For many, the summer holidays are already well underway and most people probably thought that this was the summer where it would finally be possible to go abroad. With the current strike situation in the aviation industry in mind, there will probably be many who choose to take their holiday in a different direction.
The traditional car holiday may again seem to be relevant, and with the sky-high increase in petrol and diesel prices recently, it will be fully electric for many this summer.
Can thank last year
According to a survey conducted by the Norwegian Electric Car Association, to which over 16,500 electric car owners responded, as many as 64 percent of Norwegian electric car drivers have answered that they are going on some form of holiday with their electric car this summer. 45 per cent of these answer that they are going on holiday in Norway, 15 per cent in the Nordic countries, while four per cent have plans for holidays down in Europe.
Secretary General of the Norwegian Electric Car Association, Christina Bu, believes that we can thank a successful 2021 for so many people planning longer trips with their all-electric cars.
– What has previously stopped people from going on long journeys has usually been problems with charging and poor range of the car. That is no longer the case, Bu tells Nettavisen.
Bu adds that the survey was done before the air strike, and that she now expects the number to rise.
According to Naf As many as 90 per cent of the new cars sold in April in Norway were fully electric.
Charging anxiety has taken over
In the electric car’s establishment phase, it was range anxiety that was the main concern among newly-baked electric car owners. The problem has gradually become smaller and smaller, and now Bu claims that a new “anxiety” has taken over.
– The problem that most electric drivers encounter is not the car’s range, as you get to know your own car, but rather that the charging stations do not work as they should, says Bu.
She believes that in the past there have been many problems related to charging and charging stations, which may have contributed to more people seeing it as one of the challenges of going on long trips.
Charging options elsewhere in the Nordic region and down in Europe may be somewhat more limited than what one has become accustomed to in Norway. Norwegians traveling abroad should therefore be prepared to sit in a charging queue.
1 in 3 would not venture abroad
According to a survey conducted by If Skadeforsikring, 34 percent answer that they would rather not do so as they see too many challenges around charging on the trip.
A country-representative sample of 1,012 Norwegians was asked if they could drive to Germany by electric car, from the insurance company If.
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– Many Norwegians are comfortable with long journeys by electric car within Norway’s borders, and may have fixed charging stations they use. Using the electric car abroad seems more frightening, says communications manager Sigmund Clementz in If.
Seven percent answer that they set out on the trip, and bet that it will take care of charging along the way. 25 percent do not know what they want to do.
Seven tips for the electric car holiday
Bu highlights in particular seven things to think about before leaving.
1. Plan your trip. Download an app where you can plan your itinerary and get an overview of chargers nearby.
2. Charge when you can, not when you have to. Then you avoid crisis situations where the car is almost empty of battery and the fast charger does not work.
Use destination charging whenever possible. Feel free to stay overnight in places, and find tourist experiences, which offer charging to their guests. Remember your charging cable!
4. Use the charging chip and download charging apps that can be used abroad.
5. Think about whether you have to drive at high speed on the motorway. Remember that consumption increases disproportionately when you drive over 100 km / h.
6. Stop charging when you have reached 80 percent. Charging the last 20 percent takes a long time, and creates a queue.
7. Make sure you have a parking dial available. It turns out that some charging companies have maximum time at the charging station and require you to document it using a dial.
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