon for you, but had word from my dealer that the Bolton dealership (just off the A666 motorway) is having a 270KW charger installed next month.

Only drawback is that it's more than likely only going to be operational during Porsche opening hours due to planning permission!

 

[Squarecircle]

Did Southampton to Hull and back this weekend. Hull have a lovely new dealership that appears to have 300kw chargers. Only issue is they are closed on Sunday and they lock then area off so I could not use it before I headed home. Had to travel back without a full charge.

Used Milton heights near Oxford at the bp station instead of doing the through run that I planned. Worked well there at 150kw and it had a Costa and McDonald's.

 

[putty_thing]

You could try the A Better Route Planner (ABRP) App which is free to download? This is what it came up with for your journey. I would treat the battery percentages with a pinch of salt. There is also PlugShare and ZapMap which are fairly thorough with charger listings.

There is a brand new Instavolt site on the M40 at Banbury with 8 125 kW stations.

Am I reading this right? Between the start and stop 1, 91 miles were covered for approx 50% charge. That's then topped up to 84% for £24.

If I simplify it and call it 90 miles for £24, that's 26p per mile which is about 20% more expensive than a really uneconomical petrol car would get (I calculated 24MPG for a BMW M5, 17.23 litres of unleaded @ 113.68p/litre = 21p per mile).

Good that the journey looks fairly uncomplicated and there are an abundance of charging options, and I knew charging away from home was more expensive, but didn't think it would be that much more than petrol.

edit: Maybe the route planner is just a bit pessimistic about range, I just Googled it and at a tested 2.96/kwh looks like 50% charge should be more like 123 miles than 90. That would bring the cost more in line.

 

[SteveMc]

Am I reading this right? Between the start and stop 1, 91 miles were covered for approx 50% charge. That's then topped up to 84% for £24.

If I simplify it and call it 90 miles for £24, that's 26p per mile which is about 20% more expensive than a really uneconomical petrol car would get (I calculated 24MPG for a BMW M5, 17.23 litres of unleaded @ 113.68p/litre = 21p per mile).

Good that the journey looks fairly uncomplicated and there are an abundance of charging options, and I knew charging away from home was more expensive, but didn't think it would be that much more than petrol.

It is using the standard Ionity tariff of 69p/kWh, however using your Porsche card / app it actually only costs 31p/kWh (equates to 12p per mile on your calc)

 

[putty_thing]

It is using the standard Ionity tariff of 69p/kWh, however using your Porsche card / app it actually only costs 31p/kWh (equates to 12p per mile on your calc)

Thanks, that makes it a lot more economical!

 

[Gogs]

Thanks, that makes it a lot more economical!

And ionity electricity is all green, mostly wind generated.

 

[Lfcdan]

I did Exeter to Newcastle the day I collected my Turbo and that was an experience

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