Road Trip

I’ve had possession of my 85D for the past 2 weeks, and I wanted to write in to give my impressions and takeaways. I actually wrote a thesis-length post a few nights ago but my web browser crashed as I hit post, and I lost everything. So…anyway, here goes again… The Purchase: I walked in and...

On Thursday last week I decided it would be an interesting trip to drive the Roadster to Stuttgart for the weekend, calling in at Darmstadt to visit friends working there on Friday night. Knowing that Talkradius has an HPC just across the border from the Netherlands and that I could get a slow...

I just completed my first all electric road trip last weekend!! I still am a giddy little school girl driving this thing. I can't get over how awesome it is. My wife was visiting her friends in the quad cities (Moline) and I had to find a way to get there an back using the Model S. The...

Hi there fellow Tesla drivers! We are on an epic road trip from our home in San Diego, CA to Vancouver, BC using our 2012 Tesla Model S P85. We are currently on the northbound leg at the Corning Supercharger. Between Vacaville and Corning, we noticed the vehicle seemed to be getting hot and the...

I live in the EV desert of Iowa, and once the MX is finally out, don't really want to wait the extra month or more it will take to get my car shipped here, or to St. Louis or Minneapolis. My reservation # won't be until next year, but I have a question... Is it a good idea to fly to the home...

So, got to the top of Washington State to Howard’s Lakeshore Inn in Pateros, WA. after 6 Supercharger stops along the way. It was about 80 miles back to the Ellensburg SC for my return trip, and arrived with about 80 miles of range. But no problem, I had chosen my hotel because it had a...

Assuming I can make it through the Channel Tunnel no problem, I will be bringing the Roadster to the Netherlands tomorrow. My plan is to use the HPC at nSolar in Bruges, before heading to a meeting in Sint Niklaas where I can get a 16A top up for a few hours. My main concern (apart from being...

Hi All I am planning to take a road trip from E. Texas to St. Louis and Chicago and I am wondering if it is possible with Tesla superchargers. According to Google maps: I can go through Texarkana, Little Rock, Farmington (MO) and then to St. Louis But using MS ...since there are no super...

Dear Tesla Community (including those to-be!), We just returned from our first all-electric West Coast road trip. We covered over 2,000 miles of road over 8 days. It even included 3 ferry rides ... with the Tesla! I'm from the SF Bay Area, and we drove to Portland, Seattle, Victoria (hence...

Hello all - I'm looking forward to picking up my black 85D tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday evening) and by Friday morning I'll be on a several hundred mile road trip. I was hoping I could get a couple bumps in the right direction. Thanks in advance for any time/thoughts. In the Car and Driver...

Hello all, I have had my 70D for about a month and am preparing for my first road trip. I need to make the jump from Worthington, MN Supercharger to Council Bluffs, IA Supercharger. Distance appears to be 199.6 mi. I have a lifetime average of 286 wh/mi over 2k miles, but no long distance...

I'm a new Tesla owner and I've had my car for about 1 month and put 1800 miles on it. I took it for a road trip for the fourth of July weekend and prepared my route on EV Trip planner. I coordinated with the hotel to plug in while I was there and also used on board navigation to get me going...

Hi All! My first post here at TMC, so thanks in advance for the help an look forward to being a solid contributing member. I ordered my P85D in early May. Looks like it's going to get delivered the week of July 13th. Also just got married last weekend (June 27th anniversary date... I need to...

Hi all, I am a happy new owner of a grey 85D! I live in the Netherlands and I am planning a roadtrip to the north of France and therefore looking for information on charging on the go in France. I have a CHAdeMO adapter as well as a type 2 adapter. What is the best application/website for...

I've finally got my Model S 70D on the road and I took it out on my own for a ROAD TRIP from Toronto to Chicago, stopping at... hmm 4 or 5 Superchargers each way, through some heavy rain on the way there. The Woodstock, Ontario Superchargers have been de-ICEd by actual No Parking signs...

