Is this something in Tesla app or 3rd party app?Just for sake of completeness, here's the itinerary from last Saturday.
So, uh, yeah. No problem at all.
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Is this something in Tesla app or 3rd party app?Just for sake of completeness, here's the itinerary from last Saturday.
So, uh, yeah. No problem at all.
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420.69 miles would be a winNo one is saying that more range wouldn't be nice to have. With 500 miles of range I'd never have to Supercharge. However don't expect to get 500 miles in a reasonably priced Tesla anytime soon. The Plaid+ will have 520 miles for $150K, the Lucid Air will have 517 miles for $140K. Tesla is not going to undercut the S Plaid+ by offering 500 miles in a Model 3 anytime soon. My guess is that the 4680 Model 3 will have 400 miles of range, it's a bump from the current 353 but no so much that it threatens the Plaid+. The only hope for a reasonably priced 500 mile EV in the near future is the Aptera but until they actually ship one you can't count on it being real.
420 is a possibility. The good thing is that if they do decide to do 420 they'll have to be slightly conservative on the EPA tests so that they can derate it a few miles like Ford does.420.69 miles would be a win
That is from the A Better Route Planner app. Awesome tool, can’t recommend it enough!Is this something in Tesla app or 3rd party app?
There won't be a significant range boost until they switch to the 4680 cells, probably two years away for the 3. The 520 mile Plaid+ is relying on the 4680s, that's why it's been moved out until next year. The Cybertruck and Semi are also dependent on the 4680s, they will have to ramp up production to meet the needs of those three products before they can switch the 3 and the Y over. Panasonic said that they think they can improve the 2170s by 5% per year so there could be a small boost to the 3 before the switch to 4680s but I wouldn't hold off a purchase for a lousy 5%.
That said there is no need to wait for a longer range 3, the range of the current model is enough. When road tripping all you need is a usable 200 miles of range, in good weather you should be able to get close to 300 miles if you don't drive like a maniac. The limiting factor on a road trip isn't the battery size it's the size of your bladder. Superchargers are plentiful and they are building more of them every day. Having to stop every two or three hours for a 15 minute charge isn't a chore. You stop, plug in, go to the bathroom and maybe grab a snack and then you are on your way. Pre pandemic we did 300-450 mile day trips every weekend, we didn't spend anymore time on our stops then we did when I had an gas car. As I said it's bladder size that limits how far you can go, when we needed to go to the bathroom we used gas stations when I had a gas car, now we do it at Superchargers. At a gas station you have to serialize fueling and peeing because you can't legally walk away from a car that's getting gas. The process was fill the tank, move the car and then go to the bathroom. At a Supercharger you can fuel and pee in parallel because the electrons aren't going to spill on the ground and catch fire. The bottom line is that the amount of time spent at the stop is about the same.
To get an idea about how hard or easy it is to road trip in a Tesla I recommend that you look at the Supercharger Map,
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Search for your region and look at all of the places that you would like to drive to. What you'll see is that you never need to drive 500 miles between charges, if you can drive a worry free 200 miles that's all you need.
I'd choose a Tesla over almost any other car. However you're making biased rationalizations if you think supercharging is better or more efficient than the 3 minutes it takes to fill a gas tank and be on your way.
That’s not the argument being laid out. The main idea is change of habit. Such as pairing charging when you would be doing something other than being on your way such as streching, letting the dog/kids play out a bit before hitting the road again, restroom, eating etc.I'd choose a Tesla over almost any other car. However you're making biased rationalizations if you think supercharging is better or more efficient than the 3 minutes it takes to fill a gas tank and be on your way.
There's a lot of road trip lightweights in this thread that don't understand real driving and why range is important. Some people do actually drive 800-1000 miles per day, even if it's not you. Not stopping for 20-30% of the total trip time is also a side effect of larger batteries. Plus, in numerous parts of the country (maybe not where you live), Superchargers are very spread out. Combine that with strong winds in the plain states, or very cold weather, and more range makes a major difference for people even on moderate trips.
So it pulls live data from the car? Or do you enter manually?That is from the A Better Route Planner app. Awesome tool, can’t recommend it enough!
So it pulls live data from the car? Or do you enter manually?
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ABetterRouteplanner is the world's most popular consumer EV routeplanner - both for beginner and experienced EV drivers. And of course for anyone curious about EVs.abetterrouteplanner.com
if you log into the site with your tesla credentials it can pull data, is my understanding. I wont do that, but many do.
Range very much does matter. I make the SF to LA trip twice a year, and before I got my SR+ it took around 6.5 hours, and with charging it takes 8 hours.
On ICE we make one stop which is 3 hours in, spend 30min for food, and continue all the way to the destination. With the SR+ I find myself charging much more frequently
Just now, I'm planning a trip from vegas to grand canyon park, but it turns out the superchargers are really far away. I'd need to charge to 100%, and drive at 60mph to arrive at 5%. This is really not a problem if I had even an extra 20-30 miles.
I make a similar route in terms of distance and that's why I went for the LR which makes that length as "comfortable" as with an ICE car. The SR+ needs 2 stops and for that length, you could do only one stop on an ICE vehicle. With a family, you would probably need to stop twice anyway but this is much less marginal than 1000mi.Range very much does matter. I make the SF to LA trip twice a year, and before I got my SR+ it took around 6.5 hours, and with charging it takes 8 hours.
On ICE we make one stop which is 3 hours in, spend 30min for food, and continue all the way to the destination. With the SR+ I find myself charging much more frequently, even though I know I can hold on for at least another supercharger distance away. Saving an hour in a day long roadtrip really does matter because it could mean having 1 more hour of sleep, or just more headroom to beat rush hour or getting to your destination on time.