1st Tesla Road Trip

[Cyberspeed]

We took a 404 mile road trip. We made a video of our experience. Clearly I am not a Youtuber but turned out ok with the help of my 14 year old. lol

For a new EV owner it was super easy and I see no reason to go back to ICE.

Total of 404 Miles
Avg Speed 53.29 MPH
Time: 1245 - 820 - 7:35 minutes (45 minutes of Traffic)
Kwh Used: 101.85
Cost:
Super Charging: $23.14 - (added 195.22 miles or 51.42 kwh) $.45/kwh
Home Charging: $5.25 - (added 208.78 miles or 50.42 kwh used) or $.10/kwh
Total Cost: $28.39 or $.07/mile
Time to Charge 23 minutes
3 stops 2 where to charge

If Driving Lexus RX - 30 mpg Same Trip: $50.50 (Plus oil change 5% used = $13.46) - this may be a little high however everytime I took my lexus in it was $300+ each 7500 miles....
Total Cost $64 or $.16/mile

 

[ElectricAnt54]

Same. I had no issues during my first EV long distance trip a few weeks ago. 700 miles. Mostly driven using autopilot + autosteer, no phantom braking but I took over a few times on curvey roads with semis next to me. I don’t trust semis much .

 

[CaseyL]

We took a 404 mile road trip. We made a video of our experience. Clearly I am not a Youtuber but turned out ok with the help of my 14 year old. lol

For a new EV owner it was super easy and I see no reason to go back to ICE.

Tesla road trips are fun !!

We have over 22,000 miles so far and about half of that has been on trips.

 

[Cyberspeed]

Tesla road trips are fun !!

We have over 22,000 miles so far and about half of that has been on trips.

nice!

 

[Mulkogi]

My wife and I love road trips in general but doing it in an EV is an added extra fun with all the different charger setups and not the usual gas station stops. Some have amazing hotel bathrooms, some have great food choices, some have beautiful views. Enjoy!

 

[soumak]

Did a 414 mile test run today. Going to do a 1400+ mile road trip later this week. First ev. I'll see how much I'veearned from all the YouTubeers.

 

[Cyberspeed]

Did a 414 mile test run today. Going to do a 1400+ mile road trip later this week. First ev. I'll see how much I'veearned from all the YouTubeers.

Sweet - post up a trip report!

 

[soumak]

Sweet - post up a trip report!

Will do.

El dorado charger is working!

 

[thesmokingman]

Man that $.10/kwh, I'm jelly.

 

[bicar]

My wife and I love road trips in general but doing it in an EV is an added extra fun with all the different charger setups and not the usual gas station stops. Some have amazing hotel bathrooms, some have great food choices, some have beautiful views. Enjoy!

Try a Buc-ee's. They have full time washroom attendants in the toilets. Incredibly clean. They are SE US and huge, 100+ pumps and no semis. It is a destination gas station. They have an agreement with Tesla and new stations have supercharges. I stopped at one in St Augustine and it was a perfect charging stop.

 

[CaseyL]

Try a Buc-ee's. They have full time washroom attendants in the toilets. Incredibly clean. They are SE US and huge, 100+ pumps and no semis. It is a destination gas station. They have an agreement with Tesla and new stations have supercharges. I stopped at one in St Augustine and it was a perfect charging stop.

I second thata

Two days ago, we stopped at a Buc-ee's in Robertsdale, AL. The place was huge and downright amazing. There sixteen chargers, most of which were empty and available. There were tons of people but it was not a problem.

To top it off, I had a delicious bbq beef brisket sandwich for lunch.

I did feel rather bad for the older guy who pulled into the charging station next to us with a new Mach-E. After he realized the plug wouldn't fit, he asked me why the chargers were only for Tesla's. He had a hard time believing me when I said Tesla paid for all of the chargers.

 

[Cyberspeed]

I second thata

Two days ago, we stopped at a Buc-ee's in Robertsdale, AL. The place was huge and downright amazing. There sixteen chargers, most of which were empty and available. There were tons of people but it was not a problem.

To top it off, I had a delicious bbq beef brisket sandwich for lunch.

I did feel rather bad for the older guy who pulled into the charging station next to us with a new Mach-E. After he realized the plug wouldn't fit, he asked me why the chargers were only for Tesla's. He had a hard time believing me when I said Tesla paid for all of the chargers.

will be a game changer when Tesla puts chargers in Kentucky. None at the new buc-ee's there yet.

 

[Mike_TV]

Roadtrips this summer have been great. AP on the freeways with zero stress driving...except in construction zones and FSD beta on unfamiliar city or rural town streets, especially at night with hard to read or missing street signs, have been fantastic.

 

[Mulkogi]

Roadtrips this summer have been great. AP on the freeways with zero stress driving...except in construction zones and FSD beta on unfamiliar city or rural town streets, especially at night with hard to read or missing street signs, have been fantastic.

Do you have vision or radar? I just caved in and updated mine and got the vision only now. First thing I noted is that I hate auto high beams. Didn't do a long drive yet but hesitant it will be as radar AP with almost no issues for me.

 

[Cyberspeed]

Do you have vision or radar? I just caved in and updated mine and got the vision only now. First thing I noted is that I hate auto high beams. Didn't do a long drive yet but hesitant it will be as radar AP with almost no issues for me.

tesla vision - no issues with night driving. Its pretty good and changes to low beams when other cars roll up. I just set the AP and let it rock and roll.

 

[Mike_TV]

Do you have vision or radar? I just caved in and updated mine and got the vision only now. First thing I noted is that I hate auto high beams. Didn't do a long drive yet but hesitant it will be as radar AP with almost no issues for me.

Vision. Auto high beams improved significantly over the last year to the point where i don't need to disable them anymore.

 

[ChooseFreedom]

will be a game changer when Tesla puts chargers in Kentucky. None at the new buc-ee's there yet.

Didn't realize Buc-ee's had an agreement with Tesla.
Why would they build the new locations w/o SC's? Probably BS state regs.
I live in Lex KY, where there's only 1 SC location (north side - I live south side, 20 min drive away).
The in-laws live in Richmond where the new Buc-ee's was built, but no SC's.
And I couldn't find anything on Buc-ee's site about EV charging at any of their locations.

 

[bicar]

I've been to 7-8 Buc-ee's and they all had Tesla superchargers except, I believe, Daytona and there was already a supercharger a couple miles away. A quick web search references an agreement to have Tesla Superchargers at 26 Buc-ee's locations in 7 states. It really is a great place to stop.

 

[Cyberspeed]

Didn't realize Buc-ee's had an agreement with Tesla.
Why would they build the new locations w/o SC's? Probably BS state regs.
I live in Lex KY, where there's only 1 SC location (north side - I live south side, 20 min drive away).
The in-laws live in Richmond where the new Buc-ee's was built, but no SC's.
And I couldn't find anything on Buc-ee's site about EV charging at any of their locations.

two I stopped at were in Adairsville, GA & Fort Valley, GA along I75.

Google Search Results: Tesla & Buc-ee's Plans For Superchargers Span 26 Stores In 7 States

Looks like more are coming.