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I love this. Hope you're also documenting the way back! Some day you'll have to drive through Lærdalstunnelen. It's 24.5km long, and is the world's longest. Sadly it has an average-speed speed camera (from one side to the other), so it's exceptionally boring once you get over the "whoa" factor of the resting stops situated every few kilometers in there. Haha.
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Day 10: Mo i Rana (Norway) -> Narvik (Norway) ❄

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Today was always going to be a milestone day on this road-trip as its the day we cross the arctic circle. Yes, we've done it before in a Taycan 4S but these trips require a lot of preparation and despite best efforts – we're always at the mercy of the weather.

Today we would need to cross the Saltfjellet – and that is an area notorious for heavy snow falls and high winds – that can result in closure of the E6 road.

Despite it being a relatively mild trip so far, it began to snow in Mo i Rana last night – the first proper snowfall we've experienced on this trip so far. Thankfully it didn't look particularly heavy so we went to sleep optimistic that the E6 would remain open

The next morning it was still snowing but the official Norwegian highway authority has the E6 Saltfjellet still open – we're a go!

We have an early breakfast to get on the road at sunrise and send a remote command to our car to pre-warm the interior.

This is to achieve three related purposes:
  1. To make the interior comfy immediately on opening the car
  2. To use energy from the destination charger to do this – leaving us with more range in the battery
  3. To melt some of the snow from the windows – to save us having to clear it all off ourselves.
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Driving out of Mo i Rana we could see the evidence of the overnight snowfall – but also of the snow plows that were up early clearing it off the road.

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As we climb to even slightly higher altitudes – 50 meters or more – there is more snow and ice on the road.

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We think we'll give this a miss for today!

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The overcast nature of the sky – blending into the road – adds to the arctic atmosphere – and the driving challenge.

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We pull in to capture some pictures and video.

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And attach our remaining GoPro.

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To capture some footage of how hard our Pirelli PZero Winter NFO tyres are working.

Note: we've captured terabytes of video footage from this trip – but it's hard to produce content while on the road – watch this space for when we get back to Ireland!

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We push on – climbing higher across the Saltfjellet.

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Stopping to check if our GoPro is still firmly attached – after our experience in Netherlands!

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The snow making it almost look like we've got the chrome window surround option – as we make – what turns out to be a half-hearted attempted due to the cold – to keep our Irish registration number clear.

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Like the last time we were in the area – we stop in Storforshei – for a comfort break and a short battery top-up – preferring to keep a healthy safety margin – should we get stuck.

Additionally we carry warm blankets, flasks of hot water, beverage making facilities and snow chains should the worst happen.

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We're now only a few kilometres away from the Arctic Circle – with snow still falling – but the E6 reaming comfortably open.

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Stopping where it is safe to do so – to capture the scene – with trucks whizzing by on the icy road beside us.

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Until we eventually reach the Arctic Circle Centre and take a very similar shot as last year. Even though this trip has generally been milder – today is much more wintery then our previous day across the circle.

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We're also delighted with how well our performance orientated Turbo S has handled the winter conditions.

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With road and sky continuing to blend in with each other.

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The snow is meters deep here – and as expected – its impossible to reach the Arctic Circle centre.

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It looks like an alien spacecraft sitting out there in the wilderness.

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As we sit in the warm safety of our Taycan.

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We're pleased to see a snow plow has made it up here and is clearing the road ahead. And they turned it off passing our car – or otherwise we'd have been buried!

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And it's soon time to leave.

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As we drop down altitude the roads clear up and the sky becomes visible again.

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We stop in at Storjord services and decide to take a full charge on-board here at Tesla rather then our planned stop further on today.

This will allow us to reach our hotel with no further charging stops required.

It's nice to get access to greater then 50 kW charging above the arctic circle and we remember being here last year and eagerly awaiting the opening up of more Norwegian Tesla stations – or the building out of IONITY.

With our Irish spec Taycan having the DC charging port on the left of the car – we have to park to the side of the Tesla pedestal – which is okay as again this station is empty.

