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Some of you may remember that I tried this in my model S 90D some years back, and it wasn't possible without a supercharger stop in Manteca.
Marc's Blog: cars - Driving from the South Bay Area to Kirkwood in a Tesla Model S 90D
With the model 3 AWD LR (and obviously the RWD even more as long as you don't hit snow, because chains must kill the 20 mile range advantage that car has), it is possible to make it to kirkwood in one shot (leaving from south bay, 85/280 10mn from mtv campus).
3 years after my first attempt in the model S, my first successful non stop drive, which included a snow storm (which in itself does kill range, it likely made me lose 6 or 7% and I arrived with only 9%):
Marc's Blog: cars - First Non Stop Tesla Drive to Kirkwood
- The 91% straight shot drive also allowed me to compute that my usable battery capacity is 72KWh, making a full battery 75Kwh if you add a 3Kwh buffer.
- Return drive would be a mere 35% of the battery thanks to the downhill.
- Obviously, do not leave your car overnight in the snow without it being plugged in, your battery will discharge a lot trying to keep itself warm
Marc
Marc's Blog: cars - Driving from the South Bay Area to Kirkwood in a Tesla Model S 90D
With the model 3 AWD LR (and obviously the RWD even more as long as you don't hit snow, because chains must kill the 20 mile range advantage that car has), it is possible to make it to kirkwood in one shot (leaving from south bay, 85/280 10mn from mtv campus).
3 years after my first attempt in the model S, my first successful non stop drive, which included a snow storm (which in itself does kill range, it likely made me lose 6 or 7% and I arrived with only 9%):
Marc's Blog: cars - First Non Stop Tesla Drive to Kirkwood
- The 91% straight shot drive also allowed me to compute that my usable battery capacity is 72KWh, making a full battery 75Kwh if you add a 3Kwh buffer.
- Return drive would be a mere 35% of the battery thanks to the downhill.
- Obviously, do not leave your car overnight in the snow without it being plugged in, your battery will discharge a lot trying to keep itself warm
Marc