I Bought an Electric Car and Now I Plan Every Trip Like a Polar Expedition - How to Choose Charging Options, Plan Longer Journeys, and Compare Real-World Running Costs Without Basing Every Decision on Advertised Range
By Max Paradox
Length6h 32m
About this audiobook
You bought an electric car to make driving easier. So why does a weekend trip suddenly require three charging apps, two route planners, and the organisational skills of an Arctic expedition leader?
Welcome to electric vehicle ownership, where the dashboard promises hundreds of miles, the motorway has different ideas, and a charging station advertised at 350 kW sometimes delivers electricity with the enthusiasm of a tired office printer.
In I Bought an Electric Car and Now I Plan Every Trip Like a Polar Expedition, Max Paradox takes a refreshingly practical and entertaining look at what happens when the excitement of buying an EV meets the reality of charging, travelling, paying bills, and occasionally needing to leave home without preparing a detailed energy strategy.
This is a guide for drivers who want to understand their vehicles without becoming unpaid battery engineers. It explains why advertised range and real-world range differ, what actually consumes electricity, how AC and DC charging work, and why the biggest number on a charging station is not always the most useful one.
You'll discover how to choose charging stops that suit your journey rather than your anxiety, estimate the energy needed for longer trips, and recognise when charging to 100 percent simply means spending extra time in a service station you never wanted to visit.
The book also explores the less glamorous realities of electric motoring. What if you cannot charge at home? What if your favourite charger refuses to cooperate? What if the payment app works perfectly but the final bill suggests you accidentally purchased the charging station itself?
With clear explanations and illustrative calculations, you'll learn how to compare home and public charging costs, evaluate subscriptions, understand charging losses, and distinguish cheap electricity from genuinely low vehicle ownership costs. Purchase price, depreciation, insurance, maintenance, and the value of your time all deserve a place in the calculation.
Long-distance driving receives particular attention, including winter journeys, international trips, mountain routes, unfamiliar charging networks, and the extra challenges of carrying bicycles, roof boxes, or caravans. You'll also explore battery care, solar charging, time-of-use electricity tariffs, and practical ways to organise charging around your everyday life.
And because life rarely asks whether your battery is ready before creating a problem, the book considers unexpected journeys, changes in personal circumstances, and situations where a particular electric car may no longer be the most suitable choice.
Throughout twenty chapters, Max Paradox combines dry humour, realistic examples, technical clarity, and an appreciation for the fact that most people have better things to do than spend every evening studying charging curves.
This is neither an advertisement for electric cars nor an argument against them. It is a guide to making sensible choices, understanding the trade-offs, recognising genuine limitations, and reducing the unnecessary stress that can turn ordinary journeys into elaborate logistical operations.
Your electric car should take you to interesting places. It shouldn't become the most demanding member of your household.
This publication was prepared using tools that support the creative process, including artificial intelligence solutions. The final concept, structure and editing are the responsibility of the author.
Audiobook details
GenreOther, Self-Help
Length6 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRO
2Chapter 1 - The Advertised Range Has Left the Building, and Nobody Knows Where It Went
3Chapter 2 - Where the Electricity Actually Goes, or Why Your Right Foot Has an Energy Budget
4Chapter 3 - The 350 kW Promise and the 47 kW Reality, or Why Charging Is Not as Simple as Filling a Bucket
5Chapter 4 - The Perfect Route Plan That Ruined the Holiday
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6Chapter 5 - No Driveway, No Charger, No Problem? The Reality of Finding Somewhere to Plug In
7Chapter 6 - Subscription Plans, Charging Apps, and the Receipt That Ruined Your Afternoon
8Chapter 7 - The Charger Is There, but the Electricity Has Gone Missing
9Chapter 8 - Stop Guarding the Battery Like a Crown Jewel
10Chapter 9 - Plan the Journey Before the Journey Starts Making Decisions for You
11Chapter 10 - Charge What You Need, Not What Your Anxiety Demands
12Chapter 11 - Cheap Electricity, Expensive Car, or What Your Electric Vehicle Really Costs
13Chapter 12 - Snow, Ice, and a Battery with Winter Opinions
14Chapter 13 - Driving Across Europe, or How to Cross Three Borders and Collect Seven Charging Apps
15Chapter 14 - Solar Panels, Smart Tariffs, and the House That Wants to Manage Your Car
16Chapter 15 - I Need to Leave Right Now, but the Battery Has Other Plans
17Chapter 16 - A Caravan, Four Bicycles, and Half the House, or When Your Electric Car Gets a Difficult Assignment
18Chapter 17 - When Your Electric Car No Longer Fits Your Life, Stop Trying to Fit Your Life Around It
19Chapter 18 - Fire Yourself as the Fleet Manager of One Car
20Chapter 19 - Everything Worked Until It Didn't, or How to Spot Trouble Before Range Anxiety Returns
21Chapter 20 - It's a Car, Not a Mission to Mars, or How to Finally Enjoy the Journey
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