I could not find any roadside chargers in Paris at all. Compared to The Netherlands, Paris is a charging wasteland. I only saw Tesla’s at the superchargers, none whatsoever in the streets. At one supercharger, I chatted with two French owners who had just bought their Tesla one or two weeks ago. Clearly, France is moving. Lot’s of ZOE’s, I am told and I did see some.
Along all the way down to Paris and back, there always were charging spot free to quickly top up at the superchargers. They seem to be systematically placed at Novotel hotel sites, thus offering pretty good food, especially when you are used to The Netherlands.
We drove 1250 km in total, using 256 kWh of energy which means spending 204 Wh for every km driven. If I had paid the electricity, it would have been 64 EUR for the entire trip. My old BMW would have needed 110 litres of gasoline costing around 175 EUR. For me, all was exactly zero. And charge time is mostly not just waiting time, but having lunch. On –our way back, we only charged twice. 15 Minutes for the first and 50 minutes during a nice lunch in Lille.
Most of the time, I used the autopilot. I needed to watch the traffic almost as if I was driving myself, but still this is less effort. In a traffic jam (a lot on our way down to Paris), the car does most by itself: stop and go.
Conclusion: Easy, easy for Tesla’s to go to France. Other electric brands still need to wait a bit before doing road trips.