Day 6: Stavanger (Norway) → Nesflaten (Norway)
We plan our route using Apple Maps on our phone before checking out of our hotel and walking down to our car – planning on using it via CarPlay today again.
Today is a much more meandering pace as we get into the holiday sightseeing mood, parking up frequently to enjoy the sights.
And admire the width of our Taycan.
We cross a fjord in a near silent electric ferry.
Coming across a small hydro dam.
That we get to drive across.
And enjoy so much, we cross over it again!
Enjoying the many sweeping roads in this area, pushing the Turbo S to what it does best: jumping out of its own skin coming out of a corner.
As we head for our hotel for tonight: disaster strikes. The only road – Road 13 – to the hotel is closed due to a serious accident. The hotel is only 20 km away but is unreachable at this stage.
We decide to relocate to a nearby IONITY to take on some energy and plan our next step.
The pedestal we pull into turns out to be broken – so we move one down to start our charge. A few mins later – an IONITY engineering van pulls into the broken unit and an engineer starts to service it – with a perfectly balanced umbrella protecting him and the unit from the rain.
We decide we'll drive to a town 40 km away and get some food – hopefully by the time we return the road will be open.
On the way – we stop off at a beautiful waterfall – one of 100s in this region.
Of course the reality of the serene environment is less tranquil: souvenir stalls, camper vans, motorbikes and tourists fill the scene. But that can all be fixed with a little bit of image cropping!
After eating we return back the 40 km – to find the road still closed. So we again park up at the nearby IONITY station to figure out our next move.
We ring the hotel – who let us know that they are letting some people through the road if you are only going as far as the hotel and no further.
So we stop and chat with the road-blocking people and they agree to let us through.
Looks like the engineer has fixed the IONITY pedestal.
This road is bliss – because it is mostly closed off – it is super quiet and a joy to drive a Porsche like it is supposed to be driven – among the dwindling light and misty mountains.
We eventually come upon the firmly closed section of the road – this time blocked by Police. But thankfully that turn to the left is exactly the road our hotel is on – so we can – just about – make it.
We pull up to the hotel – The Energy Hotel – and plug in for a destination charge at 3kW. It is not lost on us that we're staying at a Hydro Power station tonight – the hotel is the former dining mess hall – and abundance of electricity all around us – you can hear the crackle of high-voltage transmission lines overhead – this is the slowest charge we've seen in Norway.
That said – it is perfectly acceptable and appropriate for an overnight destination charge.
And admire the view over the fjord from our room.
Regardless of all the issues with the Porsche Charging Service - one piece of German hardware and software – that has been behaving perfectly is our Leica camera – which we've made good use of today.
The driving today was the best so far on this trip – the roads were amazing – and the road closure a timely reminder that even with the best planning – we have to be flexible and resourceful when on a road-trip like this.
The days charging stats
| Location | Start SOC % | End SOC % | kWh added | Cost | Duration | Ambient Temp | Battery Temp | Charger Type | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IONITY Røldal | 36% | 79% | 46.49 | €7.29 | 23 mins | 17.5 | 32 | DC 350 kW | IONITY |
| Energihotellet | 51% | 100% | 41.0 | €12.71 | 10 hours | 14.5 | 32 | AC 3kW | Hotel |
Today we did 327 km over 9:29 hours, with an average speed of 36 km/h, consuming 23.0 kWh/100km.
