Nina's Blog - Friday 11th August 2023

Friday 11th August 2023, 08:10

At Rade, south west of Hamburg charging the car. If the cars navigation system is correct and I should be at IKEA north of Hamburg by 09:00 which is an hour too early, they don't open until 10:00.
But the traffic in and around Hamburg is usually horrible so I don't expect to get there at the predicted time.

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ninalanyon · 70-79, TVIP

Friday 11th August 2023, 09:13

At IKEA Hamburg-Schnelsen. Arrived exactly at the predicted time. Road works still seem to be pretty much the same as the last time I drove through here but the traffic was relatively light and flowing well. Never slower than 10 kph below the speed limit, no stops at all.

Killing time until IKEA opens at 10:00 by charging the car at the free charger. Charging rate is about 50 kph, on this 16 A, 239 V, 3 phase charger from ABB. So I'll be back up to 75% charge by the time IKEA opens. Then I'll move to let someone else use the charger. Theoretically I'm only six hours (including charging time) from Hirtshals ferry terminal so if I can book a ferry for this evening I should be home early in the morning, about 04:00 perhaps. I'll wait until IKEA opens and use my laptop to do the booking in comfort.

I'm not the only early bird here, here were two other cars charging here already when I arrived, and a couple with small children has just got out of a car on the other side of the car park.