EV Roadtrip to Scotland in a Porsche Taycan with worst-case efficiency scenario’s incl cost
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- So this was the week before Christmas and a family road trip from the South Coast of England to Scotland, lots of touring around and then back again, all in 5 and a half days, the complete length of the UK.
I’m using my Porsche Taycan 4s fitted with 20” wheels and this is worst case efficiency really because we had a car loaded with luggage and family, the conditions were cold, very wet and sometimes snowy! I also wasn’t trying for efficiency so this gives an example of really about the worst efficiency scenario you could encounter.
Very real-world and at the end I’ll show you what the charging costs were and how that would compare to a petrol or diesel cars.
I’ll explain what I do for charging and why I used those locations which include Ionity, BP Pulse, Fastned, Porsche charging and Osprey.
A big shout out to Glenorchy Farm! Amazing accommodation, dog friendly, people friendly, in a stunning location.
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Good video. I must say the whole charging fuss with apps and cards is really annoying. I dont know why the companies have to complicate the whole thing when we almost universally use debit cards to pay for things now. I think the government should have just mandated that all charging points must be able to accept card payments from the very beginning, it would have made like so much easier.
I don’t understand why filling up an EV needs to be more complicated than using my local Asda for pay at pump diesel. It’s why I chose a Tesla. But this tycan looks better.
I would agree. That is coming to Norway next year at least - the gov has mandated all new public chargers to have card payment
Government has been asleep at the wheel. We got unlucky that EV revolution started when Tory governments have been in power. Our own fault really.
Totally agree. Looking at the scene, the consolidation of companies is happening this year and next, where more acquisitions means fewer brands and also fewer cards/apps. Hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later
Or simply buy a Tesla 😉
in order for EVs to become truly mainstream, I hope the charging situation will be simplified. Plug in and charge, get rid of RFIDs, apps and the whole. Espeically eldery, less tech savvy people will have a difficult time with the current situation
It’s what Tesla do best. Why can’t the other chargers be just plug in and charge.
Fastned can do that. I have it set up for my ev6
You're really good at this. As ever: informative, succinct, well produced and entertaining. Ta.
Scotland really does have amazing scenery! Lovely base you found!
Think that was one of the best videos you have done Richard. Very interesting for a long uk trip.
I get so annoyed when people say this isn't possible!!! I'll link people to this video I think. Cheers Richard!
EV road trips are a hit and miss. That's why some people (me included) don't fully trust EVs for long road trips. Long EV road trips are never flawless. Ever. You WILL always encounter charging issues no matter how carefully you plan your trip, and no matter how experienced of an EV driver you are. If you encounter chargers that don't work while you are supposed to be enjoying your holiday, it causes a lot of stress and anxiety, instantly ruining your holiday mood. I never use my ID.3 for holiday trips. For short to medium journeys (200 miles max) and for daily commute, it's a fantastic little car. I will be keeping my ICE vehicle for long trips until the UK charging infrastructure vastly improves from where it is now.
Its not possible at the costs he's quoted.
@@FirstLast-rh9jw Really??? I thought it was a bit high if anything!!
it's not quite not possible but from the perspective of someone they'll be able to see quite a few issues here - like knowing to avoid Ionity and use other chargers, or ignoring the Porsche dealership suggestion because it would've been closed. it works if you know what you're doing but isn't as smooth as it could/should be just yet.
Keep saying this - best one yet! More vids like this please, Rich - channel will absolutely blow up! Such stunning views and so much useful info. Always liked the Taycan too but that colour is just on another level!! 🔥 Gonna be difficult parting with that one. A great watch once again - can never go wrong with a road trip vlog like this, especially with all that info. Fair plays for the effort gone into this.
Great video. Thank you for sharing it, as you said fantastic scenery.
Fantastic content! Thank you for making videos like this!
Spectacular videography Richard, really enjoyed your trip review. I did 5400 mile road trip last summer. The Taycan is a great tripper.