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After lunch – it's a long four hour haul to Narvik where we stay tonight.

But generally the driving is easy and the roads are clear,

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As the light fades we capture some wonderful footage from our video cameras. The artic light in the evening – as the sun drops below the horizon early – is so wonderful.

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We pass Innhavet where we originally planned to use the Tesla chargers.

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And its not long before we're dropping down to Boges to catch the electric ferry across to Skarberget.

With our Neptune Blue matching the mood perfectly.

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Which isn't too busy at this time on a Friday.

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With our PCM navigation always handling the crossing's competently.

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And arriving safely an hour later at our hotel the Scandic Narvik.

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And plug in for a free 22 kW destination charge.

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The days charging stats

LocationStart SOC %End SOC %kWh addedCostDurationAmbient TempBattery TempCharger TypeNetwork
Storforshei72%86%11.88€7.9318 mins0C19CDC 50 kWRecharge
Tesla Storjord61%100%32.6€14.3937 mins2.0C28CDC 150 kWTesla
Scandic Narvik18%100%68.6€0.003 hours 45 mins1C33CAC 22 kWHotel

Today we did 418 km over 8:47 hours, with an average speed of 49 km/h, consuming 23.3 kWh/100km.
 
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Made it to Tromsø ✅

Our Taycan stopped outside Porsche Centre Tromsø.

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Many thanks and appreciations to Johnny and the team at Porsche Tromsø who very kindly gave us out-of-hours access to their DC charger at the centre.

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Off hunting the Northern Lights now – no time to write up today's report until tomorrow – we're here for two days – the only multi day stop on this trip.
 
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Day 11: Narvik (Norway) -> Tromsø (Norway)

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We awake to a cold but clear morning in Narvik.

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And go down to our fully charged car under our hotel. While we're very grateful for the free and fast destination charge – this hotel has a charger configuration that causes us to worry about a significant trip hazard.

The chargers are located at one side of a busy door – but the dedicated charging places are on the other side!

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Another wash today ?

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Our 3-phase 32A charging cable folded back into our frunk.

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We head off – crossing over the Hålogaland Bridge outside of Narvik.

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And it isn't long until we're back exploring the frozen landscape.

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With more frozen water at the side of the road than previous days.

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We've a shorter route today and a little more time for photography.

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The Neptune Blue Porsche contrasting nicely with the arctic landscape.




We stop off at the tourist info board for the Battle of Narvik in 1940.

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And continue along icy roads.

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With heavier snow cover on trees.

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Our winter tyres proving plenty of grip in the slippery conditions.

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Along with the traffic camera's giving us a sense of the conditions on our route ahead.

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We see plenty of signs indicating Military Activity ahead – Northern Norway being the location of major NATO winter exercises every year.

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There is so much to explore in this landscape.

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With our little remaining GoPro capturing lots of beautiful scenery along the road.

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Time for that wash.

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That's better – but for how long ?

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As the sun gets lower in the sky – we drive into Tromsø – the "goal" for this road-trip.

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We grab a partial charge at Porsche Centre Tromsø. As it is only at 50 kW we don't wait for a full battery.

There is an extensive tunnel road system under the city – and we take that towards our hotel – Clarion The Edge.

It even has roundabouts inside the tunnels!

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And one of them leads directly to a large bunker-like tunnel car park near out hotel.

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It's been a long time planning for us to be able to take this snap of our PCM.

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We don't have much time to settle in before heading out to see if we can get a glimpse of the Northen Lights.

Firstly, we grab a short further safety charge at a nearby MER station – again using nice Kempower hardware – as we monitor the forecast for activity.

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We head up a nearby mountain in -4C temperature to get away from the light pollution of the city.

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Eventually finding a place where we think might be good. After waiting about thirty minutes we see very light activity.

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We wait for another few hours but activity remains low – and we haven't eaten anything. We decide to call it for the night and do some sight spotting tomorrow during the day to be better prepared.