Hello Houston area owners. Well, I'll be coming around the mountain (actually across the Plaines from Chicago) and visiting Houston for a little over a week. I'll be coming to visit my sister who lives out in the Heights area. A few years back I was on a project that had me in Greenspoint...

opinions? Noise occurs while moving, any speed above 0 and below 20, while applying any type of power. Does not happen in regen, coasting in neutral, or reverse. I can vary the pitch and loudness of the noise by applying more accelerator, and it does not matter the speed, as you can hear in the...

I was a little concerned taking Blue on her first trip with all the talk about city mpge vs. highway mgpe and charging times and etc. Drove from VA to NYC, about 250 miles. SUCCESS! Drove out with 96% charge, got to the Delaware supercharger with 40+%. Had TACC set to 80mph, though due to...

I found the trip reports that other folks had posted very useful when planning my trip, so I thought I would share our experience. We drove down from NJ to Williamsburg, VA on 6/7 and returned on 6/12. I was thrilled when we were packing the car up with how much space there was in it. We were...

I'm planning my first road trip for the 4th of July weekend and I need to know realistically how much wiggle room is enough. For example I'm using EV Trip Planner and my first leg is 176 miles 69.4 KWH using a 1.15 speed multiplier and 600 lbs (overestimating 4 people and some stuff). another...

Orlando-area doctors visit Suns game on first stop of cross-country journey for mens health | jacksonville.com www.driveformenshealth.com I don't think this made it to the Forum yet. No local publicity in advance, so I missed seeing them.

Got a late start today from Amherst. Wife lost her cell phone and we had to get it shut off. Stopped at the Tesla Cleveland Store and used their Supercharger while I bought a ChaDemo adapter. They also adjusted the tension of the driver side wiper to eliminate streaking. Did a fair amount of...

I thought the board might be interested in following my family three-month road trip from Malta all the way through Europe and up to northern Sweden and onwards to the UK. We've embarked already and you can follow here Travels and Trades | Documenting my life filled with lots of traveling and...

So I am going to be getting my S85D in about a month and the 2 regular longer trips I will be taking in it are Menlo Park to Reno and Menlo Park to LA. I have done the routes using evtripplanner.com and figure I have an idea what to do but am looking for some experiential knowledge. At each of...

Just finished about 1500 miles of driving over the past week-ish. western-central NC to southern NJ, bunch of driving around NJ, and then back. Was in no rush, so just headed out from home for short stops in Burlington, NC, then South Hill, VA, then did a 100% change in Glen Allen VA while...

Just wanted to share this success story. We are on a road trip from California to Indiana in our beloved Tess. Just 2 days in we are in Grand Junction CO, and got to our hotel as planned. Loved the trip planner feature in v6.2. As we park, we get the dreaded 12 volt battery error. Car is...

Hi All, I am planning to make a family road-trip in my Tesla Model S from Toronto to the Grand Canyon and back soon (June 6-21). We have dedicated 2 weeks for the entire trip, so it is not intended to be a mad-dash. If we spend only a couple of days at the Grand Canyon, that leaves about 6 days...

Really, there are a number of things to learn about traveling in a Tesla Model S (MS). There are differences that come out that I never would have throught about before. I would, on this journey, write down some of what happens and what we learn. Number 1: Long Distance Between SuperChargers...

Hey guys, I've decided to take a cross country trip for the next month or so and I'm trying to see as much as possible from the country, so here I feel this is one of the best place to go and ask for people from the different parts of the country what would be the best things to see in their...

My wife, my dog, and I will be taking the MS on a rather long road trip and I think I will post about the places (Black Hills, Yellowstone, Portland, San Francisco, etc.) as well as the Tesla along the way. But I don't understand Blogs very well on this forum (like how do you add a next posting...

We're driving down in my S85 from Vancouver, Canada to Tacoma, WA (specifically the Tacoma Dome) next weekend for a concert. Ideally, we'd charge at Burlington SC, hit Tacoma Dome for the concert, then drive home, but this won't likely work. The Tacoma Dome is just far enough from the...

I recently returned from a 13-day round trip from California to Milwaukee, Minneapolis and back. I thought this would be the perfect trial for the trip planning feature and the estimated battery reserve feature. I understand the trip planner is "beta," so I set the bar low for results. Here...