Top notch video - really informative. I can only admire how you deal with the drawbacks of EV recharging - espec here in sunny Scotland.
Awsome video as always . I did a very similar journey around Scotland that you did and I understand your frustration with charge Scotland. I live in Scotland and can be a nightmare and half of them don’t even work it’s a total disaster. Really good car and such a good video well done
Great Video! Charging infrastructure and battery capacity has always been a worry, especially in more remote places like Scotland! Great to see real-world experiences of running an EV on a long road trip!
These chalets have been available for years. Back in the early 1990s I rented one in the NW Highlands during Xmas week and NY. And we had drifting snow and thick ice on the roads. But what an experience. Fantastic.
Hi Richard, thankyou very much for this video. haven't been to the west coast of Scotland for over a decade! So I've booked a week away to Glenorchy farm. the views the👌place and the cabins. just what the wife and I love. our new car the 2023 Ioniq 5 is arriving in April (10 month wait)
Great great vlog. Really enjoyed that. Perfect car. Best wishes.
Great edit, I really liked the short clips to music, I’m also looking at the cabin availability for summer 😉
Great video. Well made your videos are getting better👍
Great video and after previously not even wanting to sit in a Taycan, I can see its benefits over our IPace !
Always enjoy your videos Richard
Great video Rich. We’re staying just north of Aviemore in a couple of weeks. Can’t wait.
Love these type of videos! MORE MORE MORE like this!
So excited, I get my Gentian Blue 4s ST next month and this has just whet my appetite for some epic UK road trips
Great trip, great video. Happy new year!
Good video.Charge place Scotland are hit and miss even with the RFD card.Reminds me of driving Aberdeen - Bournemouth in the early 80s for my courses at Hurn Airport.In the mighty Ford Fiesta 1.1L !!Technology has certainly improved.
Great vlog Richard - thanks! Drove from South Devon to Edinburgh and back recently in my Taycan 4 Cross Turismo. Porsche Centres at South Lakes and Tewksbury great for fast charging just off the motorway. But ChargePlace Scotland a total nightmare. Just didn't work. Had to visit Porsche Centre Edinburgh in the end to charge up so I could head south...
Great video Richard. May I suggest for your next road trip to take the ferry to Ireland and drive to West Cork. Beautiful scenery. I suggest doing it in warmer weather however!
Great video Rich 👍😉💪
Great video. The whole charging situation is ridiculous. It’s bad enough that there aren’t enough of them, multiply that with the number that are broken, take off the ones that you can’t use without an rfid, add in the ones that you can’t use after gates are locked etc .
Really good video highlighting the real world problems that still exist. A national network of chargers needs more joined up infrastructure availability. Really informative video thanks
We also always filter for EV charging, great to support the pioneers.
We did get to an air BnB once and the EV charging was a 3pin outside socket, but it got us 30% each night, so just about enough for what we were doing. A little cheeky of them, I had planned thinking it would be 7kW+ though
Same here re always looking for a place i can EV charge I wont book one i cant. I've had those that are happy for you to plug in somewhere, those that are but impose a surcharge (fair enough), and one that was happy for me to plug in when i asked, no cost, and i was expecting a 3 pin socket and found a proper charger. Yes the rates are low but generally i am somewhere where i do few miles or none per day and am walking around the local area so even a couple of days to charge from very low isnt an issue.
I planned a trip to the Scottish Highlands last June and ordered CPS RFID card a couple of weeks before I went, it arrived in plenty of time, with a little forethought you wouldn't have had any problems.
Around 11:15. Wish we could have seen you and your family and the piglets. But, I completely understand if you want to keep that private. Sounds like you and your family had a good time. Warms the heart.
Can we have follow up video of how the solar array is going. Nice editing of the trip to Scotland and back.
Great content. From someone who has had several experiences with ChargePlace Scotland I can confirm that it’s very poor.
