I'm planning on driving to Dallas, TX for the solar eclipse in April from Tuscon, AZ but am reluctant to take my dual motor Model 3 due to a lack of supercharger stations in New Mexico and West Texas along Interstate 10. Has anyone experienced driving this route with their Tesla? Is it possible to do?
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Where to charge going from Tucson, AZ to Dallas, TX
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Is your M3DM CCS1 enabled? There's a very dependable EA station in Lordsburg NM which fills in the gap between Willcox AZ and Deming AZ. There's a new SC station in Las Cruzes. and several in El Paso, IIRC (and EA). If you stay at B&Bs you can gain some charge overnight via their exterior plugs but some hotel/motels will allow the same and most RV parks will have some NEMA 14-50 outlets as well if you want to camp out. I-10 seems to have lots of DCFCs in Texas. One tip is that if you can make it to El Paso on the return trip you can take NM Hwy 9 (very flat and 55mph) to Hachita and then to Lordsburg easily on a single charge, or to Hwy 80 and then north to the I-10 and Willcox or to Lordsburg if range is tight.. Anyways, checkout plugshare and ABRP.
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I'll driven that stretch of I-10 going East to West in a Model Y LR. Anyone traveling west of San Antonio, everyone should plan to stop at almost every supercharger between there and Tucson, just to be safe. (There are 2 in El Paso and 2 in Van Horn now, so you can stop at only one each of those places.)
If you're going to Dallas, you'd take I-20 where it splits from I-10 in West Texas. You'd still need to stop at all the first few superchargers on (-20, but as you get closer to DFW, the superchargers get much closer together.
To make you feel more comfortable with this trip, try mapping it in A Better Route Planner.
If you're going to Dallas, you'd take I-20 where it splits from I-10 in West Texas. You'd still need to stop at all the first few superchargers on (-20, but as you get closer to DFW, the superchargers get much closer together.
To make you feel more comfortable with this trip, try mapping it in A Better Route Planner.
