Day 7: Narvik (Norway) → Lofoten (Norway)
We went out to our fully charged car – but if we were not able to get a destination charge at the hotel - there is an attached parking garage that has an entire Tesla supercharger station inside it.
Even though we have reached the most northern point on this trip – we do have to drive north for a few kilometres to pick up the E10 to Lofoten.
Where the roads are in general well cleared – making driving easy.
With some long tunnels that give you a little "break" from watching out for ice.
It isn’t long until we reach the islands with its dramatic scenery.
Despite being a mostly clear day – that can – and does – change in an instant.
After a few hours we reach our accommodation for the next three nights – Solsiden Brygge.
Photo credit: https://www.solsiden-brygge.no
There are four 11 kW chargers here. However, they charge a steep rate of €0.71c/kWh and have a €0.10c/minute charge for blocking the charger after you’ve finished.
Both prices totally understandable – and we support charging for destination charging if it makes it viable for properties.
However, with the fine – and the timing of this charge – we’d have to go out at 02:00am to unplug and that isn’t too pleasant in this conditions.
Therefore, we decided to drive a few kilometres to the nearest fast chargers that were showing on our PCM navigation – and use our Porsche Charging Service card to get a quick top-up.
There was a wide range of charging speeds available at this station – so we chose the middle one (180 kW) due to our battery not being particularly pre-heated and felt it would be the best balance for us.
The charger immediately delivered its stated 180 kW and did so until we hit 70% state-of-charge. We think we made the right choice!
Before driving back to our property, parking up for the night and heading to the attached restaurant where we had some scary looking but tasty Angler Fish.
The days charging stats
| Location | Start SOC % | End SOC % | kWh added | Cost | Duration | Ambient Temp | Battery Temp | Charger Type | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eviny Leknes | 23% | 83% | 63.38 | €15.72 | 26 mins | -1C | 20C | DC 180 kW | Porsche Charging Service |
Today we did 320 km over 6:11 hours, with an average speed of 53 km/h, consuming 23.3 kWh/100km.
