Day 5: Kristiansand (Norway) → Stavanger (Norway)
Today is the first – of many – sightseeing days – sticking to the scenic Road 44 on a route called Jæren. We've taken it previously on our winter trip to Tromsø and really enjoyed it. We've plotted in our route into Apple Maps and this will be one of our first times using it via CarPlay due to the issues that Porsche Connect Services are having.
We collect our car from nearby public car park – where the sunlight is marking the way forward perfectly!
It isn't long before we're leaving Kristiansand and into our first Norwegian tunnel.
As expected – in summer – we get stuck behind a number of camper vans and caravans. Expected doesn't mean we enjoyed it!
It was forecasted to rain heavily today – and while it did for a portion – it really was warm, dry and sunny for most of it. The Pirelli's grip in the wet and slippery surfaces is always impressive and reassuring.
We pull in to admire the view – but don't take as many pictures as we usually do – we'll get more practiced across the next few days.
As we near Stavanger – we pull into an IONITY to top-up our battery. As we have been using Apple Maps – we don't have a pre-conditioned battery – and it is noticeable. The car starts to accept 140 kW of energy – where the usual would have been closer to 250 kW.
After we're fully charged – well 99% – we head into Stavanger for our overnight stay – pulling into the public car park nearest to our hotel.
It has a Tesla supercharger station inside it – which was our fallback charging location if we failed to get a charge at IONITY today.
After unpacking our belongings we walked up to our hotel in the town centre.
Using Apple Maps via CarPlay was an interesting experience. It is very capable but has a number of quirks which make us prefer using the native PCM services if possible.
Apple Maps only lets you know the time you'll arrive (and estimated charge) for each next waypoint on the route. It doesn't give you overall distance left – or estimated time of arrival at your destination. We like to keep an eye on those figures to see how we're doing overall – it is not just the next stop that we're interested.
Apple Maps battery charge estimations were very accurate across the day – as good as native PCM. And – of course – it didn't pre-condition the battery so fast-charging is slower if relying on Apple Maps.
Even with the various connectivity services not working – Plug & Charge did work at IONITY – which was great.
Now that we understand the limitations of using the PCM without an active services contract – we'll try and use the PCM as much as possible using its on-board navigation data.
The days charging stats
| Location | Start SOC |
End SOC | kWh added | Cost | Duration | Ambient Temp | Battery Temp | Charger Type | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IONITY Lura | 33% | 99% | 60.06 | €9.41 | 41 mins | 24C | 32C | DC 350 kW | IONITY |
Today we did 275 km over 6:03 hours, with an average speed of 47 km/h, consuming 19.6 kWh/100km.
