Taycan to the Alps 18-day road trip 2022

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Introduction

After a challenging trip to Scandinavia in February, 2022 – this one will be a little calmer – with more two day stop-overs and some overlap with our first road-trip in 2021.

Our planning has been completed and we get underway at an early 06:00 tomorrow morning.

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We won't outline our high-level route ahead of time – might be fun to keep folks guessing as to our next stopover and direction!

Full-resolution photos

All the photos we take will be available at full resolution on this Flickr photo album.

Porsche Roads

We're not going to bother with Instagram this time. Instead, we hope to incorporate the Porsche Roads platform into this road-trip – so look out for that!

Apple Music

If you are an Apple Music subscriber you can listen to the music that's accompanying us on our trip via our Burmeister audio system.


Charging Log

We'll keep the charging log in the next post updated as we go. Additionally, to help support the services we use in our own planning – we'll be submitting photos and charging experiences back to the PlugShare and MyPorsche apps.

Road-trip series

Welcome to our latest road-trip adventure in our continuing series:
Join us

We hope you'll join us on this 18 day journey through 11 countries as we road-trip across the diverse landscape of Western Europe and the Alpine Region in our Taycan 4S. With our new Taycan Turbo S due in a few months – this is the last road-trip we're taking in this vehicle.

If you would like to be notified of each update to this travel log – you can use the "watch" function on the top right of this post to follow along.

All daily report posts

Day 1: Dublin (Ireland) -> Eurotunnel (United Kingdom)
Day 2: Eurotunnel (UK) -> Frankfurt (Germany)
Day 3: Frankfurt (Germany) -> Munich (Germany)
Day 4: Munich (Germany) -> Salzburg (Austria)
Day 5: Salzburg (Austria) -> Bled (Slovenia)
Day 6: Triglav National Park [Driving Day]
Day 7: Bled (Slovenia) -> Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Day 8: Ljubljana (Slovenia) -> Trieste (Italy)
Day 9: Trieste (Italy) -> Bressanone (Italy)
Day 10: Stelvio Pass [Driving Day]
Day 11: Bressanone (Italy) -> Andermatt (Switzerland)
Day 12: Mountain Passes near Andermatt (Switzerland) [Rest & Driving Day]
Day 13: Andermatt (Switzerland) -> Stuttgart (Germany)
Day 14: Stuttgart (Germany) -> Heidelberg (Germany)
Day 15: Heidelberg (Germany) -> Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
Day 16: Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) -> Bruges (Belgium)
Day 17: Bruges (Belgium) -> Stratford-upon-Avon (UK)
Day 18: Stratford-upon-Avon (UK) -> Dublin (Ireland)

Roads by Porsche

From Day 5: The Kölnbreinsperre
From Day 6: Triglav National Park

Videos

BMW Factory Collection at BMW Welt
Climbing into the clouds at Grimselpass, Switzerland
Postojna Cave Train

Other posts

Porsche Roads app
James Joyce in Trieste
IONITY commentary
Half-way trip data
Taycan Factory Tour: Introduction
Taycan Factory Tour: Assembly Line
Taycan Factory Tour: Paint Shop
That's all folks!
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Charging Log

