domenick

Good to see someone's talking about this. The post didn't get any comments and I thought people might have missed it.

Good idea. Perhaps rent a carrier truck a take half a dozen cars down (and a charger). Good press and good customer relations. Might even be good for their Roadster order book.

graham

My house (and HPC) is about 30 miles away from Laguna Seca. People are welcome to use my HPC and/or NEMA 14-50 if they need a charge to or from this event

dpeilow

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domenick

That'll do TEG, that'll do.

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So, Doug and I both made our way to Laguna Seca and found a very well organized event with Roadster owners being the dominant presence among all the other EVs there. Two people from Tesla brought a car down from Menlo Park and tore up the track all day long. Various owners also learned some new driving skills and were kind enough to give a few rides on the track to the Tesla fans in attendance (thanks! )

TEG

Lots of charging was available. They custom wired a big pile of NEMA 14-50 adapters that let everyone charge at once during the driver briefings between track sessions.



It actually worked quite well the way they did it. 15 minute sessions on the track, then about 1.5 hour breaks to get some charge and let the electronics and motors cool down. (Which they really needed).

There were so many MC240s and Roadster foundry kits in use that owners started to put tape labels on them to make sure they didn't get mixed up.

TEG

Tesla drivers took 2nd and 3rd place in the daily best times, with the 1st place slot going to the Kleenspeed purpose built EV race car (ACP AC150 powered).

TEG