Hi All! I've been planning a trip from Seattle to Spokane and back. Looking at my range and the available charging locations, I'm going to stop in Ellensburg (probably the Days Inn & EJ RV Park) and then Ritzville at the Cedars Inn RV Park. Does anybody have experience or advice with this trip...

Hi all! I am planning a huge road trip across Europe, from Norway to Spain and back. I have decided to write a blog to tell about the planning, the trip itself, the challenges, the fun, etc. I hope it is of interest for you guys: http://teslaroadtripeurope.blogspot.com/ Comments/questions...

I've done the Canberra to Sydney trip a few times now. Here's a short video showing my experience with energy usage for a round trip in good weather. Might be of interest. It would be good to share experiences as we all get a handle on the capabilities of the car. My experience so far is that it...

I'm looking at possibly getting a P85D, but am still researching the best offer I could get on my current car and finalizing some other accounts I have. I'm going on a road trip starting 26/27 June, does Tesla still prioritize the P85D in production? What are the current turnaround times the...

For those who may not be following the CPO Live thread, it had been made to U.S. buyers that there is a $500 (same region, different city), $1,000 (adjoining regions), or $1,500 (distant region) transport fee. Not unheard of, but sad we are being told this days AFTER putting out deposit in. In...

This is just my observation. But during my trip to the bay area this weekend, i've notice a few teslas on the road. More so than the other times i made the trip. However i notice they are all in the slow lane!!! Now i know why they are in the slow lane. But i just wished the model s can do 500+...

How many people drive in? Since picking up my car, I keep looking for excuses to drive and a road trip down the coast looks like fun. And does the event sell-out as I am still working out my schedule. Thanks

I'm taking my first extended road trip Mother's Day weekend from Bethesda, MD to Manchester, MA (a little NE of Boston). I've been looking at EVTripplanner and using it as a guide. I have P85D and will use range mode... try to keep my speed within 10 mph of the posted limits. Current plan...

Reading through the various threads on charging I see occasional mentions of suggestion regarding superchargers. As someone who has not yet taken delivery (the car is currently "in transit") I'm guessing there are more than a few things newbies like me need to know before their first trip to...

When it comes to road trips we have to think about charging and it becomes a part of the planning. I went on many road trips by myself and always planned it out, looking for chargers and adding up drive time and charge time and possible detours and so on. This is unique to an EV as with an ICE...

In mid-June my bf and I will be making our biggest electric roadtrip from Seminole to Boston for a family event. I made a trip from home to Charlotte, NC late last year by myself, so I'm not nervous about the trip, plus I'll have a CHAdeMO adapter this time as extra insurance. I know there have...

Hey guys, I did my first road trip this weekend with my Model S 85D and noticed something weird with the range. Car is on the OEM Winter Tires (Sottozero). Interior was set to 68F with range mode ON. Car has 1200miles on the odo. Speed was VERY stable. 55mph in 55mph zone(around 50% of the...

Leaving on my first road trip in a few hours with my one week old 85D. The destination is Salem Oregon. There are two SuperCharge stations en route. The car is 100% charged and indicates range of 271 miles. The navigation says that I need to stop at the first one in Centralia, WA - just 40...

I'm planning a road trip from Long Beach to Palo Alto in mid-summer - leaving LB on pre-dawn on a Thursday and returning the following Monday. The route I want to take would be 101N to San Luis Obispo then HWY 1 to Salinas then up to Palo Alto. I've looked at Plug Share and after getting over...

Heading out on a road trip to Niles MI from Annapolis,MD. Trip calculator says I can get to Somerset then Cranberry north of Pittsburgh. Has anybody gone from Cranberry to Maumee OH (Toledo) without a stopping at Macedonia, OH (Cleveland)???:confused:

Greetings from Washington DC: My wife and I are planing our first major Model S road trip, in June '15, to visit our daughter who teaches at Ste. Mary's in Halifax, NS. It looks, from my research so far, as if Maine and the Canadian Maritimes will need advance planning. We have a CHAdeMO...

See: Map points the way for the ultimate U.S. road trip | MNN - Mother Nature Network Is anyone up for attempting this trip in a Tesla? (tip - several portions out of Supercharger range)

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