Cupra Born e-Boost - Charging across Europe

Although we like the Cupra Born, we felt it lacked a little something when we tested it earlier this year. Of course, sometimes it takes a little bit longer for a car to weave its magic on us, so we have been running the new, more power e-Boost model as a long-term test car to see if it has that missing ingredient we were looking for. And its first task was big one. How would it be on a European road trip? Would it "WOW" us over a longer distance? It also gave us the opportunity to try out the charging network whilst driving through four different countries. Is it a chore, or a delight to take an EV on that type of drive. In this episode, Rod grabbed the keys, packed his old kit bag and headed to Germany to find out.
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0:00 - Introduction
01:05 - Titles
01:12 - The route
01:33 - Early start
02:43 - First charge - France
04:38 - Second charge - Belgium
05:56 - Third charge - Holland
07:44 - Final destination - Germany
08:02 - Summary

[@louishiggins8881]

Not very informative about the journey !!! What was the consumption, the charging speeds, cost compared to diesel/petrol car, how was the navigation (and controls), comfort (any backache when you got to Dusseldorf) ... Sorry, C- review.

[@AutoEV]

There is a second review of the car coming where we discuss the average consumption, charging speeds and general thoughts on our time with the car.

[@AutoEV]

Total charge cost for the trip came in at £52.60 FastNed is on a par price wise with Ionity

[@silvialittlewolf]

That Fastned charger you were using is made by Alpitronic, and they are considered the best chargers on the market at the moment. A few other providers are using them too, like EnBW in Germany, if you ever happen to go there again. 😉

[@AutoEV]

Thanks for sharing the tip for using EnBW in Germany

[@RedBatteryHead]

Tesla comm issues are a lot on the V3. Take a V2 stall next try. ( Got the 2 cables)

[@BloodsplatterBE]

Antwerp is always really busy. I've sat in traffic on the ring road at 2 AM

[@R500OLE]

Sorry but this review rambled on to no conclusion at all …. Not up to the normal EVAUTO standards IMHO

[@kiwiramjet5625]

Take this as constructive criticism, but I find it super hard listening to any review or presentation that’s full of “em’s” and “um’s”. Not to mention there was no conclusion of the car at the end 🤷🏻‍♂️