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Introduction

My co-driver and I have been thinking about this trip for a long time. After a few false starts – pandemic restrictions have now reduced enough to make the road trip viable, legal and safe.

Our planning has been completed and we're finally underway.

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Our high-level route will be:

Ireland -> France -> Belgium -> Germany -> Norway -> Finland -> Sweden -> Norway -> Germany -> Belgium -> France -> Ireland.

We hope you'll join us on this 18 day journey as we road-trip across beautiful Northern Europe and learn about how we and our Taycan 4S (build: PMFBLBS1) performs in colder winter conditions.

All the photos we take will be available at full resolution on a Flickr photo album at https://www.flickr.com/photos/194883528@N06/albums/72177720296472072 and we'll post some more candid/on-the-way shots to Instagram at the hashtag #TaycanToTheArctic.


All day report posts:

Day 1: Dublin (Ireland) -> Cherbourg (France)
Day 2: Cherbourg (France) -> Köln (Germany)
Day 3: Köln (Germany) -> Kiel (Germany)
Day 4: Kiel (Germany) -> Oslo (Norway)
Day 5: Oslo (Norway) -> Otta (Norway)
Day 6: Otta (Norway) -> Trondheim (Norway)
Day 7: Trondheim (Norway) -> Mo i Rana (Norway)
Day 8: Mo i Rana (Norway) -> Bodø (Norway) ❄
Day 9: Bodø (Norway) -> Narvik (Norway)
Day 10: Narvik (Norway) -> Aurora Borealis Observatory (Norway)
Day 11: Aurora Borealis Observatory (Norway) [Non driving day]
Day 12: Aurora Borealis Observatory (Norway) -> Svanstein (Sweden)
Day 13: Svanstein (Sweden) -> Umeå (Sweden)
Day 14: Umeå (Sweden) -> Gävle (Sweden)
Day 15: Gävle (Sweden) -> Oslo (Norway)
Day 16: Oslo (Norway) -> Kiel (Germany) [Non driving day]
Day 17: Kiel (Germany) -> Poulainville (France)
Day 18: Poulainville (France) -> Cherbourg (France)

Video clips:

Driving across the Arctic Circle
Leaving Bodø towards rejoining the E6
Driving in arctic Northern Norway heading for Narvik

Additional info:

Charging Log
How do we do our charger planning?
What is in our frunk?
Robot Room Service
Assistant Systems in Snow/Icy road conditions
Just how far north are we really?
Charging Infrastructure in Norway
First glimpse of northern lights
Second nights northern lights
Damaged Wiper Blade
Evergreen trip reports
Our lap
Frequent but random communications issue
Hotels
Sponsored

