Alternatively, download the Fastned app, add your bank-card info, and charge at their numerous (and excellent) rapid stations. For a quick top-up, use the Shell Recharge app to find rapid DC chargers. Shell Recharge offers the best EV charge card: order it well ahead and use it to charge at all the stops with AC chargers on this route. The Netherlands has the highest total number of chargers of any European country, so range anxiety is a non-issue. Start with a walk around the center, then toast reaching the finish line with a Dutch beer and a plate of piping hot bitterballen (meatballs) on one of the terraces. Back behind the wheel, enjoy big, blazing skies as you drive the final stretch toward Groningen, a student city famed for its nightlife. This excavated peat bog forms an interconnected area of lakes and rivers that you can explore at a leisurely pace in a rented electric boat. Time to head east toward De Alde Feanen National Park.
It’s one of the best examples of the country’s epic water management – learn more in the brand-new Afsluitdijk Wadden Center. An incredible feat of engineering, this causeway dammed off the Zuiderzee upon its completion in 1932. Continue north, driving on reclaimed land, to the Afsluitdijk. Windmills from the 17th century line the Zaan River, while traditional shops include a cheesemaker and a clog factory. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a place more archetypically Dutch than Zaanse Schans. After a pit stop to bike through Amsterdam (don’t attempt to take on the center in your EV), drive north. Start by soaking up the impressive architecture of buzzing Rotterdam, then head out of the city across the Erasmus Bridge – a local icon. Combine a visit to innovative Rotterdam and atmospheric Amsterdam with the lesser-visited north of the country. Some of the easiest EV driving in the world can be found in the Netherlands. Ljubljana has a high number of charging points.Īn incredible feat of engineering, the imposing Afsluitdijk encloses the Zuiderzee and links the north and south of Holland © pidjoe / Stockphoto / Getty Images The Netherlands: Rotterdam to Groningen Also, the country is compact, so distances between chargers are never too great, although the terrain can be hilly. The network of chargers is swiftly growing with proportionately more fast-charging points being introduced and more accommodation providers installing chargers for guests. Slovenia is wholeheartedly embracing EVs. Drive south for 16 miles (26km) to Unesco-listed Škocjan Caves, one of the most astonishing examples of this subterranean splendor. This limestone plateau is riddled with tunnels and caves, and its name is the descriptor for such karstic landscapes worldwide. The Vipava extends south to the Karst, also a winegrowing region but better known for what’s going on underground. Next comes the wine country of Goriška Brda, a hilly region known as “Tuscany in Slovenia.” The Vipava Valley, 30 miles (48km) further south, is arguably Slovenia’s most dynamic wine region. Then drive on for 16 miles (26km), winding around the eastern edge of the majestic Julian Alps to reach Lake Bohinj, Bled’s wilder, undeveloped sister. At fairy-tale Lake Bled, a crag-top medieval castle looms beside a mirror-calm lake, from which a bell tower rises on a tiny isle, all against a backdrop of green foothills and snow-capped peaks. After some time in charming Ljubljana, hit the highway northwest, bound for the mountains.
International organization Green Destinations has declared Slovenia “the first green country in the world” – and the nation is simply drop-dead gorgeous, too. Spend a week connecting the capital and the coast, via magical lakes and flourishing vineyards. Green, glorious, tree-cloaked and compact, Slovenia is an engaging choice for an electric drive. On your EV road trip through Slovenia, stop to explore the fabulous Škocjan Caves © VWPics / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Slovenia: Ljubljana to Piran
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