Escape the safety of your home charging station and go on a road trip this summer. With a little preparation and planning, your vacation will be as relaxing and enjoyable as you want it to be. And it doesn’t have to take much longer compared to a fossil-fueled car.
Look for the best charging points and make something of the moments you need to stop. Standing around twiddling your thumbs is not something you want to do on a hot summer’s day, especially if you have children.
Check in advance where there are charging points, whether you can charge there and what payment methods are available. Many electric cars have electric car charging built into the system. There are also several useful apps that show you where the nearest charging station is.
www.abetterrouteplanner.com
www.chargemap.com
www.chargefinder.com/se
www.plugshare.com/sv
www.google.se/maps
Apple Maps
Today, many hotel chains and campsites have charging points for their guests. An easy way is to plan your trip according to your hotel nights or check with the hotels or campsites in the places you want to stay if they have EV charging.
Don’t charge more than you need for the next place you’re going. After 80% charging, it takes that much longer. Charging from 80 to 100% can take as long from 80 to 100 percent as from 20 to 80 percent. Charge just enough and the journey will be faster too. As an experienced electric car owner, you may dare to go a little lower, then it goes faster to charge, many charge first when it is almost empty and then up to 60%, then the trip goes faster. But it’s a trade-off, depending on how much time you have and if you don’t want to feel that worry that the electricity won’t last until the next charge.
Take a detour. Choose a smaller route to drive more slowly and save on electricity. At the same time, we can promise that you will discover new things.
Use the charging time for something more fun than sitting and waiting. Think beaches, golf courses, adventure parks, restaurants and shopping centers. Or places you can walk to, a beautiful natural area, the best view or a dip in the sea or a lake.
Skara Summerland
Leksand Summerland
Astrid Lindgren’s world in Vimmerby
Branäs
Furuvik, Gävle
“Ångloket” in Trollhättan is located right next to the SAAB Museum and Innovatum Science Center. The area where we have charging is called Ångloket and is located next to an old steam locomotive, near the falls and water areas in central Trollhättan. There are also several playgrounds and a miniature golf course
Falkenberg Strandbad, Falkenberg
Ellery Beach House, Lidingö
Ystad Saltsjöbad, Ystad
Fyri Hotel & Resort, Hemsedal
Hotel Bellora, Gothenburg
Jacyz Hotel & Resort, Gothenburg
Blommenhofs Hotel, Nyköping
Brf Badhotellet, Saltsjöbaden
Brf Familjehotellet, Näsbypark
Bygg-Göta Spar Hotel, Gårda
Bygg-Göta Spar Hotel, Majorna
Funäsdalen Hotel
Hooks Manor, Hok
Hovs Hallar Hotel and Restaurant
Hotel Åregranen, Åre
Hotel Corallen, Oskarshamn
Hotel Hjortviken, Hindås
Hotel MJ, Malmö
Långberget Sporthotell, Sysslebäck
Loka Brunn Hotel and Spa
Kosta Boda Art Hotel
Säröhus Hotel, Särö
Skaftö Hotel
Varbergs Kusthotell
Many municipalities offer public charging stations in cities. A good option if you are going for lunch, coffee or to a museum.
Don’t forget to bring your type 2 charging cable just in case. Then you can charge on. With the charging cable, you can charge at our smart charging points, for example, which provide up to 22 kW. It’s a smart choice if you plan to stay a little longer, a couple of hours or more.
To cool down a hot car, it takes off the battery capacity of the car. Save on capacity by parking in a shady spot and pre-air conditioning if possible in your car.
Always take the opportunity to charge if there is an EV charger where you are, even if you have plenty of charge. It doesn’t have to be long, but it will take you a little longer.
Thousands of times every year, electric cars get stuck on the side of the road, and the most common cause is of course a lack of electricity. In such cases, there’s not much else to do but call a tow truck. They’ll take you to a charging station, some also have an emergency charging service on site. Check what your car and insurance policy covers. Another way is to get a portable charging box that you can plug into a regular socket, but then you can’t stop in the middle of nowhere. If you stop on the road, the Swedish Transport Administration recommends that you warn with turn signals, set up a warning triangle at a good distance, leave the car and the road and call a car carrier.
Get your blood flowing with some simple exercises or a short walk, get some fresh air or close your eyes for a while. Refuel with something to drink and eat and plan your onward journey or update your friends on where you are.
Paying for your recharge will be much easier in the future. But this summer, you might want to check out how you can pay. Some stations charge via an app, others can handle contactless payment by card and mobile or with RFID tags. In the future, it will be much easier when the EU’s new AFIR regulations come into force. The requirement is that there must be different types of payment options for fast charging. For example, card payment should be available on new fast chargers above 50 kW and you should not have to sign any contracts.
It requires a bit more planning if you are going to Europe. But it’s no surprise that long-distance travel requires a bit more preparation. But after the major roads, the network is well developed. There are also several apps that make traveling easy. In the long term, it will become much easier throughout with a new European regulatory framework whose goal is that everyone who has an electric car should be able to go anywhere and feel confident that there is charging everywhere that is easy to use, easy to pay and clear about what it costs. Here you can read more about AFIR, the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation.
