Road Trip

Looking for advice from those of you who do road trips with your Teslas on a regular basis. My wife and I are thinking of taking our Model S 70 (rwd) from Houston to Memphis. Looking at the routing options on evtripplanner (through super chargers), it'll take 22 hours! WAY too long for a 9-10...

Long time troller, never poster. Couple questions for you guys about Edmonton / Calgary to Kelowna / Kamloops road trips in the summer. I have my X coming in Feb and was wondering how many of you guys do this drive. Specifically Calgary to Kamloops. Do people use AP awhile driving these...

We are leaving this Thursday to take our kids to Disney. Looking for fun stops to keep the kids amused or have some fun. We are taking our time going down as we don't need to be there till Sunday at noon. Any good food that should be noted too! Kids are 8,6,3. Looks like it will be routing us...

One of the features I love is the Model X windshield. I love the panoramic view of outside, but worry about the interior heat. How much does the mid-day sun affect the interior temperature? If so, what does a Model X owner do to offset besides lower interior temperature control and the...

One of the features I love is the Model X windshield. I love the panoramic view of outside, but worry about the interior heat. How much does the mid-day sun affect the interior temperature? If so, what does a Model X owner do to offset besides lower interior temperature control and the...

My wife and I just completed a 4600 mile trip from San Diego to Atlanta and back in our 3 month old S60. I had seen the various posts here complaining about various supercharger problems, range problems due to excessive speed, cold, wind, etc. and all those other familiar issues, so I was...

I just thought I'd post me experience. I previously posted about driving from Sacramento to Sunnyvale and back, so I needed to stop at a supercharger - but that was one stop. The last few days I made my first "real" roadtrip depending on the supercharger network. I have an X 90D - usually 254...

Hi all, I am eagerly expecting delivery of my S P90D in a few weeks time and in a head snap we have decided to put everything in storage and head off on a road trip to visit friends and family (Between Brisbane and Melbourne) for a few months in the new year. We have a 10 month old daughter and...

Hi all. My family are planning to rent a 70D for our annual Christmas trip to see relatives in France, but we are fretting over its range. The longest stretch we will have to do without a supercharger is 167 miles, but the car will contain 4 adults and their luggage, and the temperature will...

So excited: this will be my second long Tesla Road trip. Will be travelling from Tampa, FL to Greenville, SC. I have a P85 and will be taking the route through Atlanta and will be skipping Ocala on the way up. I am also thinking of skipping Macon but I am not sure about that one yet. Will be...

Following are the basics of a vacation trip from the SF Bay Area to the Grand Canyon, made in late September in a Model S. We visited a number of interesting places along the way, including Yosemite, Mono Lake, Mammoth Lakes, Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, Mt Whitney Portal, Las Vegas and Death...

I am going to pick up my Tesla this weekend. I am driving my up to Chicago in a gas vehicle & coming back in my new (to me, it is a 2014 CPO) Tesla. I am really excited but wondering about charging on the way back. My car is a 60. I know there will be a couple superchargers on the way back to...

Last week I had to be in Austin on Thursday and Friday so I was able to use Superchargers for the first time. I had essentially zero experience with Superchargers prior to this trip. I have a 2014 Model S P85 with 32K miles on it. I started with a full charge rated at 265 miles from my...

I made my first road trip to California a week ago. I've just finally got enough time to write about it. For the most part, my Model S proved itself to be a wonderful road car. First off before leaving I wanted to add a couple of things for the trip. I normally leave the back seats folded...

After having taken aprox 40k miles on many long road trips across the country I decided to put everything I learned together in a video. I hope people will find it useful and helpful. I remember my first road trips and how clueless I was about so many things. Despite me trying to keep it...

Het leek/lijkt* mij handig om een centraal topic te hebben over opkomende evenementen, roadtrips en meetings. Zelf kan ik deze post niet editen, maar het is handig om de agenda eens in de zoveel posts te herhalen. Dan hebben we een mooi "levend" overzicht. 2016 Oktober 2 zondag: Model X...