#DateCityCountryStart SOCEnd SOCkWh AddedCost €DurationAmbient Temp (℃)Battery Temp (℃)Odometer (KM)Distance Between Charges (KM)Charger KindNetworkPayment Method
1Aug 25DublinIreland80%100%16.70€‎ 0.005h 0m17.02542242AC (less than 22kW)Other
2Aug 26StaffordUnited Kingdom41%83%42.41€‎ 14.990h 18m20.53842502260DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
3Aug 26Milton KeynesUnited Kingdom49%82%29.25€‎ 10.330h 13m22.53342655153DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
4Aug 26MaidstoneUnited Kingdom48%85%32.74€‎ 11.570h 15m20.04142818163DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
5Aug 27WetterenBelgium26%85%49.89€‎ 16.460h 18m23.54543048230DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
6Aug 27Aachener Land SüdGermany30%83%41.94€‎ 13.840h 14m18.04643245197DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
7Aug 27Brohltal WestGermany43%75%26.24€‎ 8.660h 9m19.04643348103DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
8Aug 27FrankfurtGermany27%100%68.85€‎ 30.087h 12m20.03243488140AC (less than 22kW)HotelApple Pay
9Aug 28Audi Charging HubGermany36%62%23.01€‎ 12.820h 11m23.53343719231DC 350kWOtherPorsche Charging Service
10Aug 28Köschinger ForstGermany39%80%36.70€‎ 12.110h 13m24.0454379576DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
11Aug 29BMW WeltGermany53%60%4.46€‎ 5.391h 13m23.029438027AC (less than 22kW)OtherPorsche Charging Service
12Aug 29Samerberg SüdGermany43%81%36.17€‎ 11.930h 17m26.04043956154DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
13Aug 30EisentrattenAustria27%81%15.93€‎ 15.930h 17m24.04244166210DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
14Aug 31RadovljicaSlovenia23%95%60.30€‎ 0.000h 36m21.54144364198DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
15Aug 31BledSlovenia36%100%53.64€‎ 0.008h 0m19.03844593229AC (less than 22kW)HotelFree
16Sep 1LjubljanaSlovenia61%81%16.70€‎ 0.0022h 0m20.02544750157AC (less than 22kW)HotelFree
17Sep 2KoperSlovenia62%75%23.14€‎ 7.640h 8m26.54244875125DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
18Sep 3PortogruaroItaly39%70%27.06€‎ 8.930h 15m27.03944994119DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
19Sep 3TrentoItaly29%70%38.24€‎ 12.620h 12m25.54345202208DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
20Sep 3BressanoneItaly35%100%54.40€‎ 0.0016h 0m19.53245312110AC (less than 22kW)HotelFree
21Sep 4Pointe di LegnoItaly60%82%19.91€‎ 14.930h 12m21.03245467155DC 150kWEnel XEnel X
22Sep 4BressanoneItaly20%100%67.50€‎ 0.003h 30m17.53345705238AC 22kWHotelFree
23Sep 5InnerbrazAustria52%82%27.55€‎ 9.090h 13m26.04245920215DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
24Sep 5AndermattSwitzerland33%100%56.10€‎ 0.003h 15m21.53346104184AC 22kWHotelFree
25Sep 6AndermattSwitzerland51%100%41.00€‎ 0.002h 12m19.53446283179AC 22kWHotelFree
26Sep 7FriedrichshafenGermany63%100%34.00€‎ 18.411h 43m25.03546545262AC 22kWOtherPorsche Charging Service
27Sep 8Porsche MuseumGermany49%100%42.70€‎ 0.005h 30m25.02646716171AC (less than 22kW)OtherFree
28Sep 8HeidlebourgGermany71%100%24.30€‎ 0.002h 12m21.53546833117AC (less than 22kW)OtherFree
29Sep 10LuxembourgLuxembourg24%74%49.86€‎ 21.590h 23m16.02247120287DC 350kWPorsche Charging ServicePorsche Charging Service
30Sep 10Wetteren NoordBelgium11%71%50.2€‎ 0.000h 15m19.53847382262DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
31Sep 11CoquellesFrance27%74%44.06€‎ 14.540h 14m21.04547565183DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
32Sep 11BraintreeUnited Kingdom39%99%50.00€‎ 25.910h 42m22.03247711146DC 350kWOtherApple Pay
33Sep 12StaffordUnited Kingdom25%85%59.67€‎ 21.080h 26m21.54248040329DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
41%85%1,264.62€‎ 318.8583h 48m22365798181
 
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Would by interesting if you were to ever try the same type of trip in NA with an EV with this detail as to how they compare.
 

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Introduction

After a challenging trip to Scandinavia in February, 2022 – this one will be a little calmer – with more two day stop-overs and some overlap with our first road-trip in 2021.

Our planning has been completed and we get underway at an early 06:00 tomorrow morning.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to the Alps 18-day road trip 2022 {filename}

We won't outline our high-level route ahead of time – might be fun to keep folks guessing as to our next stopover and direction!

Full-resolution photos

All the photos we take will be available at full resolution on this Flickr photo album.

Porsche Roads

We're not going to bother with Instagram this time. Instead, we hope to incorporate the Porsche Roads platform into this road-trip – so look out for that!

Apple Music

If you are an Apple Music subscriber you can listen to the music that's accompanying us on our trip via our Burmeister audio system.


Charging Log

We'll keep the charging log in the next post updated as we go. Additionally, to help support the services we use in our own planning – we'll be submitting photos and charging experiences back to the PlugShare and MyPorsche apps.

