How to do the North Coast 500 in an EV just public charging! | Best places to visit on 4-Day Tour.

[@welltravelledlife]

Thanks!

[@welltravelledlife]

We are headed to the UK for August and September and will have a Tesla. Your video was SO helpful! Really appreciate the hint about going a couple miles east of the tourist spot at John O'Groats. We've subscribed. Your channel is awesome.

[@DavidWynn-Davies]

Just come across this as planning a trip to NC500 in a Renault Scenic EV. Great blog Steve , with great info, and the 3 of you were hilarious 😂👍

[@SteveJulien]

Have a great time!

[@alancarlyon340]

Great blog Steve and great advice to all comers too this great country of ours! I/we did the nc 500 way back in the 80s, Now a 73 year old carer for my wife, we could never attempt it again! We have been everywhere in Scotland when we were younger with cars/motorhomes - no net back then! Talking about net - A midge net and skin so soft cream will help you in keeping the midges off your face on your next visit! We have done the west highland way, the Caledonian canal and island hoping. We have a timeshare at Rannoch. Many make Scotland their home once they have made that visit too Scotland! I am sure you can understand why! We have an EV - MG. There are so many places to visit inland also Steve! Haste ye back!

[@mrfoameruk]

We did the 500 a year ago so watched it as we reminisced and we have just bought a used 2015 Nissan Leaf. I don't think we'll be redoing it in that. Driving was a lot better than I thought as I think when we went it was quiet as I think most people had gone abroad for the 1st real time after lockdown. The langoustines were amazing. The castle was superb. One of the best views (I think it's called the James Bond view) was where it went foggy for you (and us). It's a shame but it gives us a reason to do the trip again, although we might leave out the east side and go up the middle and turn left at the top. The west is stunning. You should have gone on the Glynfeddick train from Fort William. It was amazing and is supposed to be one of the best railway journeys in the world, which I can well believe.

[@rlgwoody8966]

Nice to see you creating EV/Tesla videos again. Thank you!

[@SteveJulien]

Glad you like them!

[@markwaterfield2084]

Cracking video. Planning to do the NC500 in my ID4 so the tips are appreciated. CPS signed up to and RFID ordered. 🙂

[@SteveJulien]

You’ll love it!

[@Steven-qi4gm]

Great video, I did the trip last year and will do it again this year. You stopped pretty much where I did. Was nice to see it again. The whisky scene at the end was funny 😁👍🏻

[@SteveJulien]

Glad you enjoyed it! Its such an amazing trip!

[@m1geo]

I've driven a Tesla around Scotland a lot. Use the CCS2/Type2 (not Chademo). It'll fit the car already (older model S/X need CCS update, I have it, well worth it). I had to call Charge Place Scotland a few times as older chargers wouldn't work with the CPS App. They always got them working. Electricity in Scotland was cheap, but the chargers were slower.

[@EVLitterPicker]

Fantastic video :D I loved the Applecross Inn, next time im in Scotland its a must revisit I think! You guys were lucky though, in both directions the fog was so bad for us, we couldn't even see the cars parked on the other side of the road, let alone the views lol

[@jimsdrivingschool7531]

Fantastic video mate. So nice to see the guys in it.

[@SteveJulien]

Thanks Jim! That means a lot. X

[@kaiking8525]

Great video. I’d love to visit there with family. I hope you continue to share more vlogs please

[@ianlinfoot2563]

A great watch. Very enjoyable . Looking forward to the next one

[@jagjit4520]

We did the same route in our eGolf last year, didn't have any issues and was well worth the trip

[@SteveJulien]

I’m still amazed by it! I left our e-Golf at home as it’s 1,000 miles there and back from mine before you even get started! 😬

[@jagjit4520]

@@SteveJulien Same here. Was around a 1600 mile round trip when we did it

[@MrDexxx]

The views look great. Nice to know a EGolf can make it. I’d still be on edge trying it tho with those dead charge points 😬

[@avidviewer1]

I thought your comments about charging infrastructure were bang on. And you drive a Tesla. I couldn't have even contemplated that trip in my Peugeot iOn (which has been all over The Lake District from the East Midlands BTW). Thanks for another fascinating video!

[@neilburkinshaw2818]

I started looking for help with my dead Gtech lawnmower battery and ended up in Scotland. Great funny informative video

[@SteveJulien]

Haha, thanks Neil! (Hope you get the lawnmower battery fixed) Take care.