I charge from home which is great but whenever I travel further from my home in Aberdeen I have problems every single time with ChargePlace Scotland. It’s becoming a bit of a joke actually and I’m almost ready to go plug in hybrid again.
I've almost never had a problem with CPS. Maybe it depends on the council that supposedly owns the chargers as to whether they get the maintenance done.
Good to see Fastned chargers, i use them a lot round Newcastle, best charging network after tesla, no hassles turn up plug in, drive on
The little Spaniel looked to be fully charged, lol 🤣This is an excellent film, it shows the reality of EV charging, hoping things will improve generally re the amount of available charging locations. I’m with you on loving the Taycan, what a machine. Interesting if I had done the same journey in my diesel Peugeot with an average of 55mpg it would have cost a total of £210 for fuel for the same length journey so your total electricity charge costs of £174 don’t actually look too bad! You had the benefit of travelling in the lovely Porsche of course! If they can get the infrastructure in place that’s one thing but it’s important to remember currently only a max of 3% of cars on the road are EV’s! There is the issue that our electricity generating infrastructure is also at virtually max output currently so lots of aspects need to change to make this whole project workable. I shall follow your channel with interest to see how things progress. Cheers 👏👍😀
Its because the costs quoted are unachievable. Try it again at 0.79 per kilowatt hour. Time to get the Pug out of mothballs!
@@FirstLast-rh9jw That's not true - the costs are achievable. You do need to put in a little work to find the best/cheapest chargers though, which you don't have to do with petrol/diesel. Though i would note that for liquid fuels you always pay extra per litre to fill up at motorway services, just in the same way as fast chargers cost more. For sure the big cost saving is if you can charge at domestic tariffs rather than at fast chargers. Still, I drove round europe last summer (4000 miles) in an EV and it cost me less than an equivalent diesel. Not a lot less, but certainly a bit cheaper.
Great video mate
Richard stayed at the same location as a result of this video, what a location and great hosts. 1150 miles round trip in a Model Y LR less than £100 in charging costs.
Great video.
I have a moka and do lot of driving it cost me 10 pounds a week had petrol mini befo6and woz putting in 60 pounds a week for same journeys love it .Great work with vids but can u do more on cost of daily journeys please.
We had a road trip to Glasgow and the Highlands and Islands last summer and did well with the Chargeplace Scotland network, although I would admit coming across chargers that weren't working and the volume needs to increase massively otherwise it won't cope. It's still a bit "early adopter mode".
RFID card essential for the remote locations at least. I've checked my records and with a mix of free and paid chargers, varying between 7 and 22 kW AC chargers and some rapid DC chargers, we spent £25.20 on 207kWh energy.
The difference between our normal charge at home or use a Tesla supercharger was that it needed planning, but we still never needed to wait for the car to charge. It needs to get to the point where that's normal and you don't need to make special plans.
Next roadtrip is to Cornwall and I'm less confident about that... Getting there will be fine, but the options for while we're there look much more limited.
Great video
Really enjoyed the video, great insight thank you! Just out of interest, what range did the Taycan quote when fully charged with the heating on over Christmas, i'm currently in an E-tron and would probably only get quoted 100 miles during the extreme cold weather?
CPS app worked absolutely fine for me before I got my card. Now that I have my card, 99% of the time I’ve had no issues. Rather than criticise (via frustration)maybe congratulate Scotland for actually installing chargers all those years ago #justsayin’ 😏 otherwise, good video and I’ve also stayed in Glen Lochy a few times in my Campervan. Awesome part of the country.
You must have been there when my brother and I did the NC500 in our MYP and M3Ps? I even used the same Porsche charger on the way up. 9th to the 15th Dec. The weather was the worst they had for 15 years there!
Really good travel blog/vlog! Mate just did the same journey on NY in his tesla MX. Far less hassle for him as charging was easy and in his case free as his TMX was free to charge at Tesla SC's as bought it when free supercharging was still a "thing". Would love to do this in the Ioniq 5. Would need a Plan A,B and C for charging in that though as I hate queueing!
great video
Great video!! Shame about CScotland… infrastructure really need improving, especially with redundancy and reliability (and ease of use).
