I drive a P88 Model S. Although I haven't been through Mobile in the last couple of months, I regularly travel a route that takes me from Jackson, MS, through Laurel, MS, diagonally across Mississippi on US 98 to Mobile and on to Perdido Key, FL (just over the Alabama line). As the I-10 superchargers fill in I expect to also use I-10 regularly. The location chosen in Mobile is about half way between US 98 and I-10, and it is about as close to either route as the Lake Charles location, which I have used 6 times recently, is to I-10. I find none of this inconvenient at all. I do heartily recommend stopping at Benson's Appliance in Foley, AL. Ed Benson is worth meeting if he happens to be in. He has a HPWC for Teslas and two GE J1772 chargers. There is a very nice, old fashioned place for lunch and breakfast about two short blocks south of Ed's store. Look folks, with respect to range driving a Tesla is going to get increasingly boring over the next year or two. This is the adventurous part. As Ed once said to me, "It's like driving a Model T around looking for a hardware store where you can buy a can of gasoline." By the way I also travel across on I-20 from Shreveport to Jackson, MS, on these trips, about 220 miles, at 65 mph (5 miles below the speed limit) and make it with 30 to 40 miles to spare. Only when it is bitterly cold and I need the heater do I slow down to 55 or 60 in order to have that 30 to 40 mile cushion. If the supercharger build out goes according to plan, a Monroe, LA, supercharger location will make it possible to make that trip easily traveling at the speed limit. When in Jackson, stay at the Old Capitol Inn, one J1772 and one HPWC for overnight charging. Great hotel. And Jackson has an immense amount and variety of first classic music at bars, restaurants and other locations. Jackson, MS, is also expected to have a supercharger location. Once Jackson and Mobile are live, I will be able to make the drive from Shreveport to Perdido Key without spending the night in Jackson, but probably will anyway.
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Should be P85, not P88. And the trip from Jackson to Laurel is mostly on US or MS 49 and some back roads from Magee to Laurel.
