Just took my first road trip in my M3 and also my first electric vehicle. Went from my house near Denver to Rapid City, SD, through rural areas of Wyoming and South Dakota. Overall was very impressed by the speed of the superchargers, even though these were all older V2 versions. For nearly all stops the charging was done while we were stopped for lunch or restroom breaks, and the car was done charging before we were even ready to go. Almost no time was spent actually waiting for the car to charge separately.
Overall drove 1171 miles and averaged 259 wh/Mile, which seems good to me especially since much of the driving is on lonely 75-80+MPH roads and through really windy plains.
I was debating on getting a Mach-E originally and looking on Plugshare I actually don't think I would have even been able to do this trip in the Mach-E. There's 0 fast CCS chargers between Northern CO and between Rapid City, which is a huge distance.
Dog mode was also really useful for some areas we couldn't bring our dog.
Thumbs up for the Model 3 and road trips, even through pretty remote areas. It would only be better than this in most other locations.
Overall drove 1171 miles and averaged 259 wh/Mile, which seems good to me especially since much of the driving is on lonely 75-80+MPH roads and through really windy plains.
I was debating on getting a Mach-E originally and looking on Plugshare I actually don't think I would have even been able to do this trip in the Mach-E. There's 0 fast CCS chargers between Northern CO and between Rapid City, which is a huge distance.
Dog mode was also really useful for some areas we couldn't bring our dog.
Thumbs up for the Model 3 and road trips, even through pretty remote areas. It would only be better than this in most other locations.