It was reported that northern New England can see some aurora. During the Labor Day weekend, my friend and I decided to have an impromptu 5-hour trip to Millinoket ME to test our luck where there is the least light pollution in the whole eastern US. Tesla planner advised me to charge in Augusta ME
I did that.
Our luck was not bad, we did get a glimpse of northern light.
and some great shots of the Milky Way with the famous summer triangle.
But later I realized on our way back would be fairly tight to recharge in Brewer ME which is 77 miles away while we had less then 100 miles range left. Luckily the hotel we stayed has a few 110v outdoor sockets.
One of them barely could reach to my car without extension cord. The charge rate was poorly 5 mile/hour.
However, it gave us about 50 extra miles when we were ready to leave.
The charge station in Brewer has one great spot which is very easy to pull in and get charged
. Other spots require careful back up due to the short cable of all superchargers. For we stopped in Kennebunkport for a short break and getting more juice as well
. We spotted couple bad chargers
. I think it was some users stuck some masking tape to tell other users.
After all, it was a pleasant trip and we tested the autopilot feature quite a bit. My friend took a 10-second video clip for me.
;-)
I did that.
Our luck was not bad, we did get a glimpse of northern light.
and some great shots of the Milky Way with the famous summer triangle.
But later I realized on our way back would be fairly tight to recharge in Brewer ME which is 77 miles away while we had less then 100 miles range left. Luckily the hotel we stayed has a few 110v outdoor sockets.
One of them barely could reach to my car without extension cord. The charge rate was poorly 5 mile/hour.
The charge station in Brewer has one great spot which is very easy to pull in and get charged
. Other spots require careful back up due to the short cable of all superchargers. For we stopped in Kennebunkport for a short break and getting more juice as well
. We spotted couple bad chargers
. I think it was some users stuck some masking tape to tell other users.
After all, it was a pleasant trip and we tested the autopilot feature quite a bit. My friend took a 10-second video clip for me.