 
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#DateCityCountryStart SOCEnd SOCkWh AddedCost €DurationAmbient Temp (℃)Battery Temp (℃)Odometer (KM)Distance Between Charges (KM)Charger KindNetworkPayment Method
1Feb 10FerryIreland77%100%19.30€‎ 15.006h 30m9.01727455AC (less than 22kW)OtherApple Pay
2Feb 11BollevilleFrance23%82%49.30€‎ 16.270h 23m8.53127692237DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
3Feb 11Baie de SommeFrance32%94%51.37€‎ 16.950h 32m8.53727829137DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
4Feb 11Le RoeulxBelgium16%84%57.86€‎ 19.090h 23m4.54228089260DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
5Feb 11Aachener LandGermany25%81%47.80€‎ 15.770h 26m-0.53328261172DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
6Feb 11KölnGermany60%100%33.50€‎ 0.004h 45m2.0302833675AC (less than 22kW)HotelFree
7Feb 12Dammer BergeGermany9%99%76.32€‎ 25.180h 44m6.03628566230DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
8Feb 12OstetalGermany44%78%28.90€‎ 9.540h 15m5.53528709143DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
9Feb 12StandortGermany21%95%63.56€‎ 20.970h 32m4.54028809100DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
10Feb 12KielGermany80%100%16.70€‎ 0.002h 30m4.0282885041AC (less than 22kW)HotelFree
11Feb 14ØyerNorway31%95%53.78€‎ 9.500h 28m1.03929055205DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
12Feb 15DombåsNorway35%80%34.93€‎ 6.420h 20m-5.03429195140DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
13Feb 15KlettNorway26%72%39.73€‎ 7.300h 15m-1.03529377182DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
14Feb 16SteinkjerNorway67%78%9.50€‎ 3.320h 29m-1.02129513136AC 22kWMERMER
15Feb 16NamsskoganNorway38%83%37.10€‎ 19.770h 47m-5.53129665152DC 50kWMERMER
16Feb 16MosjøenNorway33%81%41.87€‎ 20.910h 25m-5.53429780115DC 150kWOtherCharge&Drive
17Feb 16Mo I RanaNorway53%100%39.30€‎ 9.792h 30m-3.0232987797AC 22kWHotelApple Pay
18Feb 17StorforsheiNorway78%95%14.06€‎ 6.990h 20m-5.0162993962DC 50kWCharge & DriveCharge&Drive
19Feb 17BodøNorway42%89%43.11€‎ 25.660h 33m-1.03330101162DC 350kWOtherApple Pay
20Feb 18Kobbelv VertshusNorway54%81%23.00€‎ 13.530h 39m-4.5-130213112DC 50kWMERMER
21Feb 18NarvikNorway28%100%60.30€‎ 0.003h 30m-2.52330394181AC 22kWHotelFree
22Feb 19SenjaNorway55%68%10.90€‎ 0.0017h 0m-6.01630549155AC (less than 22kW)HotelFree
23Feb 21BuktamoNorway46%75%24.80€‎ 13.330h 44m-12.0-73059748DC 50kWMER
24Feb 21KilpishalliFinland18%80%52.96€‎ 17.280h 31m-16.01130742145DC 150kWRechargeCharge&Drive
25Feb 21MuonioFinland26%72%39.34€‎ 21.060h 38m-16.0730934192DC 150kWRechargeCharge&Drive
26Feb 21PelloFinland17%93%67.95€‎ 32.400h 59m-15.51331094160DC 150kWRechargeCharge&Drive
27Feb 22LuleåSweden18%72%45.20€‎ 21.500h 20m-15.02731275181DC 350kWOtherApple Pay
28Feb 22SkellefteåSweden24%94%64.67€‎ 27.381h 5m-11.52031422147DC 150kWOtherApple Pay
29Feb 22UmeåSweden53%100%39.30€‎ 0.006h 0m-12.02231561139AC (less than 22kW)HotelFree
30Feb 23SundsvallSweden21%93%61.27€‎ 20.000h 25m-5.53431829268DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
31Feb 23GävleSweden26%84%51.95€‎ 16.950h 28m-1.53632029200DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
32Feb 23GävleSweden83%100%14.20€‎ 12.091h 0m-1.030320345AC 22kWHotelMER
33Feb 24EnköpingSweden52%91%39.28€‎ 12.820h 26m3.03132182148DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
34Feb 24KarlstadSweden17%94%65.27€‎ 21.300h 30m4.03532422240DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
35Feb 24OsloNorway32%100%56.90€‎ 16.893h 0m4.52932640458AC 22kWHotelMER
36Feb 26TisteGermany23%73%42.24€‎ 13.940h 21m8.03332779139DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
37Feb 26HoldorfGermany25%81%50.73€‎ 16.740h 23m7.03232951172DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
38Feb 26DortmundGermany19%92%70.98€‎ 23.420h 35m8.03433105154DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
39Feb 26EschweilerGermany52%85%25.78€‎ 8.510h 15m5.53333255304DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
40Feb 26Le RoeulxBelgium42%78%27.10€‎ 8.940h 11m4.5293335297DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
41Feb 26BaralleFrance18%78%55.83€‎ 18.430h 26m5.03033567215DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
42Feb 26AmiensFrance50%100%41.90€‎ 0.002h 0m4.02933667100DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
43Feb 27GibervilleFrance27%61%52.48€‎ 17.320h 24m10.53233929262DC 350kWIONITYPorsche Charging Service
44Feb 27FerryFrance25%88%52.70€‎ 15.0018h 0m13.03034060131AC (less than 22kW)OtherApple Pay
37%87%1,895.02€‎ 617.2682h 57m0276605184


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Introduction

My co-driver and I have been thinking about this trip for a long time. After a few false starts pandemic restrictions have now reduced enough to make the road trip viable, legal and safe.

