Not a blog, I’m afraid, but we’ve been to Scotland from Derby twice in an EV.
In June we had a week in a lovely cottage on the Isle of Skye, in the Kona electric. The total journey was about 500 miles, and we broke the journey and had an overnight near Dumbarton both ways. We spent the week driving around Skye in glorious weather.
We’re currently away for a week in the Scottish Borders, in a cottage on a farm near Jedburgh in the Model 3. We topped up on the way here at Washington Supercharger, just so we’d still have half a tank when we arrived. This week we’ve been to Lindisfarne, Edinburgh, Kelso, Melrose, Hawick and Galashiels! I love driving the Model 3 on the twisty, winding roads up here.
The huge bonus in Scotland is that all the 50kW Charge Place Scotland chargers are free to use, apart from in Dumfries & Galloway. Virtually every small town has one of these chargers, and on both our trips I’ve yet to come across anyone else using them
Even on Skye there are four of these chargers dotted about the island.
If you plan on using these chargers you can use the app, but because mobile coverage can be a bit iffy in these small towns I’d suggest you get the RFID card, either from Charge Place Scotland or from Charge Your Car. Both work. The card costs £20 a year, but I’ve easily recouped that several times in free charging over just these two trips.