electricfelix season 2022 INCOMING!

It's time to jump behind the wheel! First up;

PARIS,

visiting ELECTRA and the brand-new Métropolis Recharge network (this week!).

Second up;

SURPRISE

I'll tell you more on electricfelix.com/live soon. (Second week of April).

Third up;

BERLINCHALLENGE

Those of you who've been with this newsletter for longer might know I've done plenty #BerlinChallenge editions before, JAG in 2018, Tesla in 2019, Porsche in 2020(!)

There's a new contender for 2022, end of April: BMW i4!

News items!

REAL 350kW CHARGING

Who needs swapping when charging is happening at near 350kW rates, at "regular IONITY chargers"...! Thanks to Mr. Rimac:

FAST CHARGING GERMANY VS FRANCE

Did you know Germany built as many HighPowerCharging locations in a month as what's happening in France in a year?

THE END OF FREE SUPERMARKET CHARGING?!

Paid Aldi & Lidl charging is happening/coming, more on that later this year!

FINDING THE FASTEST CHARGING HUBS IN EUROPE

The amazing Schnellladepark.app now shows Spain & Portugal too!

PUBLIC SUPERCHARGING IN EUROPE

Did you try a Public Supercharger yet? Now that France and Norway have joined the experiment and Netherlands has All Superchargers Open to All!

Martin Bolliger on Twitter: "Hi @BoredElonMusk @elonmusk here is how to save space at #multibrand #sc. #Regular: Charge port rear left side or front right side of the car: line up from left #Goofy: Charge port rear right or front left: line up from right #Universal: nose or rear: fill spaces, do as U like.… https://t.co/zqFPpAOkiS" — twitter.com

“Hi @BoredElonMusk @elonmusk here is how to save space at #multibrand #sc.

#Regular: Charge port rear left side or front right side of the car: line up from left

#Goofy: Charge port rear right or front left: line up from right

#Universal: nose or rear: fill spaces, do as U like.”

KEMPOWER (FI) COMING TO THE NETHERLANDS

Testing the new Kempower setup in Enschede (NL)

Short video introduction of the AVIA VOLT Kempower site in Enschede, will be back soon!

SUPERCHARGING IN FRANCE TO SAVE YOUR ROADTRIP

I've spoken about IONITY Hauconcourt (Metz, France) many times on the blog (as we speak still 4x350kW and triple charger), in this newsletter and so on.

Tesla opening up several sites in France, with one being probably the most important/popular: the launch (late January) of Nancy V3 Supercharger with 28(!) stalls.

VOLTA FREE CHARGING LAUNCHING IN EUROPE

VOLTA charging has launched in France with Germany to follow!

DUTCH SUPERMARKETS TO OFFER DC CHARGING

Alpitronic coming to Albert Heijn (Dutch supermarkets)!

BIGGEST IONITY HUB YET, TO OPEN IN UK

Biggest IONITY to date to open in the UK (soon?!)

ID.BUZZ IS ON THE WAY (VISITING AMSTERDAM)

I watched while the ID.BUZZ was going around town:

Especially impressed, it's not much bigger than the e-NV200.

FAST CHARGING PRICING UPDATE NETHERLANDS

Maarten made a beautiful layout for Fast Charging pricing in NL:

GERMANY MAKING A MISTAKE WITH RESTSTOP INFRA?!

Is Germany headed for a fast charging infrastructure disaster (like Belgium?)

Building chargers when you're not even allowed to offer a sandwich, you think I'll send my patrons to stations without snacks?!

E-Auto-Stationen an Autobahnen: Nicht mal einen Kaffee beim Laden? | tagesschau.de — www.tagesschau.de

Verdreckte Toiletten, nichts zu trinken, nichts zu essen: Schon jetzt mag kaum jemand auf nicht bewirtschafteten Rastplätzen des Bundes halten. Ausgerechnet hier sollen viele neue E-Ladestationen entstehen.

PORSCHE OPENING FIRST SPANISH PUBLIC DC HUBS

Another How it started/How it's going, this time in Spain by Iberdrola: (for more photos of the opening, see here).

BMW iX AS A RENTAL AVAILABLE IN EUROPE

Looking for a Luxury Rental? Luxembourg/Switzerland got news for you:

XPENG ARRIVED IN NETHERLANDS (and SWEDEN)

I spotted the Xpeng back in October '21 along the Amsterdamse Grachten (Canals of Amsterdam), last week they opened their first Dutch store, reservations with delivery end of year can be made!

FAST CHARGING 2022 - A FIFTEEN MINUTE BREAK

A fifteen-minute charging break in 2022? 35kWh or more is the norm:

PAY AS YOU GO (NORMAL IN UK, HEADING FOR EUROPE)

Payment terminals coming to Fastned outside of France:

CIRCLE K (NORDICS) OFFERING 1000+ PLUGS

Did you know Circle K in the Nordics hosts over a thousand chargers? And that 60% of those are IONITY/Tesla?!

DUTCH TESLA SUPERCHARGERS OPEN TO ALL

Never a dull moment at the Dutch Superchargers nowadays:

KNOW THAT ROOF FROM SOMEWHERE?!

Fastned coming to Spain? Nope!

TESLA VS IONITY, ROUND ONE (FRANCE)

Given the choice, will Tesla or IONITY prevail?

GREENWAY TO OFFER FREE JUICE TO HELP FLEE

Half the world probably knows about Tesla offering free juice "in the east" (at four Supercharger sites), but how many people know that GreenWay offers free juice across all of Poland/Slovakia?

IONITY ADDING NEW BRAND OF FAST CHARGERS

IONITY to add a new brand in the lineup, this charger is supposed to offer more than one plug. But is that what IONITY will use?!

EVWAY NOBLE DEED

Using the evway app can get you around many countries for free to help people escaping the war zone: Poland, Slovakia, Romania:

See you at a fast charger soon!

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