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@coleAK - You forgot to mention the sad shape the ferry system is in right now. Not very reliable. Now that I have my Y, I can attest that I lose over 50% of range in the winter. And even a buddy that has a place in Denali National Park has told me that when the leaves Anchorage to go back home, he has to top off in the Valley, then at Trapper Creek to make it the next 80 miles to his house as it's uphill, in addition to cold and usually snow covered roads. He's seen close to 1KW/MI. A lot of the places you charge are super slow too. The J1772/32A ones in town don't even add 20 miles per hour of charging for me, which is what a 14-50 will add with your mobile charger. (I'm considering getting a portable 14-50 aftermarket 40A J1772 EVSE since RV Parks tend to have that 14-50 adapter) Now with a Cyber with it's even higher WH/MI use, you might get only 10 miles per hour added. (hard to say as we don't have full specs on it - so that's a SWAG at best)
A couple of people have driven from the L48 to Alaska in a Tesla-but that last leg (read almost 2k miles) is painful if you like to make time driving. Lots of RV Park stopping with only 30AMP/120V. At least Northern Rockies Lodge will let you rent a RV space to charge your car. I usually stay in their cabins for my drives. BTW - Electrify Canada has different options then plugshare, so get both! Haines has a Chademo/CCS so the expensive Tesla Chademo adapter would help with that leg, but that's about all it's good for as the Chademo chargers in the state all have the Tesla adapter - at least the ones I know about.
Canada tends to suck in the Northern areas as most places you can't charge unless you are a Patron - can't even pay to just charge. I think that's kinda wrong, but whatever. Just means that 200-300 miles just cost you a nights stay at a hotel.
I feel confident the Soldotna Supercharger will go in this year and there are more 25KW-49KW "fast chargers" with Chademo/Tesla adapters on them in the pipeline. It'll ease the driving within the state, but not getting here from Canada. I have that same dream about driving to/from the L48 in a Tesla the same way I have done it in gas and diesel vehicles.
A couple of people have driven from the L48 to Alaska in a Tesla-but that last leg (read almost 2k miles) is painful if you like to make time driving. Lots of RV Park stopping with only 30AMP/120V. At least Northern Rockies Lodge will let you rent a RV space to charge your car. I usually stay in their cabins for my drives. BTW - Electrify Canada has different options then plugshare, so get both! Haines has a Chademo/CCS so the expensive Tesla Chademo adapter would help with that leg, but that's about all it's good for as the Chademo chargers in the state all have the Tesla adapter - at least the ones I know about.
Canada tends to suck in the Northern areas as most places you can't charge unless you are a Patron - can't even pay to just charge. I think that's kinda wrong, but whatever. Just means that 200-300 miles just cost you a nights stay at a hotel.
I feel confident the Soldotna Supercharger will go in this year and there are more 25KW-49KW "fast chargers" with Chademo/Tesla adapters on them in the pipeline. It'll ease the driving within the state, but not getting here from Canada. I have that same dream about driving to/from the L48 in a Tesla the same way I have done it in gas and diesel vehicles.