Looks like a great trip and fab cabins!
Did you have 2 kids in the back and the little dog? Nice!! Same here in model 3…
One lanky 13 year old daughter and a small scruffy adhd spaniel
Mirrors my experience of summer 2022 when we did a road trip along the NC500 in an Enyaq. CPS first claims they don't send RFID cards to foreign countries, but the website did allow it (and charged me 10 UKP), card eventually arrived a month after the trip. About half of the chargers could not be started with the web interface - helpdesk was good and friendly and started things remotely, but I still wish the web interface would tell me it's an old unit and doesn't work with the web interface. This is just a waste of time. More modern units can be started with the web interface but you don't know beforehand what sort of unit you're dealing with. If you use CPS and don't have the RFID card, have the help desk on speed dial. And no, you can't use any other charge card. CPS doesn't have these roaming agreements with the rest of the world -at least not when I did the trip-, so it's the CPS RFID card, the web interface (for newer units) or call the helpdesk who will charge your CPS account manually (for older units).
ChargePlace Scotland is good but you need an RFID card. CPS was well ahead of the game in installing chargers and encouraging EV uptake in Scotland but as a result most of the chargers are old and don't accept contactless card payment. Also don't expect the CPS app to work in the highlands with dodgy mobile data. For a less stressful charging experience just get the CPS RFID when going north of the border with an EV as CPS is by far the largest network.
Had the same issue. Sent for the RFID card and took ages to arrive. Also had to call them each time.
I am up and down the A82 in my model 3 often and it's a good driving road when there's no pot holes. I see you had jimmy saviles house in the shot on the glen coe gorge road.
Did you see Lee the Macmaster's challenge from Lands End to John o Groats? the Taycan was fine the problem is the charging system in the UK is pants , most charges cant deliver enough power to charge the Porsche and some charges were even out of order completely , the funny thing is when he found a Porsche dealership and used their charging points , he never had any issues ? So the infrastructure definitely needs improving , I would love to buy an EV but the infrastructure is not there yet , I dont want to spend 6 hours waiting to charge lol
The problem with him is Lee MacMaster, not the charging system. On his way up to JOG he first drove past 12 Ionitys (at Carlisle) to court trouble at Gretna which has only 4 Ionitys and is much busier and less reliable. He then charged far longer than he needed to, because his next stop was Perth, and he could have got there from 80%. Instead he doubled his charging time to go to 100%.
He got to Perth at over 40% and again charged to 100%, whereas he only needed about 65% to get to his next stop which should have been Inverness. All the time complaining about how long it was taking. Then when he got to Inverness he drove right past the (open) Tesla superchargers there and headed for the least reliable and most expensive 50 Kw CPS charger in the Highlands. Again he could have managed to get to JOG with a relatively short charge, but he stayed for an hour and a half in the rain and the dark to go over 80%.
This got him to JOG so late (and so exhausted) that he didn't have time to charge up on the single Gridserve before bedtime. As a result of having to charge to 100% on a 50 Kw charger in the morning he didn't get away on the challenge proper till after eleven!
His first stop should have been the (open) Tesla superchargers at Aviemore. He drove right past them to detour to a 50 Kw CPS village-green charger at Kingussie. He said he only needed a quick top-up to get to his main charge at Perth, but he stayed for about an hour putting in far more than he needed on that slow charger. (He could have got to Perth with only a ten-minute stop at Aviemore.)
At Perth he went to the Ionity site first, which was fully occupied. Bear in mind his car satnav would have told him that, but he chose to go there anyway, so he could bellyache about it and waste even more time before going to the Porsche centre where he should have gone in the first place. Where he again charged to 100%, taking ages even on the 350 Kw charger, when a six-minute stop at Gretna would have got him to Killington Lake much more quickly.
