Charging adapters for UX 300e

[Harry Wright]

I have taken delivery of a new UX300e and would love to drive down to southern Italy. I've done the trip a couple of times in diesel VWs. My concern is adequate charging points in France and Italy. I thought about getting and adapter to cover for Chademo outages and absence of. Has anybody got any experience of these adapters and driving through France and Italy?

Thanks Harry 

[NemesisUK]

An acquaintance recently drove his EV through France to Switzerland and commented there were many charging stations throughout the journey all were working and plenty of spaces available. These were high speed chargers. Coming back to the UK was like driving back 5yrs in time! The Continent appears to be much better organised/supplied with EV charging facilities

[NemesisUK]

@Harry Wright

Surely that should be a smiling face? One is far better served with chargers on the Continent than we are here!

[Harry Wright]

It's Clarks quote that got me. Have you ever wondered what happens to those electron you pay so dearly for, I wonder if they can be recycled  when the power company gets them back!!!!

[Slucky]

Hi @Harry Wright
I recently did a trip to in the Normandy area in France about 500km in my UX 300e and I didn’t have any issues. The charging stations in France are way better than in UK and also much faster. I am not too sure how the charging facilities are in Italy. 
I would advise downloading an EV charging map app on the phone. As it tells you which areas have charging and what connectors are available so you can plan the journey. 
Happy cruising. 

[Harry Wright]

Thanks Slucky I'm not surprised France is ahead of UK it's typical of Britain to resist change take Brexit, that was one of the reasons why we came back from France after nearly 15 years there.

I would really like to know some information about any chademo adapters. Italy tends to be a land of extremes between north and south. In the south the Greek influence is very apparent especially with gestures. Lifting and pointing with the chin means no for example. Time goes backwards there, I intend to visit Sicily this time. 

[ColinBarber]

Those adapters are quite new, expensive and not fully compatible with all chargers. Certainly something worth considering as Chademo gets phased out but you shouldn't need one currently as there are plenty of chargers around in Europe - just plan your route.

[Harry Wright]

I'm a belt and braces kind of fellow. I read somewhere that a Tesla on was going to be released some time this year now that would make it absolute you can get charged every where. The motorway services at Warrington have at least 6 Tesla charge points, and 2 normal ones, the last time I went on there about 3 years ago.  

[ColinBarber]

18 minutes ago, Harry Wright said:

I read somewhere that a Tesla on was going to be released some time this year now that would make it absolute you can get charged every where

Highly unlikely. They have produced an adapter that goes the other way and they have a new charger that allows non-Telsas in the US to use the superchargers but that is for CCS 1 that is used by many EVs in the US, not Chademo.