Road-trip series

Welcome to our latest road-trip adventure in our continuing series:
Join us

We hope you'll join us on this 18 day journey through 10 countries as we road-trip across the diverse landscape of Western Europe and the Alpine Region in our Taycan 4S. With our new Taycan Turbo S due in a few months – this is the last road-trip we're taking in this vehicle.

If you would like to be notified of each update to this travel log – you can use the "watch" function on the top right of this post to follow along.
Hope you have a great trip. Already looking forward to hearing your reports.
 

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I wish you safe & great trip!
can’t wait for your photos & reports!
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Day 1: Dublin (Ireland) -> Eurotunnel (United Kingdom)

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We left our home in Dublin early at 06:00 to catch the 07:30 Irish Ferries to Holyhead in the UK. Unlike our previous road trips to the continent – where we went via 18 hour ferry to France – this time we're heading to the mainland via the so called "land-bridge" option routing through the United Kingdom.

We board – on time – the Dublin Swift – a high-speed Australian-built catamaran that can cross the Irish Sea in just over two hours.

The boat has an unusual history in that it was previously a US Navy transport called Westpac Express and was converted into its civilian role at Harland & Wolff's shipyard in Belfast – probably most famous for its construction of the Titanic.

The quick crossing allowing us to maximise our day's driving across the United Kingdom as we head for our overnight stop at the Eurotunnel terminal.

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This fast-ferry does not have any on-board chargers – and given the short journey time – that is understandable.

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It's much smaller and more compact than our usual ship to France – but it still has plenty of facilities and comfortable seating. The ship uses a Finnish water-jet propulsion system rather than a conventional propeller – resulting in an impressive display from the rear deck.

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We docked into the Port of Holyhead on-time and with minimal checks for passenger car traffic between Ireland and the United Kingdom, we were soon crossing the Isle of Anglesey. As forecasted, it was raining heavily – something we haven't seen in this region for some time.

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A full day's driving in the land of miles per hour and yards – a measurement system I've always found difficult to adjust to!

Leaving Wales and crossing into England close to the historic town of Chester. We had a planned charging stop at Porsche Centre here – but our actual consumption means it's unnecessary and we pushed on to our first IONITY stop of this trip at Stafford.

Our first international Plug & Charge (only enabled for us by the recent software update) session kicking off without an issue and the charging pedestal delivering a solid 245 kW of energy.

Interestingly, as we were starting the charge a fellow EV traveller told us that the station we were using wasn't working – that many had tried to get it going but it couldn't be found on "the app" and some who did find it couldn't get it to start.

However, with Plug & Charge, we didn't have to use an app, or even interact with the charging pedestal screen or anything other than unhook the cable and plug it in. This is not something we had appreciated about Plug & Charge – it makes charing more reliable – by simplifying our interaction with the charging infrastructure and billing authentication.

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Another interesting observation is how warm the battery got during this charging session. Hot enough for the turtle (thermal limitation) to briefly show as the battery reached 54C. This seems to be new behaviour since we had the recent software update applied. The limitation had gone before we finished the charging session and set off again.

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We continued on our journey across England – heading east and south east in equal measures. Traffic was very heavy on the M6, M1 and M25 respectively. We probably spent more than two hours stuck at standstill in traffic jams – all accurately forecast by the navigation on the PCM. Being unfamiliar with these roads – we weren't sure if this was normal Friday traffic or the fact it is a bank holiday weekend here in the UK.

Either way, the roads were very congested and made driving more challenging than we had expected. We witnessed the aftermath of many rear-ending crashes – at least about five – some serious – throughout the day. A worrying amount of mobile phone addiction being on display.

We stopped off at IONITY Milton Keynes for a quick comfort break and a safety charge – we wanted plenty of energy in our battery for these multi-hour traffic jams.

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Continuing on the M1 and then M25 with frequent stand-still traffic.

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Until we eventually reached the M20 and headed south for Folkestone.

During our planning we noticed that the MyPorsche app reporting either 2 or 3 (out of 4) chargers out-of-order at IONITY Channel Gateway – the station nearest our hotel. We raised a ticket with IONITY and literally within five minutes got the answer: there is a grid connection failure at the location – parts are taking a while to source – and they have had to limit the number of active chargers at the location until the connection is restored.

Therefore we decided to tweak our plans a little and stop at IONITY Maidstone instead.

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We arrived at the Holiday Inn Express at the Channel Tunnel for our overnight stay before crossing over to France tomorrow morning. Grabbing a welcome drink and a pizza in the restaurant before it closes for the night.

