Took two weeks at the end of April/beginning of May to drive from LA to Denver and back. Lots of sightseeing stops along the way, overall the SR+ performed flawlessly!
A few thoughts from the trip:
A few thoughts from the trip:
- Supercharger spacing and availability is decent on the interstates, but did prevent day trips to places like Bryce Canyon NP and Capitol Reef NP. Hope Tesla and other companies will continue to add more chargers at interesting destinations, a lot of places could be reached from SCs, but then you'd be left with not much energy left and will have to use L2 charging, which made them impractical to visit unless you want to stay overnight
- Only once in the 3000 miles did I have range anxiety, westbound I70 from Green River UT to Richfield UT had huge headwinds, and the Tesla trip planner still doesn't take wind and weather into account, plus adding intermediate stops is bugged and will add way too much unfounded optimism to the overall energy estimations. ABRP is much more accurate.
- The car's so much fun to drive, plenty of power, comfortable, autopilot (with radar) for the most part is excellent. Camped in the back of the car with mattress a few times and it's great.
- EVs are great for higher elevations, no loss of power, in fact, it's probably even faster in the thinner air!
- Total SC cost was $175, charged for free overnight at various hotels/public L2 chargers, so much cheaper than driving a gas car!
