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Tesla Cross-Country Trip
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There are two cars, probably in case one ends up getting a flat or something. There are chase cars in case something happens to one of the cars, and to house the film crew, and possibly to fix problems with superchargers if there are any. There probably aren't 19 people, I think I heard somewhere in the low teens rather than high teens when I asked at the event last night, but that includes the film crew and drivers for support vehicles. Remember that they will be driving around the clock here and not stopping in hotels or anything, so that also includes people sleeping.
It seems like a lot, but considering they want to go as fast as they can, want to cover all contingencies and they want to use it for marketing purposes, I get it.
It seems like a lot, but considering they want to go as fast as they can, want to cover all contingencies and they want to use it for marketing purposes, I get it.
Not sure what kind of message Tesla is trying to send to the public, but I wouldn't be surprised if the State of Colorado's Governor or something came out and said "Whatever stunt you're trying to pull in the middle of dangerous winter storm conditions, cut it out, this is not setting the right example for anyone".
I mean, sure, who does this kind of thing in the middle of winter? Seems kind of crazy to me. Glad Elon had enough sense not to attempt his own trip in January. But then, Colorado can have sudden snow storms in May, so we'll see how wise it is to try a northern-route cross-country trip during "Spring Break"...
I mean, sure, who does this kind of thing in the middle of winter? Seems kind of crazy to me. Glad Elon had enough sense not to attempt his own trip in January. But then, Colorado can have sudden snow storms in May, so we'll see how wise it is to try a northern-route cross-country trip during "Spring Break"...
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At the Hawthorne send-off event I was told: two Model S, fifteen drivers total, two per Model S at any one time. A support van (which we did not see at Hawthorne) was to carry non-drivers of the support team and provide bunks for off-duty sleeping (I talked to the blogger, Hamish, who said he was not driving). And there were, I believe, three people in the camera SUV (which led the rally cars out of Hawthorne).
Looks to to like they are parked on the side of the road. I seriously doubt they would be tailgating in a blizzard with cameras around. The bosses are likely watching
Or maybe they were just waiting for roads to be cleared and opened up before continuing.
> I wouldn't be surprised if the State of Colorado's Governor or something came out and said "Whatever stunt you're trying to pull in the middle of dangerous winter storm conditions, cut it out, this is not setting the right example for anyone". [brianstorms]
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Anyone else disappointed at the lack of real-time info from Tesla? The cars have real-time GPS data that HQ can grab. Why isn't there a live map? Live dash-cams? It's hard to build excitement around an event where we can a tweet every 5 hours or so.
Catch Tesla LA-NY Trip Team
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Catch Tesla LA-NY Trip Team
Tesla team was heading towards Cheyenne, WY at 700 am. So they are roughly 1000 miles/15 hours away from Rockford, IL. There are 11 supercharger stations in between, we can count atleast an hour for each, so I think they are atleast 24 hours away from Chicago. They will most likely reach Chicago tomorrow morning. This is all presuming they are posting pics right away, which I don't think so. They will reach Toledo around noon. They will be on I-90 corridor in early morning.
Should we organize a meet at Rockford, Mishawaka, Maumee and Macedonia supercharger at following times? Note the overlapping times. I am sure we will be able to catch them. Would be wonderful if a group which catches them can notify the group ahead.
(1) Rockford - 700 to 900 am
(2) Mishawaka - 800 to 1000 am
(3) Maumee - 1000 am to 100 pm
(4) Macedonia - 100 pm to 300 pm
Tomorrow is Saturday and can afford to waste time. Only problem is the weather again. Just wanted to know what everybody thinks before we plan something.
Note: This event is crossposted in Midwest forum. Please head over to link below for planning.
Catch Tesla LA-NY Trip Team
Tesla team was heading towards Cheyenne, WY at 700 am. So they are roughly 1000 miles/15 hours away from Rockford, IL. There are 11 supercharger stations in between, we can count atleast an hour for each, so I think they are atleast 24 hours away from Chicago. They will most likely reach Chicago tomorrow morning. This is all presuming they are posting pics right away, which I don't think so. They will reach Toledo around noon. They will be on I-90 corridor in early morning.
Should we organize a meet at Rockford, Mishawaka, Maumee and Macedonia supercharger at following times? Note the overlapping times. I am sure we will be able to catch them. Would be wonderful if a group which catches them can notify the group ahead.
(1) Rockford - 700 to 900 am
(2) Mishawaka - 800 to 1000 am
(3) Maumee - 1000 am to 100 pm
(4) Macedonia - 100 pm to 300 pm
Tomorrow is Saturday and can afford to waste time. Only problem is the weather again. Just wanted to know what everybody thinks before we plan something.
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
I think that the time for each Supercharger is probably 20-30 minutes, but they are going for the total charge time record, not total time. OTOH, the desire to reduce charge time will mean slower drive speeds and more time on the highway.
Where are people getting this kind of information? Facebook and the TM blog page are way behind. Real-time info should be routinely available in this day and age.
BTW, I-25 is still closed between Wellington and the Wyoming border in northern CO, according to the CDOT website.
Their last Twitter update was 3 hours ago, and said that they were making progress toward Cheyenne, WY. Implication there is that they are past the Colorado Superchargers and presumably through Denver if they are heading north.
Just arrived in Cheyenne, WY - Twitter / TeslaMotors: Snow storm made this leg very ...
But yes, it would be great if they were consistent with their platform. One update on Facebook, a different one on Twitter and something completely different on instagram. Personally I think those last two "technologies" could all be rolled into Facebook with no issue, but thats for another discussion.
But yes, it would be great if they were consistent with their platform. One update on Facebook, a different one on Twitter and something completely different on instagram. Personally I think those last two "technologies" could all be rolled into Facebook with no issue, but thats for another discussion.
There was a gentleman here, a Model S owner who had *live* realtime position updated during his trip from Atlanta to NH. That was great to watch his progress real time as a moving dot on the map.
Why can't Tesla do that for this rally?
Also it seems not a great idea to do this in peak of winter. Perhaps late spring around April would have been the ideal time ?
Why can't Tesla do that for this rally?
Also it seems not a great idea to do this in peak of winter. Perhaps late spring around April would have been the ideal time ?
Bingo, what I was thinking, but it would have been so much cooler and gutsy with a real-time tracker.
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I realize that this is a corporate show-off thing and all, but part of me is disappointed with this. And really really glad that John & Jill were the first to do this trip on superchargers. That just seemed more real and "honest" (for lack of a better word).
They have the technology, so they must have deliberately chosen not to post. Perhaps worried about Haters trying to stop them, too much media intervention, or even too many fans just slowing them down.
I am sure Tesla is watching this real time, they just haven't posted to public. Maybe they will post a map with actual data logs in final press release at the end to show proof, and they want to save data for that?
Note: to more concise posts said what I did while I was typing....
I am sure Tesla is watching this real time, they just haven't posted to public. Maybe they will post a map with actual data logs in final press release at the end to show proof, and they want to save data for that?
Note: to more concise posts said what I did while I was typing....
InTheShadows
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It also wouldn't surprise me if they are running on fw6 and testing out a lot of software features for the supercharger network.
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