The choice is made to ride in ECO mode because it provides more than enough power and flexibility. The route has been chosen to stop after 120-140 km at a charging point, preferably a 22 kW charger because then the 12 kW charging speed can always be achieved. For 20-80% capacity, it takes 20-30 minutes.
#ROAD TRIP EFFECT PRO FULL#
With the 12 kW chargers, the batteries can be charged from empty to full in over an hour. Our Zero’s have a 14.4 kWh battery, this allows – when we avoid the motorway – a functional distance of 160-170 km.
We decide to ride as many tourist routes as possible and avoid the highways. This app is up-to-date and very informative for finding and navigating to charging stations. To find these charging stations, we use the widely used Chargemap app. Let’s find out how this works for countries as Belgium, Luxembourg and France. In The Netherlands, we have a pretty good charging station infrastructure. Normally I should have done this trip with Guy (leader of THE PACK, ha ha) but due to a broken ankle this was not such a good idea to let him ride a motorcycle … but I found easily a new companion rider, no problem. One Zero has a mounted 3-piece suitcase set from “SHAD” (Curious to see if this would affect our range).
Thx to Guy for arranging 2 Zero SR/S Premium motorcycles with 12 kW AC chargers from Zero Motorcycles Benelux.
Text & pictures: Andrew Thijssen | BMS E-Motorrijder | Driving long distances or going on a holiday with an electric motorcycle? There are believers and non-believers … Is it possible? At THE PACK, we were asking these questions for a long time.
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