Trip down through France

[BeardedZs]

We've had our 23 ZS long range for about a year, still love it, and are now planning a trip from Cherbourg down to the Dordogne. Any tips re. Tours, charging cards, cost etc would be greatly appreciated.

 

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[DB Go Rex]

We've had our 23 ZS long range for about a year, still love it, and are now planning a trip from Cherbourg down to the Dordogne. Any tips re. Tours, charging cards, cost etc would be greatly appreciated.

I did the Dordogne last summer in my short range.

I planned the route around these 3 chargers pretty much exclusively:

Tesla
Ionity
Lidl

I then took a chargemap card to pick up discounts and AC.

France is pretty good for 22kW AC - it's everywhere, which is good if you have a Zoe. DC rapids are probably more sparse than the UK, but they are reliable.

 

[Rutsy]

We've had our 23 ZS long range for about a year, still love it, and are now planning a trip from Cherbourg down to the Dordogne. Any tips re. Tours, charging cards, cost etc would be greatly appreciated.

We did the same trip (from Calais) in Sept. Paid for all fast chargers with Electroserse RFID (Ionity, Lidl, Total and Engie). Most (but not all) motorway service stations have at least 6 fast chargers. Also paid for AC (mobive where we were) with Electroverse. Personally I wouldnt rely on apps. Internet connection not always reliable, even on motorway.

Best tip though, get yourself a motorway tag. Makes life so much easier.

Cost us about the same to charge the car as we paid in motorway tolls.

 

[BeardedZs]

Thanks for that we've had a"blip n go" for years, from our campervan days. Wouldn't be without it. I still get a kick seeing the barrier lift up in front of us!

 

[DB Go Rex]

We did the same trip (from Calais) in Sept. Paid for all fast chargers with Electroserse RFID (Ionity, Lidl, Total and Engie). Most (but not all) motorway service stations have at least 6 fast chargers. Also paid for AC (mobive where we were) with Electroverse. Personally I wouldnt rely on apps. Internet connection not always reliable, even on motorway.

Best tip though, get yourself a motorway tag. Makes life so much easier.

Cost us about the same to charge the car as we paid in motorway tolls.

You can do the Dordogne route avoiding big spend on tolls. It's one of those routes where the payages only offer a small advantage, particularly if you are stopping to charge anyway.

 

[BeardedZs]

I did the Dordogne last summer in my short range.

I planned the route around these 3 chargers pretty much exclusively:

Tesla
Ionity
Lidl

I then took a chargemap card to pick up discounts and AC.

France is pretty good for 22kW AC - it's everywhere, which is good if you have a Zoe. DC rapids are probably more spare than the UK, but they are reliable.

Thanks, Rex. I'll get a chargemap card. I've yet to successfully use a Tesla charger. I spoke to our dealer today who says we don't need an update to use them, just the app so I'll try again before our service next week.

 

[Aupa]

Chargemap worked well in FR for us on a 2000km trip this September. Even though Musk is a total tool, Tesla public chargers were VG.

 

[BeardedZs]

And now he's got Trump working for him!

 

[BeardedZs]

I got the Tesla app, registered a card, found a "charge all cars" Tesla charger (Kingsley Village, Cornwall). Plugged in, tapped a card which it accepted . Nothing. No charge, just sat there. Is it me, the charger or the car?

 

[DB Go Rex]

I got the Tesla app, registered a card, found a "charge all cars" Tesla charger (Kingsley Village, Cornwall). Plugged in, tapped a card which it accepted . Nothing. No charge, just sat there. Is it me, the charger or the car?

When you plug in, you don't select/tap a card.

All you do is select the charger number you plugged your car into, and within a minute it just starts.

It's probably one of the easiest charger types to use.

If you get the vehicle not permitted message, then you need the fix.