stopcrazypp
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I assume it is even worse than this. The other cars (if I understand it correctly) drove from San Francisco to L.A. We know this is pretty much impossible with the Tesla. So it must have just gone through the parade, and then gotten loaded back up on a plane and flown on each domestic hop as well.
Of course, probably the cargo plane was already in San Francisco and was already flying to each of the domestic stops as well, so that fuel was probably being spent regardless.
According to this video YouTube - Gumball 3000 2008 LA checkpoint | gumpert apollo ferrari enzo jaguar xj220 f430 scuderia porsche Carrera GT cgt with straight pipes
less than half of the original 120 cars made it to LA on time. The Tesla wasn't in the video either so it might not have made it. The rally started on the 9th at 12pm-1pm and they had to leave Los Angeles by 9am-10am on the 10th. So that's roughly 21 hours of time to make it from San Francisco to Los Angeles, so it should be barely possible with the Tesla if you can get proper charging in between (at least 220V) and you go easy on the accelerator pedal (unlikely given what the trip computer says). It's roughly 380 miles from SF to Los Angeles & 6 hours of driving, so it'll take roughly 1-2 charges (each probably taking 8 hours).
From what I understand, none of the domestic stops involve a plane, so if the Tesla is flying by plane it'll pretty much be alone. Also it is possible only go on the domestic stops and opt out of going on the flight to North Korea and Beijing.
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That makes a lot more sense, it'll be a struggle if not impossible for the Tesla to make it all the way.They planned to do the first 100 miles in the Tesla, then the rest of the rally will be driven in a Porsche.
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