At Killington Lake he ignored the chargers there until the morning, then made out he was all surprised that it would take three and a half hours to charge his car on the Gridserve there which is only rated at 40 Kw. He could have charged on that in the evening while they were having dinner, but he didn't. Alternatively, even better, he could have left the car on the type 2 connector all night, that's what it's for. But he didn't.
In the morning he wasted another hour or two trying to charge on that very slow Gridserve, and pretending not to know why it was so slow, before finally going to the Porsche centre only 14 miles away. He had well over 14 miles range in that car in the first place.
And that's where I lost the will to live. But he does it EVERY SINGLE TIME. He pretends he has no idea where any chargers are or what they'll be like or how to find them, even though it's all there in front of him and if he just did what the car suggested he'd be fine. He chooses low-powered chargers over high-powered ones, busy sites over sites with plenty chargers, and broken chargers if he can find them. Once he went to an Osprey site that was so new it hadn't yet been turned on, and complained that all the chargers were out of service! He parks his car too far from the charger, or the wrong way round, then complains that the cable won't reach his charging port. He charges all the way to 100% nearly every time, while looking at his watch and complaining how long it's all taking.
Seriously, Christine, it's all a carefully-contrived act to attract the anti-EV haters to his channel. It's not real.
Bear in mind two things. First, for normal day to day driving you will never wait six *minutes* to charge, let alone six hours. Maybe six seconds. You just plug in when you get home, and unplug again next day, full up. If you have picked the right car, that is one that will cover your day-to-day driving needs (even in winter), then you will never see a public charging station in the normal course of events. It's LESS hassle than stopping at a petrol station every 400 miles or so. You literally NEVER need to stop for fuel.
Second, for road trips where you do need to use the public DC charging system, it's nowhere near as bad as Lee MacMaster (Davey) makes out. His videos are performance art. But not only that, it's getting better literally by the week. His performance at Southwaite couldn't happen now, as it's been upgraded. There are three more chargers at JOG so he could have charged overnight there. Even in the time I've had my car (less than 10 months) the improvement has been off the scale.
It might not be long before we don't need to do much planning, just see that the charge is getting low and check where the nearest ultra-rapid site is. And maybe they won't all let a Taycan charge at 250 Kw, but they're certainly going to do a lot better than 50 Kw, for sure.
I don't know if it has changed now, but chargeplace scotland was problematic for foreigners visiting the UK when i checked a couple of years ago, because they required payment via direct debit. That implies a UK bank account. Charge Your Car (CYC) was the same, so i suspect they use the same backend payment setup.
No you can use web pay
Great video buddy , I love doing me SCOTLAND trips from Birmingham, I’ll stick with the 911 while I can, before they make it illegal 😂
Great video. Shame you did not get your RFID card sooner. They are handy especially for using on chargers where the mobile signal is weak.
Love these videos, another great video! Did you fit winter tyres before your trip? How did you find getting winter tyres for the porsche?
No need for winter tyres in UK or Ireland. Never centrally gets that cold.
Standard Michelin tyres… I’m sure winters are available but as I live in the south they’re never really needed tbh
12:47 very nice 😁
Great review. Please would you let me know the spec of the VW at the start of your video.
My 2011 S3, midlands to Cornwall for 7 nights with all driving around Cornwall, over 1,150 miles, V-Power fuel, £308 and the fuel prices were the highest I'd ever seen as well then. So still a rather good saving for the nice EV covering 1,500 miles for nearly half the cost 🙂👍🏻
Yeah but the thing is when there will be only EV's on the road it is not goint to be that cheap anymore. They will bump up the costs and you will be forced to pay.
@@MaDDeX93 I don't see how that would be possible since electricity production is way too affordable and easy to set up at almost any scale.
People don't realize how cheap it can be to drive an EV and that "higher charging costs" do not result in the scenarios people are scared of:
My previous car did cost me ~180€ of fuel per month and that was pre 2021 fuel costs.
