Hoping to share the experience with everyone to have more references to go from when going on road trips with their Model X. Just wanted to post an update and current situation.
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Los Angeles to Sequoia National Forest
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eye.surgeon
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The two superchargers I considered were:
Fresno SC is 92 miles
Kettleman SC is106 miles
Decided to tackle it from the south and used the new Kettleman City Supercharger as my last full charging point.
Spotted this Model 3 leaving as I was pulling into Kettleman.
Decided to make a stop at Tulare to checkout the outlet and just get an early start tomorrow instead of arriving at the campground at night. Tricklecharging is super slow, but it's better than nothing. I didn't think I would ever need a NEMA-5-20 adaptor, but I'll be ordering one seeing that it can actually be used with these types of motels.
The place we stayed at was about a mile from La Piazza and would have been convenient, but we had already eaten. I was thinking of going there this morning, but just headed straight to Gateway Lodge/ Restaurant.
Hoping to go sift thru the photos in the next day or so, but here's a coupled of random shots from my phone in the meantime. Planning to post more on IG: theblackdreadbalerion, which is probably more appropriate.
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This is pretty much the route I took for the trip :https://goo.gl/maps/4CLv8RQNC1B2. I really over did it on charging and safety nets to account for the range anxiety for this trip as it was my first trip to Sequoai. This was just a spontaneous trial run, but I plan on camping up there in the future and doing this trip really gave me insight that it's very doable.
Los Angeles to Burbank SC - 13.6 miles
Burbank SC to Bakersfield SC- 107 miles
Bakersfield SC to Kettleman City SC- 56.9 miles
Kettleman City SC to Tulare Outlets- 47.6 miles
overnight stay in Tulare Motel
Tulare Motel to Gateway Restaurant and Lodge HPWC- 48.2 miles
Gateway Restaurant and Lodge to General Sherman Tree- 19.0 miles
General Sherman Tree- Tunnel Log- 3.8 miles
One way trip total: 296 miles
Los Angeles to Burbank SC - 13.6 miles
Burbank SC to Bakersfield SC- 107 miles
Bakersfield SC to Kettleman City SC- 56.9 miles
Kettleman City SC to Tulare Outlets- 47.6 miles
overnight stay in Tulare Motel
Tulare Motel to Gateway Restaurant and Lodge HPWC- 48.2 miles
Gateway Restaurant and Lodge to General Sherman Tree- 19.0 miles
General Sherman Tree- Tunnel Log- 3.8 miles
One way trip total: 296 miles
comanchepilot
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We made a trip through there this summer. Death Valley to Sequoia to Kings Canyon to Yosemite. Such a fun trip although we didn't take our X since it wasn't delivered yet. Picked it up the day we got back home. Really look forward to going back to all these parks and taking our Tesla through there sometime in the future.
On the route from LA to Sequoia (which is what the OP is talking about) Yosemite and the Ahwahnee are a pretty big detour. And the Ahwahnee has Tesla HPWCs, not an “SC” (Supercharger).
Planning to do Yosemite as well, which actually seemed more ideal since there was a SC at Fish Camp. It’s funny seeing other Tesla’s on long stretches of the freeway, since you know you’re most likely going to the same place.
The only reason I was anxious was, because I did a trip from Rancho Cucamonga SC to a cabin in Big Bear. It was around 60 miles on the map, but when I actually drove up I ended up consuming I think close to double. The elevation gain of Sequoai was roughly the same compared to Big Bear. The regen from the downhill definitely helps and the Tesla native navigation I think takes it into account automatically if you pay attention to the arrive/return trip percentage before you go up the mountain.
