The verdict on the charging situation in Orkney

We spent 12 days out of 143 during the Fiat 500e EV road trip in Orkney.
Watch the full length video to see the best places we visited on the beautiful islands:

My verdict on the charging situation on the Orkney Islands: mediocre.
Especially when you compare it to the situation in Shetland where charging is much easier and more rapid chargers are well distributed.

In the Orkney Islands, however, you are better off taking the electric vehicle only on the Orkney mainland.
Stromness, Kirkwall, Finstown, St Margarets Hope and Dounby have some rapid chargers (and they work!). And a couple of 22kW chargers on the mainland.
However, the other islands have no chargers at all! Not even a slow charger...

Saying that, we took a day trip to Westray with a fully charged battery, which was not a problem thanks to the short distances on this island. I suppose you can do the same with the Isle of Hoy.

After all, we never had charging problems, never range anxiety, never an almost empty battery. So on the mainland it wasn't too bad if you get yourself organised and don't wait until the last minute/percentage to recharge.

Follow our road trip live. We travel until the end of September 2023:
https://findpenguins.com/ev-phototours/trip/ev-photo-tour-2023