Charging in Europe

[Prof1967]

Has anyone taken their MG5 to France? If so what are your experiences using their charging networks?
Planning to take ours to France next year and wanted to know if anyone has had any issues.

 

[5teep]

Not personally though I saw a vid linked on youtube of a chap taking his to Bulgaria?? or somewhere. Plenty of vids of other cars doing Europe trips and from memory it seems to be better than UK for the most part.

This guy drove to Italy and back - https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewTill

 

[EVsince2016]

Has anyone taken their MG5 to France? If so what are your experiences using their charging networks?
Planning to take ours to France next year and wanted to know if anyone has had any issues.

Make sure that you sort out all the apps / RFID cards before you go, months before!

Chargemap
Electromaps
Plugshare
NewMotion

Their version of Ecotricity (Corri-door) shut down after a few chargers blew up.

I'm planning my trip for next year and have found that Ionity / Total are currently looking the best but not cheapest. I might try the cheap ones with these as back up

 

[Prof1967]

The EVJuice card through Octopus seems to cover networks such as Ionity and Newmotion. I've never tried either but was concerned that there may be compatibility issues with some networks.

I tried charging on the osprey network previously and had a big issue with the car refusing to start a charge or release the cable.
Wouldn't want to be enjoying a holiday in France and then have similar issues.

 

[EWD]

This is a great resource:

The ultimate guide to driving electric around France — electric felix

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.

www.electricfelix.com

 

[busa]

Some supermarkets (hypermarkets) here are free, Leclerc, Auchan, Intermarche, so worth a little look around when getting any shopping

 

[EVsince2016]

Not personally though I saw a vid linked on youtube of a chap taking his to Bulgaria?? or somewhere. Plenty of vids of other cars doing Europe trips and from memory it seems to be better than UK for the most part.

This guy drove to Italy and back - https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewTill

Well that's how not to do it!! Drive at 80mph and charge to 100%!

Also those Corri-door chargers have gone now, but there are a lot more Ionity chargers.

If he had slowed down to 100 km/hr and charged to 80% he could have halved the travelling time and stops. I suppose we all have to learn to change our ways and I did exactly this when I got my first EV, charging to near 100% just in case but I guess the charger network was dire then.

It also cost him so much because those chargers charge per kW and per minute.