Has anyone made this road trip? Looks like Superchargers the entire way. My main question is if it's ok to leave 21"rims and summer tires on for doing a trip like this in Sept. Don't think I'll get into any snow or ice on the way. Thanks.
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Has anyone made this road trip? Looks like Superchargers the entire way. My main question is if it's ok to leave 21"rims and summer tires on for doing a trip like this in Sept. Don't think I'll get into any snow or ice on the way. Thanks.
IFolsom to Reno directly is fairly easy if you don't speed, but if you find you're using up range too quickly, you can always stop in Truckee. Charging at Folsom and driving to Reno let me arrive at Reno with ~100 miles left. I don't remember how fast I was traveling, but I'm sure you can make it directly from Folsom to Reno if you take it easy, and it would still take less time than stopping in Truckee.
I had a business trip in Lake Tahoe in July. I researched the drive, though ultimately decided to fly to Reno. The I-5 corridor is easy thanks to superchargers. I wanted to avoid Sacramento; as I recall, the trip planner said that I could use the supercharger in Corning CA, then drive all the way to Lake Tahoe with an 85kWh battery.
Cottonwood makes a valid point. But the easy, faster driving to Corning and then along two-lane roads to I80 via Yuba City/Marysville and Grass Valley/Nevada City will be about 300 miles which equates to approximately 5 hours of driving plus charge times. You have about 8 miles of traffic signals in Yuba City/Marysville at 30MPH.
The direct route is only about 220 miles and maybe 3:45 drive time at prevailing speeds, so a lower speed might add 45 minutes. And it is a much prettier drive than Interstate 5, SR99 and Interstate 80.
It is likely a toss-up if you stop to charge in Susanville for 45 minutes to top off.
Thanks. Hadn't had time to sit down and map it out yet so very helpful. I'd like to take Superchagers for most of the way but if the last few hundred miles have decent charging (found a few nice people making their HPWCs available) that is scenic then that'd be great too.
You can do Corning to Truckee with no additional charging between Superchargers.
I did the scenic route from Corning to Truckee the first day Truckee was opened and used 60kW. More details here Truckee Supercharger | Tesla Owner
Then I take it you drove from Corning via SR 20 through Yuba City/Marysville and then along that 6-mile freeway between Grass Valley and Nevada City and then on SR 20 to its terminus at I80 about 25 miles west of Truckee?
Have a good one!Vacation. Just vacation.
Thanks. I think sticking to I5 to Corning, CA Supercharger then highway A9 to highway 99 through Chico the north of Yuma City then Nevada City and Truckee to Reno is the way I'll go.