Finally, take your time off in peace and quiet. Plan your stops and some in reserve. Drive smoothly and get further on one charge. And above all, arrive safely and securely.
Charge Node Europé AB
Neongatan 4B
431 53 Mölndal
ChargeNode integrates the payment solution with many leasing companies such as Ziklo Bank, Autoplan, Leaseplan, Bilreda and others.
We can integrate with your own business-critical financial and operational monitoring systems to make charging an integral part of your business with minimal administration.
Advanced troubleshooting and remediation.
If you prefer digital contact with us over the phone – no problem, we offer automated support via our AI bot on the website.
Web-based help center with instructive videos and texts explaining how our portal and app work.
Personalized service around the clock.
Personalized service around the clock.
We offer different levels of service based on your needs.
Collect all your charges on a single invoice with our business account. Convenient for those with pool or staff cars.
Public charging points with a power above 50kW must offer payment with a physical payment terminal. We offer a pre-integrated payment terminal through our partner Adyen – pre-configured with our intuitive interface for selecting charging outlets and charging status.
Want to use your own app? We offer integration with other apps via the industry-standard OCPI protocol.
Pay without an app by scanning the QR code on the charging socket and entering payment card information. Support for ApplePay/GooglePay makes this an easy and attractive option for infrequent shoppers such as passing tourists.
As a charging customer, you always have free access to the ChargeNode mobile app for iOS and Android. Here you can easily activate charging, see a map view of ChargeNode’s public charging points and receive ongoing information about charging status. Here we can also provide information and help with the service. If your company is connected to ChargeNode, you can easily switch between private and business charging. You can also easily charge without the app via an assigned RFID tag.
Charge easily with ApplePay/GooglePay!
Fast, secure and contactless – choose Apple Pay or Google Pay at checkout for an easier payment experience, directly from your mobile.
Export of all session data and history for import into a separate BI tool.
Access to all invoices and invoice specifications as downloadable pdf.
In our portal, you can easily view and update the price for your area. You choose how you want to control pricing – we offer three flexible options:
Fixed price
With a fixed price you set a specific price per kWh including VAT.
Variable Monthly Price
The Variable Monthly option follows the current Nord Pool price based on the electricity area you belong to.
Scheduled price
Scheduled price allows you to set different prices for different times of the day or different days of the week.
Easily manage who can access your charge points, create member groups and price discounts.
Our powerful dashboard gives you a complete overview of your charging facility – from energy consumption and power peaks to charging patterns and unique users. Visualize user data, identify areas for improvement and make smarter decisions based on real insights.
Connect sockets to a specific user profile to automatically start charging when the cable is plugged in.
Start and stop charging with RFID tag.
Direct connection to Nordpool for loading spot prices (of hourly and quarterly prices). Enables smart pricing models to maximize the profitability of your charging portfolio.
System support to support the loyal network owner or Svenska Kraftnät when needed.
Restart the charge points automatically in case of power failure (Hardware dependent)
Prioritize individual outlets for e.g. mission-critical operations such as pool cars, service cars to ensure that the cars are always prioritized for charging so that operations do not stop. When priority outlets are not active, available power is distributed to other outlets to constantly maximize the charging capacity of the entire system
A dynamic power schedule gives you full control over the maximum power of your plant – adapted to the daily load and grid cost. The graph above shows how the schedule (green line) controls available power depending on time, while actual power use (black line) is safely within these limits.
Advantages of the power scheme:
The result: lower costs, more stable operation and more sustainable use of the electricity grid – perfect for homes, businesses and depot charging.
Charging all vehicles at full power at the same time is neither energy efficient nor economically sustainable. By instead prioritizing charging based on the vehicle’s departure time, we can use the available power in a smarter way – without leaving anyone with an empty battery.
Advantages of departure time controlled charging:
This type of dynamic control is particularly suitable for residential, commercial and depot charging – where vehicles are parked for a long time but do not need to be charged immediately.
Our backend load balances all OCPP compliant hardware to protect the property’s main fuse against overload and at the same time maximize the total power available for EV charging. We can load balance statically against a fixed power budget or dynamically, which means that the power budget for charging in real time relates to the property’s power consumption. We support both DLM (Dynamic load management) and ALM (Adaptive Load Management) standards.
With our intuitive alarm management module, you can keep track of the operational status of your charging infrastructure. It analyzes fault codes, automatically classifies alarms and suggests actions – so you can act quickly and efficiently.
Smarter service starts with the right insights – at the right time.
In addition, you monitor the charging points’ session data, see limits for e.g. uptime, automatically generate alarms and suggest action.
Our backend is integrated with an OCPI-compliant API that enables standardized and secure communication with other e-mobility systems and actors. This makes it easy to exchange data with external platforms – without exposing our entire infrastructure.
Advantages of our OCPI-API:
Our API is the obvious interface to create seamless charging across network boundaries – without compromising control or data security.
ChargeNode handles the payment with the charging customer and reimburses the facility owner via a self-invoice, completely without administration. All you need to do is post the invoice.
We have worked with almost all types of hardware and most brands of charging stations for many years. We have a deep understanding of how they work in operation and this is knowledge that we bring to every meeting and every decision. We have also developed our own hardware which, to put it mildly, is probably the best on the market.
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