Well in a word, nothing. Since the end of 2018 I have been long term sick and my health insurance would not allow me to travel. So apart from a couple of short day trips our Ioniq has hardly been used. The last trip we made was for a week to Pisa in January 2019… Continue reading So what happened to the Portugal trip?
A charge card for Portugal
For our Sumer holidays this year we were torn between going to south Italy or to attempt to get to Portugal. So of course I started to investigate getting an access card for the Spanish and Portuguese charging network. Spain was relatively easy. Just get the IBIL & Easy Charger apps, and make an account.… Continue reading A charge card for Portugal
Future EV ?
Although my Ioniq is only 18 months or so old, I have been thinking for some time about what comes next. Originally I was thinking a Tesla Model 3 or maybe a Kona. However, a car I have been following for a while looks extremely interesting, and that’s the Byton M-Byte. I don’t know the… Continue reading Future EV ?
2019 the first few months
Due to illness I haven’t updated the blog for a while, or for that matter driven very much. So what’s been going on with the Ioniq ? In January we drove to Pisa for a week. We left very early int he morning and reached Pisa y early evening. The trip was a bit of… Continue reading 2019 the first few months
30,000Km Service and costs over the year.
It is now almost a year since we bought the Ioniq, and its time for its 30,000Km service. Actually it’s a few Km early, but I needed to get the winter tyres fitted so it made sense to do both at once. The cost breakdown is as follows: €89.00 – 30,000 Km inspection. €25.00 –… Continue reading 30,000Km Service and costs over the year.
eRuda. A disappointment.
eRuda, or elektrisch Rund um den Ammersee, is the biggest meeting of EV drivers in Germany, and this year there was something like 270 EV registered to take part over the 3 day event. I had been looking forward to this since the spring. The meeting place was in Weilheim on the Friday 5th October.… Continue reading eRuda. A disappointment.
Stelvio or Bust.
It sort of a tradition that we take all our cars up to the top of the Stelvio pass during the first summer that we have them. For the Ioniq, this was delayed a few times, but at last it was now time to do the trip. We left Munich at about 8am with 80%… Continue reading Stelvio or Bust.
To France for first time in the EV
My wife’s family live between Le Man’s & Tours in West France, so we drive there a couple of times a year. This journey was the one thing that was putting me off getting an EV. The charging structure in Sartre is really bad. My impression of charging generally in France was not positive. There… Continue reading To France for first time in the EV
Norway
When we bought the Ioniq, we almost jokingly said we now had an excuse to goto Norway, to test out the charging network. A few weeks later we decided we would drive there. Neither of us had ever been to Scandinavia, so it would be a total adventure for us. Planning. In advance I obtained… Continue reading Norway
Going to Norway
Our next (sort of) planned, trip will be in about 2 weeks to Norway. I have not actually made any plans, other than get a couple of charge cards and accounts for that area and get a toll road transponder. We have no idea where to go, but we wills stop at Copenhagen, and then… Continue reading Going to Norway