This hotel delivers on its 3-star experience, with modern rooms, very friendly staff and good food.

The car performed brilliantly today – delivering some of its most efficient energy consumption. We slightly over-charged – as is our road-trip strategy – but that is as much about taking comfort breaks and rests as it is about adding energy to the car.

The new software in the PCM is noticeably improved and it connected to Vodafone UK immediately on arriving in Wales earlier, with the Burmeister sounding awesome and keeping us entertained throughout the day – while Apple Music flawlessly streamed 10 hours of music over the Porsche provided network.

The days charging stats:

LocationStart SOC %End SOC %kWh addedCostDurationAmbient TempBattery TempCharger TypeNetwork
IONITY Stafford47%92%42.41€14.990:18h20.538DC 350kWIONITY
IONITY Milton Keynes49%82%29.25€10.330h 13m22.533DC 350kWIONITY
IONITY Maidstone48%85%32.74€11.570h 15m20.041DC 350kWIONITY

Today we did 630 km over 10:49 hours, with an average speed of 63km/h, consuming 19.5 kWh/100km.
 
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However, with Plug & Charge, we didn't have to use an app, or even interact with the charging pedestal screen or anything other than unhook the cable and plug it in. This is not something we had appreciated about Plug & Charge – it makes charing more reliable – by simplifying our interaction with the charging infrastructure and billing authentication.
How did you pay without app? Credit card before charging starts, or…?
 
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How did you pay without app? Credit card before charging starts, or…?
It just uses your Porsche Charging subscription. So it’s like tapping its RFID card except you don’t have to do anything but plug in.
 
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It just uses your Porsche Charging subscription. So it’s like tapping its RFID card except you don’t have to do anything but plug in.
Good to know…but if i remember, in my agreement, the price is 0,45eur/kwh….looks that you are having better conditions.
 
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IONITY charging consistently providing >260 kW at every stop.

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Day 2: Eurotunnel (UK) -> Frankfurt (Germany)

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With another long transit day ahead of us – we left our hotel at 08.30 for the short 10 minute drive to the Eurotunnel – stopping off at a nearby Tesco fuel garage to check/set our tyre air pressures.

There were virtually no queues at check-in and shortly afterwards we were parked up at the "Flexiplus Lounge".

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Where we grab as many supplies as fit in our supplied bag for the crossing.

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We can jump onto whatever train we want – so soon it was time to head to France.

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Driving down to the train platform.

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And driving through the carriages until the train is filled.

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Even with a car as wide at the Taycan there is plenty of space and little risk of curbing your wheels.

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After a 20 minute crossing through the tunnel at 150 km/h – we drive off the train.

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And we are straight onto the French motorway network.

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Soon we are already crossing into Belgium – being in France for less than an hour – with puffy clouds and a warm 25C air temperature welcoming us.

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We stop off at IONITY Wetteren for our first charge of today and our only one in Belgium. Parking beside the Taycan's cousin – an Audi e-Tron GT.

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This "fuel station" layout is our favourite – we wish it was the default for IONITY.

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Though we hit some traffic on the ring-road around Brussels – it was relatively mild – and nothing compared to most of the United Kingdom yesterday.

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And soon we were in Germany.

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With the car handling autobahn speeds as well as it has done on our previous road-trips. We are looking forward to comparing the Turbo S performance in the future.

We've two short IONITY stops today in Germany – IONITY Aachener Land Süd (not our first time here) and IONITY Brohltal West. Both locations were busy but with available stations when we arrived.

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All stations today easily providing us with 260 kW power – even when stations were fully utilised – this has become the norm for us now.

With a surprisingly nice view at our final charging stop.

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As we approached Frankfurt – the nice day briefly broke for a short but heavy downpour.

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Arriving at our hotel – the B'Mine Frankfurt – just as it was drying up. Our hotel tonight has an interesting car related feature.

We pull up to a car lift that they have earlier emailed the details to us.

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Tap our room key to open the door.

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And we're taken to the balcony of our room where we can park our car.

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Where we also have access to our own private 11kW charger.

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We enter our room from the balcony – where it feels unusual to see our car sitting out there!

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The days charging stats:

LocationStart SOC %End SOC %kWh addedCostDurationAmbient TempBattery TempCharger TypeNetwork
IONITY Wetteren26%85%49.89€16.460h 18m23.545DC 350kWIONITY
IONITY Aachener Land Süd30%83%41.94€13.840h 14m18.046DC 350kWIONITY
IONITY Brohltal West43%75%26.24€8.660h 9m19.046DC 350kWIONITY
Frankfurt Hotel27%100%68.85€30.087h 12m20.032AC 11kWHotel

Today we did 616 km over 8:56 hours, with an average speed of 70km/h, consuming 23.8 kWh/100km.
 
