Well, we did the trip to Springdale, right outside of Zion National Park, from the SF Bay Area with my 2018 July Model X 100D, and girlfriend and her dog and a packed car. We started with about 99% SOC and used A Better Route Planner… at least for a while. We charged at Harris Ranch and Bakersfield a little longer than we needed and then made the run to Mojave. That was a mistake. Mojave is 3 miles off Interstate 15 in a sleepy and rundown shopping center, there are 6 chargers there and 4 cars were ahead of us, waiting to charge. It was going to take a long time…. So we had about 46 kw SOC, so we took a chance and ran to Barstow, about 70 miles away, leaving us with about 20 miles buffer. I drove carefully as well as I could and we got into the 40 stall charger with 18% charge left! Sigh of Relief!
After charging up to about 88% we took off again, charged at Baker, totally off the flight plan, and stopped at the Mad Greek Cafe! (Just down the street, great Gyros! Recommended!) then off to Primm, (it was so cold there!), skipped Los Vegas and went on to Mesquite, for the final charge. Walked the dog, went into the nearby casino for bathrooms (smoky inside but lots of masks required!), overcharged and made the run to Sundale (bypassing St George superchargers) and with careful driving, made it with 49% to spare!
Our garage charging did not work out ( we brought the wrong adaptor plugs) so we resigned to charging at the 120 volt speed of 1 kW an hour. We are spending a week here and so we have plenty of time to recharge before the trip back home.
Stay tuned, will upload pictures if we can. Rainy weather here, but beautiful sunlit mountains, rainbows, and snow expected tomorrow!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Mike P