We hope the weather continues to co-operate with snow predicted for much of tomorrow – though the evening is forecast as being dry and clear.

At least we saw them – and not everybody who arrives in Tromsø within an hour can say that.

The days charging stats

LocationStart SOC %End SOC %kWh addedCostDurationAmbient TempBattery TempCharger TypeNetwork
MER Tromsø35%62%27.3€16.4621 mins-1C19CDC 129 kWMER

Today we did 304 km over 10:07 hours, with an average speed of 30 km/h, consuming 23.7 kWh/100km.
 
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Day 12 (a): Photography locations for Northern Lights

We spent today driving around the Tromsø area – seeking out photography locations for the Northern lights. As forecasted – it was snowing all day – making accessing some of our spots tricky.

It is still snowing here and we have to hope that the skies clear later tonight.

We certainly enjoyed our winter driving experience either way.

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Day 12 (b): Northern Lights at Tromsø

After the day spent scouting out some interesting locations – once it gets dark – we leave a quiet Tromsø behind to revisit them and hopefully capture the northern lights.

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We drove over 100 km around our route – in the freezing cold and the still falling snow – hoping to find a break in the clouds.

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But alas, it wasn't to be – the snow never stopped falling – and the skies remained full of light blocking cloud.

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At one stage we observed the faintest glimpse through the clouds – which gave us the boost to continue – but it never really re-appeared.

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As we are back on the road tomorrow – it was eventually time to get some charge on-board – at Mer Tromsø.

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This year it really wasn't to be – and we're not able to stay in the region long enough to give us a better chance.

So instead we'll just have to be satisfied with the fact we did see the lights again this year with our naked eye.

So as a consolation prize we generated this terrible AI image with the input of "A neptune blue porsche taycan under the aurora borealis in norway".

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Or more realistically, this image we captured last year on the nearby island of Senja.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to Tromsø Road Trip – Winter 2023 (Arctic Norway) DALL·E 2023-02-20 07.15.54 - A neptune blue porsche taycan under the aurora borealis in norway

We learned to appreciate that most of the fun isn't in capturing "the perfect image" – but in the hunt for the lights – that brought us to places we wouldn't otherwise have seen – and enjoying each others company.

Not many can say they spent a weekend driving around the beautiful Norwegian arctic in a Porsche chasing the Northern Lights.

We leave Tromsø feeling very privileged and happy.

The days charging stats

LocationStart SOC %End SOC %kWh addedCostDurationAmbient TempBattery TempCharger TypeNetwork
MER Tromsø18%96%72.3€41.3746 mins-1C35CDC 120 kWMER

Today we did 127 km over 4:52 hours, with an average speed of 27 km/h, consuming 26.1 kWh/100km.
 
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Long-hauling it back to Ireland

Day reports may be a little delayed due to long driving days – but we will get them posted when we can.

This morning is our coldest yet on this trip – remote climate control getting a good work-out!

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Long-hauling it back to Ireland

Day reports may be a little delayed due to long driving days – but we will get them posted when we can.

This morning is our coldest yet on this trip – remote climate control getting a good work-out!

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I like that you have LA ahead of Dublin, positive start to the day, every day 😉

The long haul consumption stats and average temperature each day would be really useful too thanks. So handy having you do the hard yards on research for us all, much appreciated.
 
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I like that you have LA ahead of Dublin, positive start to the day, every day 😉
Ha! Never noticed that before – now that you say it! The list is our collection of offices at work. I use it more for current time at that office then I do weather.

The long haul consumption stats and average temperature each day would be really useful too thanks. So handy having you do the hard yards on research for us all, much appreciated.
I will publish the overall trip stats when I get back to Ireland. Each charging session records the ambient outside air temperature at the start of the charging session – which you can probably derive a good sense of the day's temperature from.
 
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Day 13: Tromsø (Norway) -> Narvik (Norway)

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With a fairly short – by the standards of this road-trip – day ahead of us – we check out of our hotel at a late 10:00.

