![]() ![]() In the near future it will be even easier if the number of fast charging location keep on increasing. And they all loved traveling this way, also because of the things we did together during the charging sessions (playing football, volleyball or buying an ICE cream of course). Yes! Of course I also first asked my family this same question. 2.3 m3 of Antarctic Ice won’t melt due to the avoided CO2 emissions (!). 8 solar panels have to produce green energy to compensate it, or… It needs 38 trees to grow a year to compensate this, or… ![]() How to visualize 765 kilo of CO2 emissions? ![]() This would have caused 765 kilo of CO2 emissions (source: > 2,784 KG p/liter). With the Outlander we would need approximately 275 liter of petrol. Compared to an ICE car we avoided emitting CO2 emissions. We really liked it, but if you are used to drive as fast as you can (also while towing a caravan), I can imagine it feels like ages.Īvoiding CO2 emissions with an Zero Emission holiday road tripįor me, this was the most important reason to travel with the full electric car. One thing is sure, after a long day of driving with an EV, we were less exhausted because of the several charging stops. I think it is very personal how 4.6 hours feels like. Or, it takes 2.3 hours extra to get to the South of France. This means travelling with an full EV means an increase of 4.6 hours during the 2 x 1.100 kilometer EV road trip. If you add some lunch time and coffee break to these stops at the gas station, I think we would need 4 hours during the whole trip. With the Outlander, we would have to fill up the car 6 times (range with a caravan behind the car is approximately 300 kilometer). But 3 charging sessions took place at the campsite, so should I even count this as a charging stop/charging time? To avoid any discussion I did. We had to charge 8.6 hours during the whole trip (2,200 kilometer). We drove with the same speed as we always do (95/100 km/h). When you want to compare the travel time between the EV and PHEV, the only difference are the charging sessions. Charging at home, office or even slow public charging makes a huge difference. Not a massive difference, cost wise? The reason for this can be found in the fact we only used fast chargers. If we would have travelled with the Outlander PHEV, we would have payed € 653,25 for the same road trip. In total, so traveling to France and back again, the costs of charging were € 521,45. Therefore I was able to compare the costs of towing the caravan with an EV or ICE car quite exactly. Normally, we tow our caravan with an Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Yes, I know a lot of you don’t have the same mindset (yet!). And that’s okay! We are on holiday, so let’s also enjoy the traveling itself. Once you get used to this, in our opinion it is not a real issue. Therefore, the average leg between the charging stops is around 150 kilometer. But, at this moment the fast chargers are not located exactly every 200 kilometers during your road trip. An EV with a trailer doubles the consumption of the car. The first question many people asked me: what is the real range of this combination? I would say: 200 kilometer, or even better: two hour drive and 30 minute coffee, lunch, relaxing time. Can you imagine what happened if we run out of electricity even before our first charging stop? We preferred to have our breakfast stop without any stress and hassle. To avoid stress in the car and making sure my marriage would last this summer holiday, we decided to charge at this drive through fast charging location. Our first stop was at Fastned Peutie-West, we didn’t really need to charge yet, but I didn’t know if we had to climb after Brussels or not. During this first day we only had to disconnect the caravan once while charging, which surprised me to be honest. We left at 06:00 am and we managed to travel 800 kilometers on the first day! It took us 13 hours including charging to get to the campsite in Macon, our first overnight stop. I had been busy preparing a solid travel plan, using several apps and even using a physical road map again where I marked the fast chargers with a large cross. But to be honest: this time it felt like a throwback in time. Normally I would say: hey Mercedes, please navigate me to…. With a positive mindset and fully convinced we could make it to the South of France, we left on an early Sunday morning. And as often, that was my trigger to just do it! Destination: the South of France where the sun always shines! A lot of people said to me: that is impossible, you won’t reach the campsite for sure. This summer we hooked our caravan to the full EV Mercedes EQC. ![]()
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