Camping La Rive

As today we were driving to our lodge, we knew we would need supplies for the week – we chose a supermarket at Biganos (what did you call me?!?!) that also had Telsa chargers and was pretty much halfway along our route. From leaving Bordeaux we were pretty much stuck in slow moving traffic for 30ish miles – this is pretty unusual as we have never encountered this on our previous road trips around France.

After a successful shop and charge, we completed the final leg of the journey to Sangiuinet on some of the longest, straightest roads I have seen since being in America. However, they were also some of the slowest as they had a really low speed limit and were pretty busy, meaning overtaking was nigh on impossible – still it was good for the efficiency – averaging around 4.5 m/kwh even with the air con and ventilated seats on.

It also gave me the opportunity to look at the architecture, where the buildings all had an ‘alpine’ taste, which is strange as the Alps are a good 500 miles away and the Pyrenees are approximately 200 miles from here.

Total miles since leaving home 550. Energy used – 133.40 kwh. So average miles per kwh = 4.12. This is hugely impressive and means I am getting about 300 miles per full charge using a battery that is a quarter smaller than the Mercedes was for the same distance.

Time we have had to wait for the car to charge = ZERO
Time car has waited for us to be ready = HOURS!Read more