[@neilburkinshaw2818]

@@SteveJulien i'm back to watch again because we are going to Scotland. thanx to you

[@SteveJulien]

Have a great time!

[@riggs]

Excellent video, nice work on the scenery shots they were amazing. Looking forward to driving the route one day.

[@SteveJulien]

You should!

[@suepaulwilcock5877]

Great video showing the issues with Charge Place Scotland. We’ve just got back from 12 days in Scotland, mainly driving in the Highlands & the West Coast. Charge Place Scotland at the moment is useless, took over a month for our RFID card to turn up, (on the day we got back to Cambridge) & half the time the Charge Your Car app didn’t work nor did anyone answer the phone to us. Wish I’d known about the issues & not pushed to take delivery of my E-Niro before we left & stuck with the BMW 330e. Will definitely go back again though now we have the card & hopefully the new operators will have the network working as it should…

[@BDX55]

Great video. My wife and I are doing the NC500 over 7 days in August. Not electric though! Looking forward to it.

[@SteveJulien]

Thanks! You’ll absolutely love it!

[@dmilford]

Great video. I wanna go on that trip.

[@mostlee335]

Fact.

[@SteveJulien]

😂

[@amar6873]

Your best video yet, it was nice to hear more about your life journey early on in the video at the castle. I think you mentioned in one of your videos your profession is Landlord. Any chance of videos about that ?

[@SteveJulien]

Thanks! I REALLY loved making it! More to follow I think. Here’s more about my day job until then. Have a great weekend! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4bcnIiwgJyBpZI

[@tonywhite5883]

Cracking video Steve 👍 We are looking to to do NC500 this year, may be September / October in our new-to-us (but still old ish) i3 REX. That said the EV range is 60-80 miles (winter - summer) plus about 80-90 miles from REX, but will only use that in emergency. Consequently looking for maybe 50-60 miles a day, so really taking our time here, we are not in a rush at all. Liked your tips there at the end of the vid .. apart form those, and I guess this is to anyone here, what else would you recommend please? I have just today started to look at NC500 so early days here regarding planning and that.

[@m1geo]

I've never had a problem with CCS chargers on non-Tesla chargers. Granted, it does always feel like an experiment! 😁

[@lavanyalea]

Great video!! I’m thinking of doing this in August so that doesn’t leave much time for planning. I wonder if the broken charging points were marked as broken on various apps? It’ll be so rubbish if I can’t charge when I get to the destination :O

[@SteveJulien]

You’ll love it! Zap map will help as well as booking accommodation with an outside plug or charger. Have fun!

[@lavanyalea]

@@SteveJulien I will do! Also taking my dog with me so that’s another challenge, but I just had a quick look and there are as many (maybe more?) NC500+dog blog posts than NC500+EV! But have yet to find NC500+dog+EV! That’s our challenge 🐶

[@lavanyalea]

@@SteveJulien we’ve just done it!!!!! It was amazing. We had fog towards the end of day 1 and start of day 2, but after that it was sunny everyday, we sent the rain down south to help with the drought, Scottish people are kind that way 🤪 I think ChargePlace Scotland has added a few more charging stations around the NC500, also tends to be where there is a tourist attraction. So we could stop and charge while sightseeing. The only broken ones were: PodPoint in Tesco in Wick (50kW and 22kW broken and only the 7kW was working so I didn’t bother and carried on until Thurso before I charged - from Inverness), and the DC chargers in Tongue. But this was good in hindsight, so I used the 22kW AC, walked to Castle Varrich, came back and it was nearly done. If I had the fast charger, it would’ve finished charging way before I finished walking! Between Applecross and Fort William there are now 3 villages with chargers so you’re not stuck with just Sheil Bridge. I charged in Torridon, and decided not to charge before FW cos I was tired and just wanted to get to FW. Got here with 45% left! Best of all my dog was an absolute star, she must be fed up with all the driving! But she tolerated it so well!

[@SteveJulien]

Brilliant! I’m glad it went so well. You’ve made me want to go back and do it again ❤️

[@lavanyalea]

@@SteveJulien I wanna do it again too. And I think I'm gonna try camping in my Tesla with maybe hotel stays at the beginning and end!

[@bobjohn3108]

Are there tesla superchargers along the NC500 route?

[@SteveJulien]

No, Inverness is the most north, here’s a super charger map. apps.apple.com/gb/app/superchargers-for-tesla/id1056496235

[@bobjohn3108]

@@SteveJulien I have android

[@rajindernijjer]

Can i do it contactless dont like joining them stupid cards