Day 3: Aalborg (Denmark) → Oslo (Norway)
We check out of our Airport Hotel shortly after 10:00 in the morning.
It is a short 65 km to the port of Hirtshals.
Where we enter the queue for our ferry – the Colorline Supersede 1 – to Norway. A light dusting of snow continues to fall while we wait.
It is so nice being able to run the air conditioning on an EV without needing an “engine” on. We can see car’s all around is – turning on and off their idling motors to try and keep comfortable.
Boarding the ship through the bow doors.
Giving our car a chance to thaw out a little on the parking deck.
After a relatively smooth crossing – there was a slight sea swell – but nothing that would make us feel sea sick – we disembark down the ramp into Norway. Into a much more intense winter environment than we left behind in Denmark.
We are quickly through the port – and leave Kristiansand behind us as we head north east towards the capital Oslo.
We stop off at our planned charging location at IONITY Lillesand – admiring both the winter landscape and the unbelievable Norwegian charging rate of €0.07c/kWh in equal measure!
About an hour after leaving Lillesand – we decide to stop off for some food – having not eaten much on the boat. Typical of Norway, there are plenty of chargers around – in this case three networks: Recharge, Circle K and Mer.
One of our guiding principals of our road-trips is to try and grab a charge where we can if we’re going to be stopping anyways. So we plug into a n available 150 kW Mer station before heading off for food.
This will allow us to take out our final planned IONITY stop and also we use this opportunity to setup the new Mer plug & charge with our car – so we no longer need to use the Mer RFID token that we carry.
It has now gotten dark.
And with the consistent snowfall – driving conditions become more challenging. We didn’t expect this so far south – but it is what we came to see here in Norway and are delighted to get experience it so immediately.
There is a steady flow of trucks and traffic jams as we pass the larger towns.
Arriving into Oslo and the familiar shoe in the middle of an underground roundabout.
Where we plug in for an overnight 22 kW charge.
Unloading our luggage.
And check-in to our favourite hotel in Oslo – the unusually named The Thief.
The days charging stats
| Location | Start SOC % | End SOC % | kWh added | Cost | Duration | Ambient Temp | Battery Temp | Charger Type | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IONITY Lillesand | 30% | 82% | 44.34 | €7.25 | 22 mins | -2 | 32 | DC 350 kW | IONITY |
| Extra Øygårdsdalen | 64% | 99% | 29.47 | €16.65 | 34 mins | -1 | 28 | DC 150 kW | Mer |
Today we did 389 km over 7:36 hours, with an average speed of 59 km/h, consuming 25.8 kWh/100km.
