Day 2: Holyhead (United Kingdom) → Hull (United Kingdom)
The first three days of this trip is all about getting to Norway as efficiently and enjoyably as possible. This time, we're going via a new route – joining a P&O ferry at Hull to Rotterdam Europort. It will be interesting to compare it to our winter route via Harwich. Hull is much closer to Dublin than Harwich, so we're trading a shorter drive for a longer time on the ferry,
It is a sunny start to our day and our car is ready to bring us across the United Kingdom after we wipe off some bird poop – it is rare for our car to spend an overnight out in the open.
Overall it is a wet day with heavy traffic and some stop/go traffic jams across the motorway network.
A highlight of the day was driving through the peak district and enjoying the twisty roads at 100 km/h – getting a taste of what a Taycan Turbo S is capable of in the bends.
We reach our only charging stop – and first of this trip – at IONITY Sheffield – which looks to be a relatively new station with nine pedestals. We plug into a one and it only gives us 155 kW of power – but we're not rushing so happy enough with that and it keeps it in a flat curve deep into the battery.
We arrive at the Port of Hull in plenty of time and are allowed to board immediately.
Parking up on the three story high truck deck. We're about 11 hours on this crossing and the My Porsche app only allows us to set PVTS+ (Porsche Vehicle Tracking Service) for ten hours.
Normally we just ring the security centre to get them to manually set it for longer – but with the maze of new menu items – it doesn't look like that is possible any longer. Lets see what happens when we arrive into Netherlands.
It is busy on deck as we watch our ship leave Hull.
The days charging stats
| Location | Start SOC |
End SOC | kWh added | Cost | Duration | Ambient Temp | Battery Temp | Charger Type | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IONITY Sheffield | 28% | 88% | 53.85 | €18.88 | 30 mins | 22c | 45c | DC 350 kW | IONITY |
Today we did 371 km over 5:56 hours, with an average speed of 64 km/h, consuming 21.4 kWh/100km.