My EV costs me ~50€ of electricity per month.
A 50% bump on fuel costs means an increase of 90€ and a 270€ total per month.
A 100% bump on electricity costs would still only be a 50€ increase, resulting in 100€ per month.
awesome, great content and overview, I'm wondering what the total cost was for the 1500mile trip in those conditions in a 4s ? ruff estimate, appreciate its a tuff calculation.
Full costings are in it near the end of video… !
CPS system is rock solid, IF you have the card. APP never worked for me.
Love the thumbnail. Looks like a spaceship landed.
Yours is the channel I send sceptical friends to. Balanced, factual and transparent. If it wouldn’t end in a divorce, I’d be buying that Taycan from you! 😅
Amazing accommodation in Scotland. Which booking site did you use to find Glenorchy Farm had EV chargers?
Air BnB 👍
It’s a fab place
Great video
Not because I’m Scottish 🙊 but cause you didn’t sugar coat that there is still issues up here regarding charging infrastructure.
I’d love to own a Porsche Taycan especially in Sport Turismo guise as I saw a 22 plate GTS Sport Turismo yesterday and was thinking yeh I would! 🙊
When you buy an EV do you have to download all the apps and register for the rfid cards to use chargers around the UK or just a select few?
Most chargers in England now are just contactless payment to be fair.
Ionity needs registering or an rfid card.
Manufacturers normally supply their rfid card with cheaper rates
Please tell me when you went as far as Aviemore you went up to the ski centre about eight miles or so way to one of the highest roads in the U.K. 🙏😁I’d love to do my highland holiday as we do every year at a lodge in that Porsche EV. Not driven a EV yet. Mind I’m in Glasgow so not so far a few hours but the road to the lodge off the main road is seven miles of fun 😂.
It’s annoying that others still haven’t learned what Tesla have achieved years ago in easy to use charge network that is usually working.
May I apologise for the state of the road surface on the A82 as a Scot……
Great video. I think that without your experience and expertise the journey would have been very difficult. When I had an EV car with CCS charging I always had to pray 🙏 that the charger would work and be available. Twice at motorway chargers I spent 3.5 hours due to the ques and the speed. Some times I could not get an App to work due to poor Internet. Look at all the empty Tesla chargers at the Pizza Hut. I stopped this year at a motorway services on the southside of Birmingham in my petrol car. Twenty one Tesla chargers and only two CCS chargers. In my opinion in the UK it is game over for any make of car other than a Tesla. Also other manufacturers have many problems with their cars being faulty in my opinion. It is a shame that the Government appear to have no interest in ensuring a plentiful and reliable charging network.
You're lucky mate. In Australia it isn't game over, it's when is the game going to start? I've seen 2 charging stations and one of them is in my town. Governments here both state and federal suck heavily on the teat of fuel taxes and are not likely to give that up. No incentive to change to EV and car companies see little need to introduce many models into this tiny market. No leasing benefits so again, not many companies are opting for EV and the trickle down effect of ex lease used EVs isn't a thing in this country. Too many vested interest in the status quo by powerful shakers and movers at the big end of town inhibit EV take up at every point. We are the lucky country with so many minerals in the ground ready to sell to countries that make stuff out of them then sell them back to us at huge profits. Lucky country but certainly not a smart country. Quite dumb by any measure.
Fantastic video. The roads in the highlands and electric cars are a match made in heaven. Certainly need more holiday lets like the one you stayed at. I weas disappointed when I checked the price of your Porsche on the Porsche sales site. WOW. The basic car was expensive, but by the time you add a few basic extras it was horrendous. Could you put the price of your steed on your site or on here please. Lovely car, but no way would I consider one over our model Y long range. Great shame about the non Tesla chargers and their serviceability. More videos please.
This particular 4s with a great spec (lots of extras !) and now about 45k miles is worth about £85,000
@@RSEV Thank you Sir. That makes it a more realistic proposition, but, not enough to persuade me to change our Y for it.