Our planning has been completed and we're finally underway.

51864487712_563b583dce_4k.jpg


Our high-level route will be:

Ireland -> France -> Belgium -> Germany -> Norway -> Finland -> Sweden -> Norway -> Germany -> Belgium -> France -> Ireland.

We hope you'll join us on this 18 day journey as we road-trip across beautiful Northern Europe and learn about how we and our Taycan 4S (build: PMFBLBS1) performs in colder winter conditions.

All the photos we take will be available at full resolution on a Flickr photo album at https://www.flickr.com/photos/194883528@N06/albums/72177720296472072 and we'll post some more candid/on-the-way shots to Instagram at the hashtag #TaycanToTheArctic.
Epic!

Be safe and we'll all look forward to reading your log and gasping at the photos with your shiny new Leica!
 

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it sounds magic! Please keep us posted. ps. reliability-conscious, I hope you are doing the trip with two Taycans?
 


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Day 1: Dublin (Ireland) -> Cherbourg (France)

In the afternoon, we join the now familiar W.B. Yeats cruise ferry in Dublin Port for the overnight 18-hour crossing to Cherbourg in France. Travelling via what is known in Ireland as "the land bridge" – via the UK and across the Chunnel – would probably be our preferred route but it is still much easier to remain within the EU/EEA area from the perspective of COVID-19 travel rules.

As always, we plug in to the 3kW AC charger on the car deck – ensuring we'll exit the ferry with a full battery. The previous times we've used the charger on the ferry it was free – but now Irish Ferries are adding €15 onto the cost of the ticket if you book it.

A reasonable cost considering the convenience and it comes with the added bonus that they load EVs first onto the ship.

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The cabin's on-board are very modern and comfortable.

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We leave Dublin on time for the 18 hour crossing to France – expecting to arrive into Cherbourg at 11.30 tomorrow.

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Passing Poolbeg Lighthouse as we pull out of Dublin Port and into the Irish Sea.

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This being off-peak for Ireland, the ship is very quiet and probably only running to carry cargo.

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The days charging stats:

LocationStart SOC %End SOC %kWh addedCostDurationAmbient TempBattery TempCharger TypeNetwork
W.B. Yeats Car Ferry77%100%19.3€15.006 hours 30 mins917Type 2Irish Ferries
 
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Safe travel! Road in FInland these days is very icy due to zeroish temperature. Good to have proper winter tyres on.
 


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Looking forward to this TB.
Really enjoy all your road trips.
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That anvil cloud looks quite menacing.
Assuming it was a bit too nippy for cocktails and quoits on deck.
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And I don't think you'll need to call on Neptune to dunk anyone as they cross the equator either.
 

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Have a wonderful and safe trip. Of all the trips I read on the forum, yours I look forward to and think I will do some of these one day!!
 

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Good luck - I’ll be watching the thread with much interest!
 
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As always, we plug in to the 3kW AC charger on the car deck – ensuring we'll exit the ferry with a full battery. The previous times we've used the charger on the ferry it was free – but now Irish Ferries are adding €15 onto the cost of the ticket if you book it.
Would have been good value if you’d managed to arrive with <10% battery charge!
 

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Would have been good value if you’d managed to arrive with <10% battery charge!
18 hours x 3kw = 54kw… probably less than 50 at the battery… would not have charged completely !
 

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18 hours x 3kw = 54kw… probably less than 50 at the battery… would not have charged completely!
Ok, I didn’t do the maths! Of course 3kw is a very slow charge!
 
 




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