Driving to Alaska....

[DblOSmith]

I'm in the beginning stages of planning an epic Alaska EV road trip. What I wanted to do is take my time and drive the entire way, but two things:

1) Wow, Alaska is farther from Washington State than I thought. I thought 3 weeks, might be enough, but I think 1 month would be best.
2) No EV, charging, eh?
3) Even if I drove up to Juneau or something.... I'm not seeing any clear roads from Juneau to Anchorage

I'm sure a ferry from Washington to Anchorage-ish Alaska would be fine, too. Has anyone else made that drive in any vehicle? What are your thoughts? Thanks.

 

[scottf200]

Articles, forum post, and youtube videos about that.

electric vehicle drive from washington to alaska - Google Search

I'd have a CCS adapter. Check plugshare, and possibly a good campground/RV app, of course.

 

[fholbert]

3) Even if I drove up to Juneau or something.... I'm not seeing any clear roads from Juneau to Anchorage

You need to do some homework. Some well known Trivia!

Juneau is unique among the 49 U.S. capitals on mainland North America in that there are no roads connecting the city to the rest of the state or North America.

Has anyone else made that drive in any vehicle? What are your thoughts? Thanks.

Someone on this forum did this in a MX and posted extensively about the trip. IIRC, with three four kids. Lots of pictures too, good thread.

Here it is..

Alaska Tesla Adventure!

After my Baja California trip, this summer I and my family are driving to visit Alaska in our 2017 Model X P100D. We're over 100,000 miles now, and we've got a modestly degraded battery with 259 miles reported range at 100%. This trip has recently become much more tractable owing to the great...

teslamotorsclub.com

 

[LoudMusic]

I'm mildly curious to see what you end up doing.

 

[DblOSmith]

I'm mildly curious to see what you end up doing.

The drive back from the trip is always the worst. I think I might spend more time in the nature, then just fly back/ship my car back. This trip is still maybe 2 years away and would be the biggest trip I've ever planned, so I want to do it right and give myself time to soak things in. Lots of planning.

 

[richguy]

Juneau is probably out. ferry to Haines and drive north, turn left at the junction to go to anchorage. I'd rather drive the whole way, but charging
stations????
rich

I'm in the beginning stages of planning an epic Alaska EV road trip. What I wanted to do is take my time and drive the entire way, but two things:

1) Wow, Alaska is farther from Washington State than I thought. I thought 3 weeks, might be enough, but I think 1 month would be best.
2) No EV, charging, eh?
3) Even if I drove up to Juneau or something.... I'm not seeing any clear roads from Juneau to Anchorage

I'm sure a ferry from Washington to Anchorage-ish Alaska would be fine, too. Has anyone else made that drive in any vehicle? What are your thoughts? Thanks.

 

[phxazcraig]

This fall a guy took his Model Y from Anchorage to Massachusetts, and he certainly had his issues going through the Yukon.

 

[henderrj]

Some airline pilot with a 2013 S made the trip close on to 10 years ago up the Alcan highway. He said welding shops were his friends. He called ahead to each of them and bought all the necessary adapters. This would be before I bought my model S, maybe 8 years ago?

He enjoyed the trip but I do remember that he commented that there was four to five hours of charging pretty much every time he had to charge. With an 85 KWh battery, which was really an 80, with 78 available, it took him quite a while! But he raved about the trip. I recall that he had the car brought back, or maybe rode a ferry back to Seattle. Those are available.

Definitely a once in a lifetime thing! When I lived in the Northwest I always told myself I was going to do it. Now that I moved halfway across the country, I'm not sure if I will or not. Still want to!

 

[dave_]

Useful blog post by a group of people who did it in summer of '22. I built a map using their suggested route.

 

[DblOSmith]

This fall a guy took his Model Y from Anchorage to Massachusetts, and he certainly had his issues going through the Yukon.

Nice find. Thanks.