My spouse and I recently made a 9-day road trip from the Boston area to Washington, DC, and back. It was our first long road trip in the Model S. This post is to describe our experience with the charging aspects of the trip, for the benefit of anyone else who is new to this sort of thing, and...

Just got my MS60 two weeks ago. It has been a great experience so far. Loving the car and decided to keep my model 3 reservation. Now I am planning to take a trip from Atlanta to New Jersey during Thanksgiving. Obviously I am both excited and anxious about it. Any route recommendation (e.g...

Follow the link to the other thread: Tesla Road Trip - Save the date - November 5, 2016

The Tesla Road Trip crew, in cooperation with Johnny Wen, are almost done finalizing plans for a fall event and we wanted to get a "Save the date" notice out ASAP so everyone car mark their calendars! Saturday, November 5th, 2016 (with an option for breakfast, Sunday November 6th.) We will...

This is the last video we made before our own Tesla Model S 60 had arrived. Going downhill in a Tesla really is like flying on the road. If you make it to the end of this video, you either like the music or the views. :-)

This weekend, I traveled from Greensboro to Asheville, NC in our S70. While the EPA range for the car is 230 miles at 100% charge, Asheville is 180 miles away, and there is a 1,400 climb going to Asheville. The trip is all interstate, primarily through rural areas, and the speed limit is about...

Parking Reserved For Tesla Pick-up and drop-off area for test drives with Tesla Model S and X. Tesla Key Fob Better not loose that one, has several touch areas for opening, closing and locking of doors, truck, frunk. My favorite image from that event. BTW All pictures have been taken by our...

It looks like Summer 2016 has ended for most, and I haven't published this year's Tesla Roadtrip, until now... Starting today, 9/12/2016, you can experience our Long Way Round EV trip to the Gigafactory and back, this time two months from the day the trip happened...) I figured that with the...

So ein Ding: Bil uden benzin | TV | DR Take aways: Unreliable and changing indicator of remaining battery Reserve tank of atleast 9 km The computer can't compute ferry travel USB charging limited to 800 milliampere instead of the standard of 2 ampere

I'm thinking about driving up to ND in October... the weather shouldn't be too bad yet but I'm not overly familiar with that part of the country. Anyone else interested? There's a Casino and Resort with a couple dozen 50A RV spots 13 miles south of the Camp ~220 miles from the nearest...

So after the Simpson family's successful trip to Thredbo in the Model S a few months ago, I'm thinking of doing a run up to the Gold Coast in the school holidays in a few weeks. I don't have dual chargers nor any of the showground-charging-equipment (and I don't particularly like the idea of...

Well, I've spontaneously created time to spend my Labor Day weekend finally breaking in Verity, and … let's just say that I'm extremely displeased with the results so far. At the start, yesterday, I depended too much on my pre-existing Chicago – Montana roadtrip rhythm; Two days, stopping...

I was finally able to do the road trip I had dreamed about when I first heard about the Supercharger network. Unlike a lot of other people, I did no planning whatsoever. I decided to go the night before the trip. I packed up my three youngest and headed out at 6:30 am from Anaheim, California...

Let me start by saying this trip won't be "epic" or "groundbreaking". Just some good ole Tesla fun. Before I had my car I read as many of these types of threads as possible so I could live vicariously through other owners. I'm hoping someone on here will benefit like I did. Cheers to Labor Day...

Should receive my new model S in two or three weeks. I have to go to DC in October and can't decide wether to fly or take my first road trip. Ther are many direct flight options but I kinda want to give it a try in the S. Thoughts....planning assistance...hate DC traffic and not sure yet about...

Hello my TMC friends. I wanted to share a post about taking my family on a 2824-mile road trip entirely using my Model S earlier this month: http://tesla.dauger.com/roadtrip1608/ We visited National Parks (it is the centenary) and numerous points of interest in Utah, Arizona, and Colorado...

This is a long story. One about the maiden voyage of my Model S - a family road trip to Niagara Falls: good, bad & ugly. THE GOOD Experiencing the Tesla lifestyle. That's what I keep telling my wife supercharger stops are for. Going at a more relaxed pace, some food and/or shopping along the...

