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Charging in France

ielmokadem

ielmokadem

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Hi everyone - I am planning my first trip in the Taycan to France in a couple of weeks. Does anyone have any advice on charging please? I have a Porsche charging card - will that suffice or are there other charging networks I should join? Alternatively, can I just pay at most charging points with a credit card and without registering? Any other advice on apps to use or planning the trip would also be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
 
We toured France in our Polestar this summer. It is so much easier than here, chargers in abundance at every service station. And completely free in Monaco if you’re going that far !?
I don’t know who’s included in the Porsche charging card, i would imagine Ionity etc the usual suspects. I took a 1-month subscription to Tesla, for £9.99, it paid for itself in 1 charge as it give approx third discount. We were paying circa €0.20 cents per kWh with that - far cheaper than back home !
Enjoy the trip!
 
robert997 said:
We toured France in our Polestar this summer. It is so much easier than here, chargers in abundance at every service station. And completely free in Monaco if you’re going that far !?
I don’t know who’s included in the Porsche charging card, i would imagine Ionity etc the usual suspects. I took a 1-month subscription to Tesla, for £9.99, it paid for itself in 1 charge as it give approx third discount. We were paying circa €0.20 cents per kWh with that - far cheaper than back home !
Enjoy the trip!
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Thanks very much for the advice. I have heard in the past that it was sometimes hard to connect the Taycans to the Tesla chargers due to the design of the charging places and length of cables. Did you have any problems?
 
I also have an e-Tron GT - brother of Taycan - and use Tesla all the time here, again price and availability.

Yes there is the odd problem, but i just move to a neighbouring charger ! in France, i found the older-style Tesla charger was faster for me than the newer models - no idea why, but it was consistent. There was normally ample choice. It really is EV utopia compared to the UK !
 
Sorry - yes short cables are a pain, but i have found Tesla often provide some chargers that are installed side-on, in between parking bays rather than at the head of a bay, and this specifically addresses the issue when the charging flap is behind the front wheel!
Obviously this isn’t an issue with ionity etc as they have proper length cables !
 
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