Electric Road Trips Across Europe Are Increasingly Feasible
What an unplanned vacation detour revealed about the state of Europe’s EV charging industry.
During this summer of travel chaos, my family’s flight back from a vacation in Spain was — you guessed it — canceled. After a bit of panic, we hopped into a taxi for a 2 1/2-hour drive across the country to catch the only available flight back from Valencia.
We quickly discovered the taxi had no child seats, so we had to stop at a gas station to pick up some. At the station sat a single unboxed ABB electric-vehicle fast charger, seemingly ready to be installed.