Hi All, First time poster, apologies if I screw-up any of the etiquette! My wife and I are kicking off a 2.5 week road trip from the SF Bay Area to Banff at the beginning of September. I've scanned a handful of blogs and this site for tips on driving this route, but haven't found much and...

I'm not exactly sure what it is. That's a good 2.5-3 hours each way for me so wondering if it's worth going...

I'm preparing to write a glowing review of the Denver Service Center in my road trip blog but thought I'd share the experience with you folks first :) Background: We just wrapped up a 23-day road trip from Minneapolis to the west coast covering almost 7000 miles. We blogged our trip daily...

Hi everyone, Silke & Rolf from Tesla X Canada will be in Ottawa tomorrow but they don't have a meet-up planned. I just wanted to give you a heads-up just in case other Tesla/EV owners are interested. I contacted them via Facebook. It's very short notice but if some TMC members from Ottawa are...

We recently did a 1700 km trip through Austria, Germany and Switzerland and I made a video about it - here is part 1: The video is 33 minutes and includes our visit to Heidelberg, Germany. I also wrote some blog posts about it... Introduction Day 1 - Salzburg to Mannheim Day 2 - Heidelberg...

Hey Yall! Thinking of taking a roadtrip down to Perisher to visit my brother for his Birthday next week. Might take the wednesday off and get cracking. Just need to pick a pit stop before Port Macquarie, any tips?

We decided to make it a real road trip and come down from VA for the event. We're going to make it a multi-day trip and we'll be travelling with our 6 month old Newfoundland puppy (only in behavior because at 60 pounds even we've stopped referring to him as a puppy). We're planning to do the...

Hi everyone. Long time reader, first time poster. As the title states, I'm in the process of planning a west coast road trip that will take me from Chicago west to Seattle, south towards San Diego, over to Houston and then back home to Chicago. This road trip stemmed from wanting to see the...

We just got back from our first long distance road trip using only superchargers - here's a short report on how it went for anyone who is about to go on a long trip: A 1800km pure electric road trip through europe with our model S

Not everyone on TMC is lucky enough to own a Tesla so I thought I would post the dates and times of the Tesla Electric Road Trip. Sorry Queenslanders it seems we missed yours but here are all the Dates and times with a link to the RSVP page for anyone who wants to go along. Indooroopilly...

I've updated my Google Sheet to include a few more Google Maps API calls to get Elevation, Duration and Distance information. Tesla Charging Stations - Distances, Elevation, Travel Times You can add your own SC stops and select the To and From legs of routes you will take. This will show you...

Hello friends, I am planning a long trip next weekend with multiple stops. From Kingsland, Ga to North Chicago, IL. Stopping in Pigeon Forge, TN for couple of days and then in Indianapolis, IN for a day. Do you think, I should take my Tesla X 90D( delivery taken only couple of weeks ago) OR...

Good Morning... (or afternoon, or evening, or tomorrow depending on where you are), So last week the family and I took a vacation to San Diego from the SF Bay Area in our Model S90D and I wanted to share some observations from that trip and what we learned from taking our Model S. This won't...

I wonder if you or anyone else has taken a road trip w a hitch-mounted cargo tray like this one or this one along with a cargo bag. Hoping someone can report on the range or wh/m hit one can expect to see? I would expect nowhere near the hit a trailer would deliver, but if it's still pretty high...

I attended Tesla's Electric Road Trip event in Vero Beach, FL (it is also planned to be presented in numerous other locations). The purpose of it seems to be to encourage people to take road trips using their Tesla. I was a bit underwhelmed by it, as the content was not new or profound; but we...

Has anyone had the opportunity to attend a Tesla Electric Road Trip Event yet? What did they bring? Also what transpired and was covered at the event, just a "meet and greet" of current Tesla owners? Thanks in Advance! Ski

Hi all, I wrote about the planning of my trip at Planning a trip through Austria, Switzerland and Germany in a rented Model S Well we just got back from the trip and it was fantastic! I just finished blogging about day 1, in which we travelled from Salzburg, Austria to Mannheim, Germany, a...