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Nice to see another of your great trip reports.

I have a couple of questions about your experience about the uPdate and how that was on your long trip?
  • Did you notice a lower consumption (ie more efficient driving now ?)
  • Did you notice if the car was running at an increased battery temperature during the drive?
  • I saw you had a brief turtle mode sign. Did you have the car in range mode or AC in eco mode at the time?
  • Did you leave your car in sports plus mode when charging at Ionity at these high speeds? I did at one charging session and left the car. When returning there was a crowd standing around my car! It sounded like a jet preparing for take off!
Have a great trip!
 

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Worth the trip just to stay in the James Bond-style hotel where you park the car on the balcony.

“Real sick”, as my kids would say 😆
 
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Day 3: Frankfurt (Germany) -> Munich (Germany)

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With not such a long drive ahead of us today – we sleep in until 10.30. It's handy to be able to load our luggage into the car on our balcony. We unplug our car from the charger and take the car-lift one final time down to the ground floor and check-out of our hotel.

From the ground level and in daylight – it's an impressive setup – this is one of three car lifts.

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It is a beautiful day – especially after the heavy rainfall last night. The roads towards Munich aren't very congested and there is plenty of unrestricted sections of autobahn to make good progress and enjoy the Taycan. It is this type of driving where the mechanical brakes really get a workout – ours being the Porsche Surfaced Coated Brakes (PSCB).

Once above 200 km/h – even the slightest tip on the brake pedal gives you maximum regen and with cars frequently pulling out in front of you – it gets exercised plenty. This results in a surprising level of efficiency – with much energy recovery returning power back into the battery pack.

We are looking forward to comparing the PSCB with the carbon discs (PCCB's) of the Turbo S in the future.

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Porsche has been hinting at – but not building – something they call "brand appropriate" charging stations and we thought as we were passing we'd check out one that Audi has actually opened.

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It was a quiet Sunday afternoon and nobody else was using the six available chargers. We were impressed that Plug & Charge worked and kicked in immediately – our first time using it at a non-IONITY station.

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When the charger starts – if you are using either Audi or Porsche charging services – a PIN code for the building is presented on the charger screen granting you access to the building while you are charging.

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After using the toilet facilities my co-driver grabs a coffee and some snacks, while I enjoy the outside area in the 25C sun.

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From a technical perspective, what is impressive about this setup is that it has nearly 2.5MW of recycled battery storage to supply power to cars – so while we were there the building was only pulling 81kW from the public grid.

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As Porsche Charging Service charges for both energy and time at this type of charger – we only stay 10 mins before continuing on towards Munich.

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With the forecasted rain holding off as the autobahn passes through large forested areas.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to the Alps 18-day road trip 2022 52316800751_337fffb2f4_o


We know we won't get a destination charge at our hotel tonight so we stop off at IONITY Köschinger Forst for a top-up to see us through tomorrow morning. The stations are busy but with free pedestals and the energy flows at 263kW as always.

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From there it's an easy drive to our hotel for tonight – an automotive themed hotel chain called Motorworld Munich – where we see our first Taycan – a PTS British Racing Green – since leaving Ireland.




There is ample underground parking among the 911's, Taycan's, Ferrari's and Rolls-Royce's – though we decide to park close to the hotel elevator.

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Our room is comfortable and spacious.

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Rather than our car – today, this is the view from our window.

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Tonight we'll eat & drink around some interesting automotive sights.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to the Alps 18-day road trip 2022 52317267120_21288f0e98_o

Porsche Taycan Taycan to the Alps 18-day road trip 2022 52317267120_21288f0e98_o

Some car chargers of their day.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to the Alps 18-day road trip 2022 52317267120_21288f0e98_o

The days charging stats:

LocationStart SOC %End SOC %kWh addedCostDurationAmbient TempBattery TempCharger TypeNetwork
Audi Charging Hub36%62%23.01€12.820h 11m23.533DC 350kWAudi
Köschinger Forst39%80%36.70€12.110h 13m24.045DC 350kWIONITY

Today we did 386 km over 5:05 hours, with an average speed of 77km/h, consuming 23.4 kWh/100km.
 
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