Not going to give a detailed trip report as it will not be useful and tons of people have already covered it. This is more of some unexpected issues that came up on a trip from SC to Northern Virginia to Pittsburgh and back via Winston Salem.
1. The onward trip to NorVir was straightforward with the superchargers in Archdale and Lynchburg located on Sheetz stations and only taking 20 mins max. In fact at Lynchburg we had just brought the food out to the car when it indicated we were ready to go.
2. Home charging in NorVir was only 110V and was slow and raised it from 17 to 75% over 40 hours. I thought I had struck gold when I found I could pull the car into the garage and the charging cord extended all the way to the laundry room adjacent to the garage. But then I found out I had the standard 110V adapter and the 14-50 adapter for the 220V but not the all important 14-30 dryer plug adapter. Since I will be going to that house often I decided to buy it from Tesla. After all, it is only $35.
3. At Brezelwood, PA I pulled into the only empty slot of the 8 superchargers that were there. Charging was slow at 50-60 kWh and it took the longest time. I am concerned what will happen when Elon opens all Superchargers to non-Tesla EV that may charge even slower, we may have no open slots left for Tesla vehicles.
4. In Pittsburgh the car guided me to a supercharger in a grocery supermarket ( I think Giant). But when I went in and circled the parking lot I could not see any superchargers. I was perplexed and as I came out and initially decided to go much further out but in the last minute I made one more attempt and returned back. I saw a parking garage and decided to enter and circled inside and there I spotted 8 superchargers in a dark and dinky area. It could be easily missed but for the fact there were two vehicles that were actively charging. I am not sure if the screen indicates the exact location of the supercharger.
5. At Mt. Hope, WV the supercharger was slow even though I was not adjacent to any Tesla. It stopped charging after 10 mins. Since I was about to eat, I just unplugged and plugged back. It charged for 10 mins adding barely 5kEh and stopped again. I then decided to move to a lot and it started to charge vigorously at 150kW and completed the process in 10 mins. Lesson learned - if it is slow for unexplained reason, move to another slot.
6. Another lesson learned was not to arrive at a decent sized city and pull into the hotel hoping there will be supercharger in the city or have free hotel charging. This happened in Winston Salem and we realized that we did not have charge left for bother dinner pick up and onward journey the next day to a supercharger. We had to go 21 miles out to Colfax, NC to find a supercharger and charge sufficiently so that we can easily start the next day without any anxiety.
6. Finally the back seats of the Y can cause nausea in people who are a bit prone to car sickness during long rides. After having no issues with the middle seat of out Acura MDX, both my spouse and daughter had nausea sitting in the rear seats of the Y and my daughter even threw up once. So I don't think that either will come along for long road trips if they have to occupy the rear set most of the time.
1. The onward trip to NorVir was straightforward with the superchargers in Archdale and Lynchburg located on Sheetz stations and only taking 20 mins max. In fact at Lynchburg we had just brought the food out to the car when it indicated we were ready to go.
2. Home charging in NorVir was only 110V and was slow and raised it from 17 to 75% over 40 hours. I thought I had struck gold when I found I could pull the car into the garage and the charging cord extended all the way to the laundry room adjacent to the garage. But then I found out I had the standard 110V adapter and the 14-50 adapter for the 220V but not the all important 14-30 dryer plug adapter. Since I will be going to that house often I decided to buy it from Tesla. After all, it is only $35.
3. At Brezelwood, PA I pulled into the only empty slot of the 8 superchargers that were there. Charging was slow at 50-60 kWh and it took the longest time. I am concerned what will happen when Elon opens all Superchargers to non-Tesla EV that may charge even slower, we may have no open slots left for Tesla vehicles.
4. In Pittsburgh the car guided me to a supercharger in a grocery supermarket ( I think Giant). But when I went in and circled the parking lot I could not see any superchargers. I was perplexed and as I came out and initially decided to go much further out but in the last minute I made one more attempt and returned back. I saw a parking garage and decided to enter and circled inside and there I spotted 8 superchargers in a dark and dinky area. It could be easily missed but for the fact there were two vehicles that were actively charging. I am not sure if the screen indicates the exact location of the supercharger.
5. At Mt. Hope, WV the supercharger was slow even though I was not adjacent to any Tesla. It stopped charging after 10 mins. Since I was about to eat, I just unplugged and plugged back. It charged for 10 mins adding barely 5kEh and stopped again. I then decided to move to a lot and it started to charge vigorously at 150kW and completed the process in 10 mins. Lesson learned - if it is slow for unexplained reason, move to another slot.
6. Another lesson learned was not to arrive at a decent sized city and pull into the hotel hoping there will be supercharger in the city or have free hotel charging. This happened in Winston Salem and we realized that we did not have charge left for bother dinner pick up and onward journey the next day to a supercharger. We had to go 21 miles out to Colfax, NC to find a supercharger and charge sufficiently so that we can easily start the next day without any anxiety.
6. Finally the back seats of the Y can cause nausea in people who are a bit prone to car sickness during long rides. After having no issues with the middle seat of out Acura MDX, both my spouse and daughter had nausea sitting in the rear seats of the Y and my daughter even threw up once. So I don't think that either will come along for long road trips if they have to occupy the rear set most of the time.