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Charging adapters
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RichAZ/CapeCod
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Well, short answer is, "no." Reading between the one line of your posting, I suspect you are a newbie to the EV road tripping world. Look, I just did a +2,900 mile run from Cape Cod to southern AZ. Every Supercharger site I went to worked just fine. You are overthinking your long trip.
Please share where the trip is leaving from and going to and I'll give you some specific guidance if I can.
Rich
Edit: I see you'll be starting from San Diego, so got that now (sis lives in El Cajon. Been to San Diego via Tesla from south of Tucson. Piece of cake.)
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alexcue
Member
@RichAZ/CapeCod , is right, you can get by with just the J1772 and SuperChargers for the most part. I have the CCS1 Tesla Adapter, and have only used it once while traveling and that was just because i could. It's there for emergencies, or if the SuC are all busy, I can find a working EA charger around me.
Thanks! Yes, a newbie. Have had my Model Y for a year. Installed my own home charger but am planning a trip to San Francisco area soon (yes, from San Diego)...
Then you won't need charging adapters unless you are staying at a camp or RV site that is far away from some kind of fast charger (Supercharger or DC chargers). Between San Diego and San Fransisco there are more than enough Superchargers. Use trip planner and follow it.
RichAZ/CapeCod
Member
Uh, we gotta talk some... You will have NO problem making such a trip. CA is EV heaven in regard the charging infrastructure. Just remember to not bother to charge beyond 70% State of Charge (SoC) on trips, as it takes too long to go much beyond 70% SoC.
Here are the listed Tesla SC sites from SF to the south down to SD. You should download PlugShare.
Rich
If you're coming up to NorCal from San Diego, you'll be mostly on I-5. There's a ton of chargers on that route. Tesla's trip planner shows that if you start from the San Diego cruise ship terminal, you would need 2 stops for charging. Not bad at all. Even if you drive 80 mph like most folks do on I-5, you likely won't need more than 3 stops.
Use this Tesla planner to check out your proposed route or use the Nav in your car
Use this Tesla planner to check out your proposed route or use the Nav in your car
davewill
Active Member
The only adapter you need is the J1772 one included with the car in the event you run into destination charging at a hotel, shopping mall or restaurant.
The only exception would be if you're planning to go camping and want to charge in an RV camping spot. If so, say so, and we'll cover that scenario.
The only exception would be if you're planning to go camping and want to charge in an RV camping spot. If so, say so, and we'll cover that scenario.
