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Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - Carnos Jax - 07-02-2023
This guy is in northwest Arkansas, he was traveling to Panama City Beach in Florida:
wrote:
Left home with 100%
Ozark, 15ish minutes
Brinkley, 5-10 minutes
SouthHaven, 15ish minutes
Guin AL, 5-10 minutes
Mount Brooke AL, 5-10 minutes
Montgomery AL, 25ish minutes
Panama City Beach!
All 250kw chargers made the difference, projected trip time in a gas car with no stops was 13 hours, we made the trip in almost exactly 14 hours. The gap in time/convenience vs ICE is closing rapidly.
Re: Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - Thrift Store Scott - 07-02-2023
I'm sitting here trying to wrap my mind around the concept of there being a Tesla charging station in, of all places, Guin, Alabama. Maybe a little further down the road in the comparatively bustling metropolis that is Winfield, but Guin?
Far out, man.
Re: Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - PeterW - 07-03-2023
Yeah, it’s in the Holiday Inn in Guin. Who knew Guin had a Holiday Inn?
Re: Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - sekker - 07-03-2023
The only area we found fewer than ideal chargers was INSIDE Yellowstone…
Re: Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - Carnos Jax - 07-03-2023
This is an example of what separates Tesla’s network from the others. If you were using any other network, you wouldn’t be able to do this trip in a reasonable amount of time or with any reliability (due to the fewer chargers and lack of real-time data on their status, not to mention manually having to plan each segment of the trip).
Re: Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - Speedy - 07-03-2023
Yup, I’m trying to time my Lyriq purchase to coincide with GM’s access to the Tesla network. When I placed my order I told the salesman I was buying now because of the Tesla-GM deal. If the timing doesn’t work out we’ll take our Volt on our trips until Supercharger access becomes available.
Re: Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - Rolando - 07-03-2023
Tesla Road Trips
https://youtu.be/Qp_WNNSnSpI
A slightly grumpier view
https://youtu.be/t0ThYkpskw4
Re: Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - jdc - 07-03-2023
Carnos Jax wrote:
This guy is in northwest Arkansas, he was traveling to Panama City Beach in Florida
All 250kw chargers made the difference, projected trip time in a gas car with no stops was 13 hours, we made the trip in almost exactly 14 hours. The gap in time/convenience vs ICE is closing rapidly.
what guy?
I mean I guess these tests are "cool" and all, and maybe Im off base a bit, but who drives like this on the regular? My guess? 1% of peeps. Or cross country? .01%
And why not use an S vs any other tesla? 405 miles vs 320ish for everything else.
Whats the point? tesla was never billed as an interstate traveling machine...
Re: Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - cbelt3 - 07-03-2023
High speed charging is the real deal. Road trip with my sons Bolt was annoying… 1 hour charge stops every 4 hours…
Re: Report from a local Tesla owner on a recent road trip and charging… - Carnos Jax - 07-03-2023
jdc wrote:
[quote=Carnos Jax]
This guy is in northwest Arkansas, he was traveling to Panama City Beach in Florida
All 250kw chargers made the difference, projected trip time in a gas car with no stops was 13 hours, we made the trip in almost exactly 14 hours. The gap in time/convenience vs ICE is closing rapidly.
what guy?
I mean I guess these tests are "cool" and all, and maybe Im off base a bit, but who drives like this on the regular? My guess? 1% of peeps. Or cross country? .01%
And why not use an S vs any other tesla? 405 miles vs 320ish for everything else.
Whats the point? tesla was never billed as an interstate traveling machine...
LOL, you need to become a little less myopic…..this is just some dude who owns a Tesla, that went on a vacation. A lot of Arkansans (like many southerners) vacation along the gulf coast. There’s a reason it’s called the redneck riviera.