Thanks again, keep the videos coming.
My experience last year was that even with an RFID card (I ordered well in advance of holiday) Charge Place Scotland chargers are poorly maintained because a lot of them are owned and (not) maintained by the local authorities - the reality is that we have passed the point that government charging makes sense and CPS is now more a barrier than a benefit 🤔
Once north of Perth (the most northerly Ultra-Rapid Hubs with 4 x Ionity and 3 x BP Pulse) I ended up relying on InstaVolt apart from Cullen where the AC charger was working.
Gretna Green Ionity needs to be doubled in size at least - EV’s stacked up and queuing while the tumble weed blows through the empty ICE services 🙄
Great content. If only the Porsche was more affordable... I know that is not going to happen anytime soon.
They’re getting cheaper on the used market… gradually….
Definitely need the card for CPS.
There are some newer chargers, but a lot of the first generation of Scottish chargers around, that are pretty dodgy - in Oban I tend to go for the PodPoint at Tesco rather than either of the CPS chargers in town. Fort William unfortunately although there are some new chargers, Highland Council who own them have never got them working leaving a single aging rapid.
That highlights the basic problem, replacing is hobbled by CPS just running the network for all the charge point owners, it allows for situations like Fort William, and your situation where you’re grumbling about Chargeplace Scotland, but ultimately it’s the charge point owners, often the local councils who aren’t fixing or replacing them.
Think Fort William the DNO supply is the hold up for the new chargers.
Don't think the cars on the snowy road would have been "stuck" or "abandoned". It's fairly normal in the countryside to leave your car near the road that gets ploughed.
CPS, you need the RFID card to have any chance of them being remotely reliable once you've left the central belt.
Hope you stopped at The Green Welly en-route 😀 ... seriously though, better than I expected on the stats. But the charging network clearly leaves a lot to be desired, and taking the family up that far I think I'd rather have a bigger car, but I get it that met your needs. Glad I don't own a Taycan though, dropping in value from £120k to £40k in 2 years! Getting close to a loss of £1000 a week, so if you factor that into your costs, it's quite an expensive trip!
I bet the Taycan was lovely, I'd love one, but that looked more like a Tesla promotion what with their superb charging infrastructure and usability. Maybe one day it'll all be contactless. I think I'll stick with the Model 3 for the time being.
When did you buy the solar panels for your shop? Shouldn't they be paid off soon with all the savings on electric (and gas)? An occasional road trip would seem to be cheaper now...
I have just ordered my 4S cross turismo however, the one thing that has me nervous is how utterly useless I have found charge place Scotland over the past year in my current hybrid. Difficult to contact, constant breakdowns in service and charging points. They are a shambles.
What was the music chosen around the 4min mark?
crazy good kw/100km given the weather conditions
Great video 😜👍. Would love a Taycan 😎
I use the app all the time to start chargers on CPS. Not sure why you had an issue.
Its like planning your life around charging, as much as I like the car I have better things to do with my time. I'm from Australia and just home from a 2,700km trip up the east coast and can honestly say I never once worried about fill up with fuel, I can't actually remember where I stopped .for petrol but with over 1000km per tank and 5min to fill its never a problem.
Banbury Osprey mislabeled as 150kW on Osprey app and zap-map, it's actually 120kW so 118kW you pulled is pretty much max
Great car, shame they are so expensive.
Love the looks of the Taycan - but wow do I feel smug as a Tesla owner with our user experience - years ahead of everyone else in so many ways that I value
CPS is really hit and miss. Unfortunately they don't own the chargers or the maintenance, all they do is run the network, so they are often blamed when in reality it's the local council who are being rubbish, failing to maintain chargers, etc.
Some cheap charging on that trip. Would be good to see how many kW your added at each charging session and the cost p/kWh.
