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If they had Aero wheels on it, they probably could have clipped off some Supercharging time. At, say, 4% efficiency improvement, they would have saved about 35 kWh - which would be about 15-30 minutes of V2 Supercharging. Once deployed along the route, V3 Supercharging could probably cut another 2 hours off the time.
SammichLover
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V3 SC is currently a zero-impact on that route, unless it happens to go through the Las Vegas Strip?
Most are 140kW+, but more-so not only do most of the older ones that predate that allow somewhat above 120kW peak, the other parts of the curve have large improvements as well. You're at 100kW+ into the 60% range and a lot of time is saved in the 60%-80% range, if you need to get into that for a given jump, because the ratio difference there over the old curve is even bigger than 150kW:120kW.
Swiss Family Thomsen. Pretty funny, remarkable and cool that your average Swiss family can just up and go for a cannonball run and break the record in a regular old Tesla. Just looking at abetterrouteplanner.com, their trip seems pretty close to optimal, with 44h8m being the prediction for driving at 115% of reference speed. Near the end, in Arizona or Cali, it seemed like they may have had to wait at a Supercharger, as it seemed like they moved the car a couple times. Wondering if they could have avoided that and gotten a better time, if they had started in Cali, left late at night, and driven East, avoiding the waits.
Trying the new Roadster shows a lot fewer stops, as expected, and longer charges for the larger battery, but only a slight improvement to 43h15m. Obviously, they made alot of assumptions, but it doesn't seem all that much faster, considering that in the real world, 4hr back-to-back legs of driving is a bit much for any one person. Definitely requires alternating. And the route even has a stop in Vegas at the v3 supercharger, where it seems to put in a 40min normal v2 charge in only 27m.
Trying the new Roadster shows a lot fewer stops, as expected, and longer charges for the larger battery, but only a slight improvement to 43h15m. Obviously, they made alot of assumptions, but it doesn't seem all that much faster, considering that in the real world, 4hr back-to-back legs of driving is a bit much for any one person. Definitely requires alternating. And the route even has a stop in Vegas at the v3 supercharger, where it seems to put in a 40min normal v2 charge in only 27m.
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Daniel in SD
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28 hours and 50 minutes. Average speed 98mph. Obviously completely reckless.
Going to need the Space X package to beat that!
https://jalopnik.com/meet-the-guy-who-drove-across-the-u-s-in-a-record-28-h-1454092837
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ModelNforNerd
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seems like a pretty terrible ROI for something that will get wiped out as soon as more v3 charging comes online.
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Daniel in SD
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Looks like the sweet spot for the Model 3 is 103mph according to abetterrouteplanner. Set ref speed to 200%, max speed to 103mph, min charge to 5% and It claims it can be done in 41:38!
One of keys would be to have people ICE a pair of supercharger spots for you at every stop. That and not die or get arrested for reckless driving...
One of keys would be to have people ICE a pair of supercharger spots for you at every stop. That and not die or get arrested for reckless driving...
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DrivingTheFuture
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Once enough V3 stations open up, I would think one could set a sub 40 hr time in the high 30s (will that one be me? time will tell
) the speeds would be very reckless indeed...
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I didn't do it for the bragging rights, I did it because it's a stimulating challenge and I love road trips. We also raised money for human trafficking: freedom5000.org
Tam
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I agree that for EVs, it's not about bragging rights but it's about how capable EVs are now.
A horse drawn carriage can do a Coast-to-Coast trip but it's impractical and it's still very true to other non-Tesla EVs.
It's refreshing to learn that Tesla keeps shrinking down the time spent for a Coast-to-Coast trip.
A bit shocking that a x-country trip is still not practical for other EVs yet. You'd think that's the first thing the other mfrs would want to get ready and promote. Just punched in a Chevy Bolt into abetterrouteplanner.com and it shows for the exact same trip from NYC to the Portofino Marina in LA, a trip of 65h 13m!!! 20 hrs longer than the Swiss Family Thomsen, and 20hrs of charging! You'd have to have the patience of Job to want to do that. I've seen posts at the Chevy forums extolling the practicality of doing a long trip in the Bolt, but seriously, you'd have to be retired and a lover of flea markets to want to stop that often and for that long. Those are all eating stops, you'll get fat before you get to LA.
Just tried the 62kWh Nissan Leaf Plus, and it's showing that it's still impossible!?! Nuts! Almost 59hrs for an E-Tron. And, almost 60hrs for a Kia Niro. Strangely, the Hyundai Ionic is only 58 and a half hrs. I thought it was the same as the Niro? And the MB EQC, almost 62hrs.
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Daniel in SD
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I'm not sure why someone would want to drive across the country in any car in two days except for the challenge...
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