Is the trip info accurate?

[vinny84]

I am getting my MX 75D in next week. I am planning a road trip to Smoky Mountains TN from central NJ. It is 700 miles. The trip planner at tesla.com says 15 hours 20 minutes in MX 75D. Go Anywhere | Tesla

Is it factoring in the traffic? And is the trip duration accurate?

15 hours 20 minutes seems too long...

 

[cgrubbe]

Don't think thats really a trip planner, but it's probably close to what you'll get from the Nav system for total time including charging stops though I doubt it includes traffic. Might try EV Trip Planner as well.

 

[ewoodrick]

Bing Maps show about 13 hours, tesla.com/trips show it as 15, with about 4 hours of charging. (from Somerset)

I'm actually going to say that Tesla may be a little optimistic.

700 miles @ 70 mph = 10 hours. Add 4 hours of charging and that's a long trip.

You may even think about making it even longer, dependent on where you are staying. You mat want to go to the Knoxville Supercharger to top it off on the way in. There's a few destination chargers and J-1772 plugs, in Pigeon Forge area, but you'll need to sit on them a lot longer.

 

[BerTX]

That online trip planner is a sales tool. Any of the several third party planners will be more accurate. But honestly, they are all just estimates.

 

[Darmie]

There's a few destination chargers and J-1772 plugs, in Pigeon Forge area, but you'll need to sit on them a lot longer.

I was going to recommend Plugshare. It’s sad to read on some of the plug share comments of public charging not working.

Things may have changed. i would recommend to have all your RFID cards from charge point, blink, ect ect. Public charging can be fun but it's hard to rely on them in time of needing.

 

[travwill]

Don't depend on 1772/public chargers too much, half of the time they don't work or people are plugged into them and gone for long times. They take too long also. Just use superchargers as typically some empty stalls always (mostly empty for us that aren't in CA it seems). The trip planner actually works out to be pretty accurate usually. If you drive fast, if it tells you to leave and you'll have say 5% batter left at next charger, wait until you'll have 15-20% instead so you can drive faster in my experience.

 

[vinny84]

Thanks all for your input.