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When navigating to a non-tesla fast charger is there a way to get the car to start preconditioning the battery? Suggestions from the US to simply put in a nearby supercharger don’t really apply in Aus when you’re back o’Burke (or in Tassie)

Well spotted, yes the Dildo Brewery in NFL, (with some of its output even making it as far as Moss Landing in CA,) and the equally curiously named Sober Island Brewery in Nova Scotia

Here you go: Photos of the trip are in this google photos album linkor try (https://photos.app.goo.gl/mGMFoQ8oDQSEDvy26). Note the video is at the end of the album with a separate link to it here(or try https://photos.app.goo.gl/3sduaBkdTBR2L6rc6) It's about 1Gb so give it time to load

Here you go: For the actual route please try this linkto mymaps in Google Maps. (Note the letters are a function of Google Maps and have no particular significance). Tesla Road Trip - Google My Maps

You might like to try these new links. Photos of the trip are in this google photos album link or try (https://photos.app.goo.gl/mGMFoQ8oDQSEDvy26). Note the video is at the end of the album with a separate link to it here (or try https://photos.app.goo.gl/3sduaBkdTBR2L6rc6) It's about 1Gb so...

You might like to try these new links. Photos of the trip are in this google photos album linkor try (https://photos.app.goo.gl/mGMFoQ8oDQSEDvy26). Note the video is at the end of the album with a separate link to it here(or try https://photos.app.goo.gl/3sduaBkdTBR2L6rc6) It's about 1Gb so...

Sounds a great trip, but I might wait till the Cybertruck is available

No Just had a J1772 adaptor - had to get a new one from Tesla in Portland OR after I left it behind the first time I used it at Fort Ross near Mendocino

Hi Thanks for all the comments, its great to hear about the range of trips planned or completed. Sorry some have had difficulty with the photos and video, but rather than answering individually I thought I might add some more info for those who are interested as well as some fresh links Yes...

In response to a recent question on Quora about the inconvenience of charging on a roadtrip, I posted this response. As it seemed to elicit a favourable response I thought I would share it here, particularly as prior to my trip TMC members provided some very supportive and reassuring advice...

A quick update on our electric road tripping around North America, 2 months and 6000mi into the journey. We’ve seen some amazing sights, met some amazing people and had an amazing time in our amazing vehicle. Although we were beaten back by the smoke haze, heat and poor air quality in the Yukon...

Unfortunately we whimped out of the Dalton (and the Dawson) beaten back by smoke haze, poor air quality and lack of time on our visas. However we did make it to Alaska, twice, via the Cassair/Glacier and the Klondike Highways. Now we’re about to tackle the Great Canadian EVSE Desert!

Yes the Labrador highway may have been a bit of hubris left over from when we originally planned the route in our X5. Short of towing a generator it’s not an option. We did look at taking the ferry from Natashquan to Blanc Sablon but it too is a non-starter so we’ll probably settle for the ferry...

As the next stage of our Round North America road trip in an S85D, we are heading from Port Hardy on Vancouver Island by ferry to Prince Rupert and then via the Cassiar-Stewart Highway and the Alcan Highway through Whitehorse to Fairbanks and down to Anchorage. If anyone has any experience of...

As Crocodile Dundee might have said "Call that a LONG road trip??? It's a sunday afternoon drive!! This is an EV road trip" Picked up an S85D in LA 3 weeks ago and 3500 mi later have now reached Vancouver Island. Although we have stayed clear of most freeways, taking scenic by-ways where...

Well we finally took delivery of our S85D and are on our way around North America. So far made it to Mammoth via Mojave and Lone Pine with a spectacular drive up the 395. Car is certainly impressive and a great vehicle for a road trip, so far. (If anyone is interested you can follow the...

Many thanks for all your excellent advice. I don’t yet have a CHAdeMo adaptor so if you have one to spare I’d be pleased to buy it. I’m currently in Mammoth, heading slowly northwards. Let me know how best to pay/collect. (Not sure how PMing works from this app but I can be reached on WhatsApp...

Just a quick update. We have finally persuaded Telsa to sell us a 2016 CPO S85D and hope to take delivery next week to commence our trip. Whilst they have reluctantly conceded we don't need a US licence to buy and register the car, and although we are legally entitled to drive anywhere in the...

Many thanks for your reassurances. It`s beginning to seem more doable, although we may give the Dalton Highway a miss, but it would be a shame to by-pass Alaska completely particularly if we can get by with some stops in RV parks along the way. Buying ex sales tax is good advice, but we may be...

Many thanks for the comprehensive and practical advice! It`s reassuring that it`s not quite as impractical as originally envisaged.

The route actually starts in LA, Nashville`s on the home straight. The letters are just a functional limit of google maps

Here's a map showing the proposed journey, (the Dalton Hwy is purely aspirational)

Having recently completed a 50,000km road trip through 30 countries from Australia to the UK, we’re now planning the next stage of the journey, a 6 month circumnavigation of North America, this time in an EV. Starting out from LA in April we plan to drive north as far as we can, to Alaska if...