Since I got my P85 a month and a half ago I have been wringing my hands about the scariness of driving to visit my mom in N. Houston. It's usually a 2:15 trip, but with my average of 378 Wh/mi and no easily accessible superchargers along the way, it turns into a 3:40 trip by going through Columbus, and then a somewhat scary trip home with 10% remaining battery estimated upon return via the normal route.
Started off with a full range charge @ 253 miles and promptly remembered we forgot the stroller, so turned around and lost 8 miles of range. Uh oh!
Our first stop was the Columbus, TX Supercharger. Interestingly, the "small Nav" had it at a gas station on the right side of the road, however, when I turned in there, it changed to "follow the main touchscreen and find the flag", which was about 800 feet behind us and on the other side of the road, behind the Comfort Inn and Suites
We headed the rest of the way to Houston and enjoyed ourselves at the Childrens Museum before heading up to my mom's house. Along the way we found the N. Houston Supercharger and stopped there for a "fill up" to 200 miles range so we'd have plenty of extra to get home. Saw a cool license plate there - "TESLA" on a P85 from Louisiana - quite jealous.
Was very excited to see my mom has a 10-30 plug in her laundry room, so purchased a converter this morning from Tesla so I can charge at better than 2.5MPH next time I go there and get rid of range anxiety entirely.
I'll admit I was a little scared when I entered my home address upon leaving my mom's to see 8% remaining, but decided to go for it anyways as opposed to taking that detour through Columbus and adding an extra hour+ at the end of an already long day for us and the kiddos.
On the way, while heading along at 5MPH under the limit, we passed a white 85 with another awesome license plate "PLUG ME N" - and I think they definitely needed to plug in as they were a solid 10-15MPH under the speed limit... proof that we really need more charging options along the 290 route to Houston.
Got home with a whole 14 miles rated range, including a stop at our grocery store (I got scared and turned off everything including the lights )
Plugged her in for a full charge to see if the HIGH->LOW charge would help balance the cells better and give me more range... and guess what?
Added 2 miles from what I saw yesterday! Wonder if a couple more trips like this could get it all the way back to 265 like I assume it was when brand new?
In the end - I'm stoked because I know I can make it to visit my mom now, and it definitely helped me feel better about a long trip home without worrying about stopping at a Supercharger!
Started off with a full range charge @ 253 miles and promptly remembered we forgot the stroller, so turned around and lost 8 miles of range. Uh oh!
Our first stop was the Columbus, TX Supercharger. Interestingly, the "small Nav" had it at a gas station on the right side of the road, however, when I turned in there, it changed to "follow the main touchscreen and find the flag", which was about 800 feet behind us and on the other side of the road, behind the Comfort Inn and Suites
We headed the rest of the way to Houston and enjoyed ourselves at the Childrens Museum before heading up to my mom's house. Along the way we found the N. Houston Supercharger and stopped there for a "fill up" to 200 miles range so we'd have plenty of extra to get home. Saw a cool license plate there - "TESLA" on a P85 from Louisiana - quite jealous.
Was very excited to see my mom has a 10-30 plug in her laundry room, so purchased a converter this morning from Tesla so I can charge at better than 2.5MPH next time I go there and get rid of range anxiety entirely.
I'll admit I was a little scared when I entered my home address upon leaving my mom's to see 8% remaining, but decided to go for it anyways as opposed to taking that detour through Columbus and adding an extra hour+ at the end of an already long day for us and the kiddos.
On the way, while heading along at 5MPH under the limit, we passed a white 85 with another awesome license plate "PLUG ME N" - and I think they definitely needed to plug in as they were a solid 10-15MPH under the speed limit... proof that we really need more charging options along the 290 route to Houston.
Got home with a whole 14 miles rated range, including a stop at our grocery store (I got scared and turned off everything including the lights )
Plugged her in for a full charge to see if the HIGH->LOW charge would help balance the cells better and give me more range... and guess what?
Added 2 miles from what I saw yesterday! Wonder if a couple more trips like this could get it all the way back to 265 like I assume it was when brand new?
In the end - I'm stoked because I know I can make it to visit my mom now, and it definitely helped me feel better about a long trip home without worrying about stopping at a Supercharger!
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