electricfelix updates - Issue #7

June 25, 2020

Summer is here! Driving an EV this means lower consumption and less rain during your charging breaks! Speaking of charging, did you read the latest blog about an UNLIMITED July superdeal from Endesa (Spain) & Enel (Italy)? More info at the end of the newsletter!

#TourDeChargeNL (edition one)

Back in April I checked up on local High Power Charging (100kW+) infrastructure in The Netherlands. The blog contains advice on charging cards to use as well as videos of my first Tour De Charge!

For a couple of days I only used the fastest infrastructure available, no AC charging at all. I never charged more than 10 minutes at 100kW+ speeds. The Tesla Model 3 SR+ has been incredibly reliable especially in predicting correct range and the influence of driving style. Thanks UFODRIVE!

I paid special attention to gas stations putting up more and more HPC's in NL: Tango, Total, Shell Recharge, soon Tamoil is joining.

Meanwhile Fastned (working on the new alpitronic look!) has 100 stations live in NL and Ionity is close to 250 live locations around Europe. We're getting somewhere!

Fast charging your electric vehicle in The Netherlands in 2020.

#TourDeChargeNL April 2020 edition. What to expect. Fastned, Ionity,

Allego, Tango Electric, Shell Recharge, Total, I visited all of them with

the UFODRIVE Tesla Model 3SR+ to find out what charging speed you can

expect.

Shared mobility in Amsterdam

Amsterdam (NL) means business. Shared electric mobility is increasing big time and I feel it's only beginning. I wrote about new scooters and cars arriving to town and the amazing fact that a Jaguar is cheaper to drive than a NIU scooter here.

The Sixt Share drop off feature in other cities is especially worth looking into if your commute is from Amsterdam to The Hague or Rotterdam (and vice versa).

Driving a shared electric Jaguar in Amsterdam costs less than riding a

shared scooter around town. Sixt Share starts out with a bang offering

electric shared mobility at the best rates in the business right at your

doorstep. Also works in The Hague and Rotterdam!

Biking on the side

If you're following EV's you must've seen some ads by now because VanMoof is pushing their newest electric bike from all angles it seems. I have yet to try it out for a long journey. The short try out blog is here!

First test ride VanMoof S3 ebike in Amsterdam. Join me for a quick tour

around Oosterpark area on the brand new VanMoof S3. Many photos of the

VanMoof S3 and some short videos. First impressions. Available before

summer 2020. Ebiking around Amsterdam.

Charging infrastructure in France

Back in winter, Izivia shutdown most of their DC chargers in France. It's sad that we're now entering summer and no changes are happening, the situation might be slowly worsening even. I updated the travelguide to France, please share it with friends if they have plans to head there by EV this season.

Visiting France with an electric vehicle can be a bit daunting and here you

can find my travel guide full of tips of which charging cards and apps to

use to find your way around France with an electric vehicle.

Become a member of electricfelix and receive personal travel advice

I recently added a guide to Italy for members of electricfelix. You can become a member at the Dutch platform petje.af

or through Patreon. As a member of electricfelix you keep me on the road discovering what is really going on in the land of EV's. Thanks to the discoveries on my travels I can help you around Europe, cheaper, more comfortable and using the best rest stops that serve decent food while you charge. EV Travel guides to Spain, Italy, the UK and Germany are directly available if you become a member. Interested in personal travel advice? Everyone is invited to take a look at the form at the Request Advice section.

Petje af is a Dutch 'Patreon like' platform where you can support creators A yearly membership of electricfelix is available from €25,-

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PLUS! You can travel most of Europe for €30,- this JULY 2020! I wrote about JuicePass and the wonders of charging at Allego, Ionity, Shell Recharge and others!

Unlimited fast charging your EV around Europe the whole month of July 2020

for just 30 euros thanks to JuicePass! Find out everything about the offer

of a lifetime, this summer. Right here at electricfelix always up to date

on the fastest and cheapest fast charging options around Europe! Cheaper

than Maingau, cheaper than ChargePoint yes! Cheap Ionity charging. It's

possible this summer.

Upcoming blog(s)

Last week I checked out the CAKE kalk& thanks to Magnetic Motors. I will write about the full two wheeled freedom experience soon.

Next week the calendar shows I'm heading out with the DS 3 Crossback E-Tense and there's more on the way! You can always find out where I'm going next at the Trips section.

There is a new Berlin challenge coming up. Back in December '18 it took around ten hours with the Jaguar I-Pace from Amsterdam to Berlin, Dutch newspaper Trouw wrote about it.

Last October UFODRIVE handed me the opportunity to test the Tesla Model 3LR which could handle nearly 200kW charging speeds back then thanks to Ionity. Seven hours, from Berlin to Amsterdam.

This July the electricfelix #BerlinChallenge will return, more spectacular than ever. The next newsletter will tell you all about it!

As electricfelix I like to keep on discovering, if you want to know where

I'm headed next, or where I just went. It's all here. Future and past

electricfelix electric roadtrips.

Podcast about Sustainability

Aljo Hartgers who booked a ride with me to Berlin back in winter, started his Podcast over Duurzaamheid (in Dutch) and invited me as his first guest. Talking about EV travels, electric cars, European (fast) charging infrastructure and how I started out with everything electric!

In de eerste aflevering over duurzaamheid praat ik met Felix Hamer, oftewel electricfelix, over elektrisch rijden in het buitenland.

The JuicePass €30,- UNLIMITED charging offer

Did you check out my blog last week? JuicePass is going all out this summer. It's not too late yet, you can still enjoy €30,- UNLIMITED charging during the month of July 2020 at any Allego/Ionity and other supported chargers. Over 30.000 locations in Europe are participating. Read the whole story right here.

If you're reading this in August 2020 or later, be sure to check out my Ionity pricing page, always up to date with the best offers to charge fast at the best prices around Europe.

See you at a fastcharger soon! Any questions? [email protected]

Cool URL's

Overview of European chargepoint databases for electric vehicles

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