Well, committed to doing the annual ski trip from London to the French alps in the Y/LR which is 750 miles door to door. Some learnings from me:
The Supercharger network appears to be as good as they say (in France
).
The nav planned it all out perfectly and there was only one instance where I arrived with 7% but I was sitting at 85mph for a while that stretch. I find that 70mph-75mph is the best balance for battery / progress. First experience with 250KW charging
Throttling past the point of reaching next destination is bit annoying. Was worried about charger congestion as I went during school break but often I was the only one there lol. The French don’t seem to like EVs as all the Teslas I saw were Brits / other countries.
Ride is better on the motorway but still not great. Seats gave me lumbar aches that my BMWs never did (both had lumbar support) and I did much longer trips in those. Think they’re also too soft.
Three instances of phantom braking whilst on AP, one quite scary, where there was zero danger - that’s too many really.
That’s me 2,000 meters up. It’s been parked in sub zero temps day and night and so far only losing 1% per 24 hours. Not 1% of total battery just a 1% unit - no sentry mode tho. Dual Motor helpful up here too.
All in all, impressed and confident of doing longer trips in it. I did bring the mobile charger (and a long extension) as a last resort but was never close to needing it.
The Supercharger network appears to be as good as they say (in France
).The nav planned it all out perfectly and there was only one instance where I arrived with 7% but I was sitting at 85mph for a while that stretch. I find that 70mph-75mph is the best balance for battery / progress. First experience with 250KW charging
Throttling past the point of reaching next destination is bit annoying. Was worried about charger congestion as I went during school break but often I was the only one there lol. The French don’t seem to like EVs as all the Teslas I saw were Brits / other countries.Ride is better on the motorway but still not great. Seats gave me lumbar aches that my BMWs never did (both had lumbar support) and I did much longer trips in those. Think they’re also too soft.
Three instances of phantom braking whilst on AP, one quite scary, where there was zero danger - that’s too many really.
That’s me 2,000 meters up. It’s been parked in sub zero temps day and night and so far only losing 1% per 24 hours. Not 1% of total battery just a 1% unit - no sentry mode tho. Dual Motor helpful up here too.
All in all, impressed and confident of doing longer trips in it. I did bring the mobile charger (and a long extension) as a last resort but was never close to needing it.
. Thanks for sharing your trip.
