When I shared my SuperCharger costs on Autoline After Hours, there was a visible response because they have been thinking gas-style, not EV-style. GAS-Style Trip Fill-up the day before Drive and fill-up at stations when you need a coffee and bathroom break Bathroom break at fast food chain and eat there EV-Style Trip (* Std Rng Plus Model 3) Full charge the night before Drive to SuperCharger bring battery SOC as low as practical, 20-40 mi Bathroom break at fast food chain and order 'to go' Eat 'to go' while charging 90-130 miles (*) to next SuperCharger, ~20 min. NO MAXIMUM RANGE CHARGING The key is the 60kW charge rate. If you can end a charge session just after it falls to 60 kW, it is time to leave when you can reach the next SuperCharger with a reserve: Charge rates above 60 kW are cheaper per mile and fastest back on the road. Charge rates under 60 kW after 3-5 minutes becomes a cost and time problem. Bob Wilson
yep, that's why we'll be driving a hybrid for the foreseeable future. i look forward to the day when ev trips are as convenient. i hope it isn't too far away
... now I just need the Supercharger network to be built out to the places I want to go. A similar buildout of the Fast Food Chain network is not necessary, or even necessarily desirable. Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
GOOD, FAST, CHEAP - pick two CHEAP - the $24.92 supercharger costs for 787 miles, effectively 78.7 MPG ($2.50/gal gas) GOOD - AutoPilot did the steering and speed control; breaks every 2-2.5 hours FAST - 51.8 mph, block-to-block, cruised ~70 mph, 15h 11m Bob Wilson
You can accommodate that. It’s the other off the wall requests that are hard to meet. We’ll be going to Houston next week. I said “yes dear”.
Those were the first words out of my mouth. But we haven’t seen our friends in several years, so I made the concession.
The last time we met them was in Vegas. I just want them to travel out here to wine country . They are fans of wine, so you’d think that’d be easy. Maybe one of these days.
couple other things we've noted (& corroborated via the boards) regarding speediest supercharging. * below a certain % remaining, the 'throttle-up' to full speed is delayed. Don't recall if it's 3% - 5% or whatever. * after supercharging a number of (excessive?) times, there's an algorithm that goes off that limits the max charge rate. Tesla confirms, but only admits it slows charge times by 5-10 minutes, turning on several other variables. Hackers post that the algorithm launches once charge speeds are >20kW's - whether charging via home brew Chademo to tesla adapter or via model S 80amp / dual chargers .... but no sub-20kW charges are counted towards throttling. Can't recall if it's the curve/rate or max power that alters. Just minutia, to keep in mind - prepping for, or on a long haul - just like freezing temp driving .... always keep it plugged in over night, or that too, will delay charge speeds until minimal high speed temps are achieved. .
Bisco is just do funny. Emmmmm, and what does that driving got yo do with being married sir?!. Ibet she already understands that at least you're driving.
she would not be happy if we had to stop as many times and for as long as tesla drivers here describe. the idea is to get there asap, not dilly dally down the coast spending hours at superchargers staring at each other. she's not interested in trying to save 20 dollars on a $10,000. vacation
I have a feeling stuff hauling factors into the equation . Otherwise the $10k vacation turns into much more .
