First, great thread. I am a new owner, 75D(one week yesterday) from the 3rd quarter sales blitz and couldn't be happier. I guess like all new owners I am having range anxiety and have some questions. Forgive me if these are answered in other threads (I will admit I got lazy but it also seemed that this thread was perfect for what information I need).
I am on the first half of a round trip between the Atlanta area and Santa Rosa Beach Florida. Using the trip planner, I get routed through using Superchargers in Auburn, AL (incidentally this is one as noted that is way off the highway 10 - 15 minutes), Evergreen, AL and DeFuniak Springs, FL. I have been making this trip for over 20 years in the past and the trip down in my Tesla added about 2.5 hours to my normal ICE drive time. This was both because of time spent charging and the rerouting through Evergreen, AL.
My questions are this:
- The distance between the Auburn SC and DeFuniak SC is about 180 miles this should be very doable with a 85 - 90% charge at Auburn and the same at DeFuniak coming back. Am I reading this correctly or am I cutting it too closely?
- Is there anyway to override the trip planner to force the routing directly to DeFuniak getting the predictive value of its energy calculation?
- What is a reasonable buffer that I should plan on when planning a single leg of a trip without charging resources available?
Again, great thread and thanks for your thoughts and experience.