I am about to venture out on my first road trip, from Sand Diego to Tucson and Bisbee in my 2013 P85+. I‘ve read up a bit, but would welcome any tips or suggestions, of any nature, regarding energy usage, charging or otherwise. In the past, when making this trip, I have always used my ICE car. But I have since de-registered it to save on insurance and registration costs, and it sits now, covered, in my driveway.
Bisbee is about 100 miles from Tucson, and has no superchargers close by, closest Is in south Tucson area. There is one destination charger in Bisbee, but you have to stay in the hotel to use it, and I am staying with friends. Wit’s the 245 total miles my battery supposedly can provide, it could be doable, but what with real world mileage and phantom drain, I planned ahead and learned my friends have a welding plug, so I picked up a decent adapter on Amazon. I already have a 30 foot extension cable, and learned my friends also have a 100 foot one, so I seem well covered for that part of the trip.
I also have some other adaptors, including one for a dryer plug. I will be staying at an Airbnb while in Tuscon that has a dryer, so am wondering if it is electric maybe I can charge my car with that. I doubt the owners would appreciate the extra electricity draw of course . . .but there seems nothing said about it in their rules, so . . . .
I’ve heard of, but have never used, A Better Trip Planner. Is this worth checking out, or am I just fine with the Tesla navigation. Any practical benefit on this sort of trip to ABTP?
Anything else I should be considering re this trip? Appreciate any and all useful info and suggestions.
Bisbee is about 100 miles from Tucson, and has no superchargers close by, closest Is in south Tucson area. There is one destination charger in Bisbee, but you have to stay in the hotel to use it, and I am staying with friends. Wit’s the 245 total miles my battery supposedly can provide, it could be doable, but what with real world mileage and phantom drain, I planned ahead and learned my friends have a welding plug, so I picked up a decent adapter on Amazon. I already have a 30 foot extension cable, and learned my friends also have a 100 foot one, so I seem well covered for that part of the trip.
I also have some other adaptors, including one for a dryer plug. I will be staying at an Airbnb while in Tuscon that has a dryer, so am wondering if it is electric maybe I can charge my car with that. I doubt the owners would appreciate the extra electricity draw of course . . .but there seems nothing said about it in their rules, so . . . .
I’ve heard of, but have never used, A Better Trip Planner. Is this worth checking out, or am I just fine with the Tesla navigation. Any practical benefit on this sort of trip to ABTP?
Anything else I should be considering re this trip? Appreciate any and all useful info and suggestions.