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Since this trip started we've headed East and North – and this now – unfortunately – becomes South and eventually West – as we start our long journey back to Ireland – in time to return to work.

While we're returning by a different route – the long narrow shape of Northern Norway – means that we're retracing our steps on the E6 until Trondheim and we then head for Oslo.

We drive through Tromsø with plenty of tourists milling aimless around.

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The streets are still full of snow from the recent fall.

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As we get outside the town and onto the E6 proper – the wind picks up and blows snow across the road.

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The road is slightly more icy then when we were on it a few days ago.

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Meaning we've no issues sticking to the speed limits and won't be triggering any traffic cameras.

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There is much more snow on the trees to the side of the road.

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Where we can – we pull into some side roads to experience driving on deeper snow.

The Pirelli PZero Winter NF0 tyres never let us down – not one single slip. Very impressive when you consider they'll also handle the German autobahn later on in the road-trip.

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There is just something we love about snow laden trees.

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The lowest temperature we experience today – according to our PCM was minus 7 celsius.

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And with the sun starting to set.

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We approach Narvik – again – for the second time on this road-trip.

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And pull into the now familiar Scandic Narvik – for a destination charge with a significently less worrying dangling cable.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to Tromsø Road Trip – Winter 2023 (Arctic Norway) 52703347220_f642302aae_4k

Where our room has a good view over the town.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to Tromsø Road Trip – Winter 2023 (Arctic Norway) 52703347220_f642302aae_4k

The days charging stats

LocationStart SOC %End SOC %kWh addedCostDurationAmbient TempBattery TempCharger TypeNetwork
Scandic Narvik34%100%55.2€0.004 hours 15 mins-4C24CAC 22 kWHotel

Today we did 247 km over 4:41 hours, with an average speed of 54 km/h, consuming 23.6 kWh/100km.
 

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Day 13: Tromsø (Norway) -> Narvik (Norway)

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With a fairly short – by the standards of this road-trip – day ahead of us – we check out of our hotel at a late 10:00.

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Since this trip started we've headed East and North – and this now – unfortunately – becomes South and eventually West – as we start our long journey back to Ireland – in time to return to work.

While we're returning by a different route – the long narrow shape of Northern Norway – means that we're retracing our steps on the E6 until Trondheim and we then head for Oslo.

We drive through Tromsø with plenty of tourists milling aimless around.

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The streets are still full of snow from the recent fall.

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As we get outside the town and onto the E6 proper – the wind picks up and blows snow across the road.

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The road is slightly more icy then when we were on it a few days ago.

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Meaning we've no issues sticking to the speed limits and won't be triggering any traffic cameras.

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There is much more snow on the trees to the side of the road.

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Where we can – we pull into some side roads to experience driving on deeper snow.

The Pirelli PZero Winter NF0 tyres never let us down – not one single slip. Very impressive when you consider they'll also handle the German autobahn later on in the road-trip.

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There is just something we love about snow laden trees.

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The lowest temperature we experience today – according to our PCM was minus 7 celsius.

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And with the sun starting to set.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to Tromsø Road Trip – Winter 2023 (Arctic Norway) {filename}

We approach Narvik – again – for the second time on this road-trip.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to Tromsø Road Trip – Winter 2023 (Arctic Norway) {filename}

And pull into the now familiar Scandic Narvik – for a destination charge with a significently less worrying dangling cable.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to Tromsø Road Trip – Winter 2023 (Arctic Norway) {filename}

Where our room has a good view over the town.

Porsche Taycan Taycan to Tromsø Road Trip – Winter 2023 (Arctic Norway) {filename}

The days charging stats

LocationStart SOC %End SOC %kWh addedCostDurationAmbient TempBattery TempCharger TypeNetwork
Scandic Narvik34%100%55.2€0.004 hours 15 mins-4C24CAC 22 kWHotel

Today we did 247 km over 4:41 hours, with an average speed of 54 km/h, consuming 23.6 kWh/100km.
-7 C, spring temperatures for us from northern Sweden.
 
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