Interesting to note from your video that this would definitely have cost more in a Tesla using superchargers
Quick question I have an Audi who have a card. Is it worth getting. I only use public chargers 10 times a year. Thanks
May as well. The card is free for a certain period, will give big discounts and make life easier
Dude I honestly thought my Leaf was fast on rapid charging at 50kw…omg that’s brutal!
Ah Banbury - my old Stomping ground. Moved there from Norf Laandon Nov '91. About three people and a sheep when I arrived, but much bigger now. Anyway, I always wonder if driving slower and skipping a stop on a long trip is better than hammering it and having to do more stops?
I’m originally sarf landan..
slowing if it avoids a stop altogether can be quicker, but generally I need the toilet after 3-4 hours anyway and they charge quicker than they use it (esp in the case of the Taycan)
My dad lives nearby. I use those superchargers sometimes when i'm visiting him. There are also some PodPoint chargers at the Tesco round the corner that are cheaper to use. They only go to 50kW though, and are usually busy.
@@RSEV You sarf landan softies with yer peanut bladders! but I am much the same - three hours is my limit. I do get the occasional diesel jockey saying they can do 800 miles non stop on a tank though they don't specify rest breaks, maybe they fashion something out of a coke bottle.
@@15bit62 We have four 13kw podpoints at our local Tesco and they are usually ICE'ed
@@ouethojlkjn Yeah, enforcement of that needs to change
When you show the price for charging the amount of kWh would also be interesting for context.
Got my electric car coming next week. There’s so much negativity surrounding EV’s at the moment, I have had many a moment of ‘am I doing the right thing!?’ I do find your videos put EV ownership into perspective. Of course there are still the odd issues with public charging etc. But with my home charger getting installed the same day as the car arriving, I’m starting to really look forward to it. Thanks for the videos.
I’m sure you’ll love it! 👏👏👏
If I won an EV, I would sell it. The charging infrastructure in most of the UK is completely inadequate and EV running costs are the same or more than an ICE car at the moment. Factor in that an EV is more expensive to buy than comparable ICE options and it deprecates faster. Don’t forget electricity rationing (eg Switzerland restricting EV charging) because there isn’t enough generating capacity and this issue will get worse. Just look at the inconvenience in driving this EV to Scotland, it would been a pleasure and cheaper in a petrol powered Porsche .
@@arturo468 Well you’re a cheery fellow. Not sure why you watched the video in the first place 🤷♂️ But what the hell, we’re all entitled to an opinion.
I enjoyed watching your trip video but I think if I were you I'd just aim to always recharge at a Tesla Station...No hassle, it just works!
Does the Porsche satnav plan charging points for you?
Yes it does, although I often override with my own preferences, for example knowing Ionity Stafford is often busy
What year is your taycan?
I live in Scotland and can understand your frustration. However, if you’d had a Charge Place Scotland card before you travelled you would have been able to use all their chargers without a hitch.
Hi great video of the trip to Scotland, I live in the West of Scotland, outside Glasgow, and use Charge place Scotland frequently. In the majority of cases I find the ability to charge using CPS very good. I know you stated you hadn’t had time to get the RFD card prior to your trip, but they do work very well. Regarding your problems with the CPS app, had you registered through the website before using the app? If you hadn’t then possibly this is why you couldn’t connect. It is not very clear on the website or the app, but it has to be done on line, it cannot be done within the app. The RFD card I must say has yet to fail me though, and I much prefer using it, as quite often some charging points don’t even show on the app. Love the videos and the humour 👍
I don't know where you heard good things about Chargeplace Scotland from. The network is a joke, partially because the network itself is garbage, but probably more because each charger is owned by a random third-party (often a local authority) who installed a single rapid charger 10 years ago and thought 'job done'.
Are you always charging to 100%? Does that harm the battery? Or is it just trip charging and normally charge to 85%?? Thanks
Usually 85% on daily ac charging. When EV charge it defaults to “direct charge” which means 100% unless you say otherwise
@@RSEV I understand you can use a profile (general) to set it to 85% it was more whether you knew or needed the full power