Saturday, August 9, 2014

From Siena back to Holland

After several weeks in Tuscany, we finally head back to Holland.
As for the way in, we decide to pass via Savoie, but..... now the French Tesla Supercharger corridor is (almost!) open !!!




We leave Siena early morning.

First stop is supposed to be the Eneldrive charging pole of Forte dei Marmi

And the first surprise waits for us: the charging station is out of order ! 

I call Enel, the operator is extremely nice, but unfortunately cannot help us, as the station has tripped and the intervention of a technician is needed.

Luckily we have enough charge to make it to Genoa, where Ikea, once again, is our safest resource of electrons.


You just need to find it...... after about 20 minutes of running around (by car an on foot) the Ikea parking, we find the spot: 2 charging poles from Eneldrive.


There are 4 parking spots reserved to electric vehicles, but guess what, they are regularly occupied by thermic cars.I had to chase one guy away ....
The parking spots are covered of weeds, which does not help identifying the reserved spots, colored in green.There poles are under the panel "Noleggio furgoni" (van rental), no signs for the electric charging stations !!!! They are on the third and forth parking row, on the right, entering the parking. Don't bother asking for info in Ikea, nobody even knows that you can charge electric cars over there.... :-O





After a decent lunch and some shopping, we head to Torino, again at Ikea, where both the charging poles from Eneldrive are up and running:




A couple of hours of charge, then I take the chance to meet some old friends, so we have a lovely dinner at their place.
We get to Savoie under the pouring rain, after a fairly relaxing trip.

Next day we leave for the first quick charge at the Tesla Supercharger in Chambery

All over France, for the time being, the installations are temporary. In case of two cars connected at the same time the power is shared, but still much faster than a 22kW outlet.

In Chambery the  Supercharger is in a commercial center, very convenient spot ! 



The time of a coffee and the next stop is in Dijon, at the Tesla Supercharger of Nuit St. George.
The charging station is on a hotel parking, which is open 24/7. 
The hotel has a 3 stars restaurant, which can offer lovely meals in the heart of the Burgundy region. Unfortunately on Sunday and Monday the hotel restaurant is closed ! So no lunch for us :-(

At 200mt, next to the Ibis hotel, there is a boulangerie that makes also sandwiches, but not on Sunday :-(.


After some camping type of lunch, we head to Reims, at the restaurant Del Arte, (Rue de la Ferme Pierquin, 51450 BĂ©theny).

The restaurant owner is also a Tesla owner, so a fast charging plug is made public and available to us !
Next to the restaurant there is also a Mc Donald.

Last stop is in Nivelles, Bruxelles, at the Suprecharger of the Hotel Van der Valk. Too bad that there are already two Teslas charging ! So we kill the time on a 7kW plug next to the hotel entrance...,. Luckily only for few minutes, as the Superchargers come free just for us !

Finally back to Holland, happy and satisfied, to prove that now the Tesla Supercharger are a reality also in Europe !!

And it can get only better :-)


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