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2200 mile round trip drive: M3LR or ICE?
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It doesn't show on the Tesla go anywhere webpage. That webpage isn't very useful and I wouldn't recommend using it to actually plan your route. The in car navigation works better and A Better Route Planner, abrp.com works much better.
For finding out information about all Tesla locations including the supercharger stops, the Tesla "Find us" map is pretty good.
Find Us | Tesla
Use the interactive Find Us map to locate Tesla charging stations, service centers, galleries and stores on the go.
www.tesla.com
Just click on the Supercharger location and it will show under Charging the maximum charge rate. If it's 250kW, it's a V3, 120kW to 150kW is a V2, and 72kW is an Urban Supercharger. The nice thing about this map is it shows nearby restrooms, restaurants, etc.
It's not like you are going to have a choice between V2 and V3 on I-80 in Wyoming. Honestly, I never felt like it made a significant difference.
Also, if you're on the road and can't get to a Supercharger location for some reason, check plugshare.com since it shows all different kinds of chargers. Bring along your Tesla Mobile Connector along with the J1772, 5-15 and 14-50 adapters. On Plugshare it shows the type of plug for the charger. Any of these chargers are much slower than a Supercharger, but at least you can get a charge if you need it.
On a Model 3, a V3 charger only makes a few minutes difference in the charge time and only if you start charging at a low state of charge. Of course, that's assuming that your V2 charger isn't being shared with another car. If you're sharing, it could be as much as 10 minutes faster. That's not really a big deal in my experience, but if you're in a hurry . . .
Being Wyoming I assume they’re all V2?
Got it, thank you!It doesn't show on the Tesla go anywhere webpage. That webpage isn't very useful and I wouldn't recommend using it to actually plan your route. The in car navigation works better and A Better Route Planner, abrp.com works much better.
For finding out information about all Tesla locations including the supercharger stops, the Tesla "Find us" map is pretty good.
Find Us | Tesla
Use the interactive Find Us map to locate Tesla charging stations, service centers, galleries and stores on the go.
Just click on the Supercharger location and it will show under Charging the maximum charge rate. If it's 250kW, it's a V3, 120kW to 150kW is a V2, and 72kW is an Urban Supercharger. The nice thing about this map is it shows nearby restrooms, restaurants, etc.
bradtem
Robocar consultant
If you follow my strategy of charge at lunch and dinner charging adds zero time to your trip. You may even prefer v2 chargers so you don't have to move your car during dining. V3 can too fast
Rock springs, hopefully is the first stop.you're just going to Evanston or Rock Springs, right? You don't need to be at 100%
Have a great time!
Edit: this is where we’ll get breakfast and let it charge for a while so we won’t have to stop again until Cheyenne. Looks like we’ll have a nice tailwind.
I’ll do a longer “trip report” at a later time but yes, I do agree with all of you guys now that range anxiety is a non issue. We cut it close from the grand island, NE SC to the St, Joseph, MO charger as we’re down to 8%. Never even bothered with ABRP.
And man, I honestly feel like super chargers are the real crowning achievement for Tesla even as incredible as the vehicles are.
And man, I honestly feel like super chargers are the real crowning achievement for Tesla even as incredible as the vehicles are.
To each his own but I would have topped up in Lincoln to avoid stress. FWIW, I have run into situations where the Supercharger wasn’t working or available (parking lot paving).
Oh, no! Very sorry this has happened and I hope it is resolved very quickly. Where are you?
Tesla would still tow you but everything would have been more painful, I suppose. I got our new M3LR stuck in desert sand near Joshua Tree NP in 100 deg. heat. It was very stressful but all worked out OK. We met a very kind and helpful Marine from the nearby base. The flatbed tow truck I called
(AAA) couldn‘t reach us. Called a second tow company who had us out in 30 minutes from the time I called.
ElectricIAC
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