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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social

Cloudless blue sky with waning crescent moon πŸŒ’ and a start of the return leg of EU roadtrip. The first EV charge just before the Austrian border

Photo of blue and yellow sky at dawn, with waning crescent moon and a car with headlights on
aug 19, 2025, 5:41 am β€’ 7 0

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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social

Guten tag from Bayerisher Wald πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ A toilet break for me and a charge for Bob πŸš™βš‘οΈ Got to love the German self cleaning toilets πŸš½πŸ‘Œ

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aug 19, 2025, 11:57 am β€’ 8 0 β€’ view
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Mary O’Toole @drawmycare.bsky.social

Where do you buy these in the UK? Need one for a care place I know….

aug 19, 2025, 8:58 pm β€’ 0 0 β€’ view
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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social

Stopping for the night near Aachen, with a handy AC charger for Bob near the hotel. Had a nice falafel & chips salad for dinner earlier. Think I’m going to sleep well after driving 1230km today!

EV charging from an AC charger Falafel & chips salad at a German motorway services
aug 19, 2025, 8:56 pm β€’ 6 0 β€’ view
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social

That's a long drive! Sleep well and if you ever pass through Brussels be sure to let me know!

aug 19, 2025, 9:08 pm β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social

Thanks Adrian. It was an early morning start, in Calais already. Hopefully another time!

aug 20, 2025, 7:44 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social

Smooth final leg from Aachen to Hereford today. Even managed to get on an earlier Eurotunnel πŸ˜ƒ Updated stats for the round trip: Total distance: 2436 miles Efficiency: 4.3miles/ kWh Average speed: 57mph Total cost of charging: Β£337 so around 14p a mile (excluding a bit of β€˜free’ wall charging)

EV charging at a fast charger at a Belgian motorway services Cars queuing up to be loaded onto a Eurotunnel train, heading to UK
aug 20, 2025, 6:43 pm β€’ 4 0 β€’ view
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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social

It’s been a super smooth EV roadtrip experience. I mainly used @octopus.energy electroverse RFID card at the EU chargers and I generally didn’t have to wait for any chargers (except twice for about 5min).

A map of Europe with locations of EV chargers used during a roadtrip.
aug 20, 2025, 6:51 pm β€’ 11 0 β€’ view
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Octopus Energy @octopus.energy

What a trip, Juraj! 🀩 Is that six different countries? Hope Bob is up for another one next summer πŸš™πŸ™

aug 21, 2025, 10:53 am β€’ 0 0 β€’ view
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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social

Nearly, it’s 7 πŸ˜ƒ πŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡³πŸ‡±πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡¨πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡° Bob can’t wait to go to πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ next month for another EV adventure

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