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jmueller065

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Read all about it in the Tesla motors forum:
http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/heading-cross-country

The thing I find most interesting about this story is that when they first started the trip a couple of the superchargers weren't even turned on yet! Very well planned.
 
There is another "cross country" trip being reported on now: A Green Car Reports reporter is taking his S from NY to FL..although near the end he finds out that he isn't the first. LOL

Here are some of the articles on it:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089913_tesla-model-s-ny-to-fl-winter-getaway-via-supercharger
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089948_tesla-model-s-ny-to-fl-trip-from-home-to-south-carolina
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089976_tesla-model-s-ny-to-fl-trip-day-3-south-carolina-to-florida

What I'm finding interesting is this:
Once consumption settles down, I do my now-standard comparison of rated mileage decay vs real mileage traveled, and find it's right at 20 percent. Seventy should do it.
and this
As I drive, I keep careful track of how the range display compares with the actual miles driven.
You may not realize it but our FFE's do this calculation for us all the time: Its called status. Yes! That mysterious status display so often discussed around here. In the above example he is mentally calculating the status to see how he is progressing--we don't have to, we just look at the display and see the -22 value!
 
jmueller065 said:
There is another "cross country" trip being reported on now: A Green Car Reports reporter is taking his S from NY to FL..although near the end he finds out that he isn't the first. LOL

Here are some of the articles on it:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089913_tesla-model-s-ny-to-fl-winter-getaway-via-supercharger
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089948_tesla-model-s-ny-to-fl-trip-from-home-to-south-carolina
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1089976_tesla-model-s-ny-to-fl-trip-day-3-south-carolina-to-florida

What I'm finding interesting is this:
Once consumption settles down, I do my now-standard comparison of rated mileage decay vs real mileage traveled, and find it's right at 20 percent. Seventy should do it.
and this
As I drive, I keep careful track of how the range display compares with the actual miles driven.
You may not realize it but our FFE's do this calculation for us all the time: Its called status. Yes! That mysterious status display so often discussed around here. In the above example he is mentally calculating the status to see how he is progressing--we don't have to, we just look at the display and see the -22 value!


I don't believe my status most of the time or I just assume it'll get far less than it shows. If I start out with 10 Miles of range, I probably would assume I'd get 10 miles. But it's not reality most of the time for me.

And there is a huge difference in going 20+ miles down the street and back compared to 3000+ miles across the country.
My FFE can't even make it to the next county without being charged again, much less to the next state.
 
pjam3 said:
My FFE can't even make it to the next county without being charged again, much less to the next state.
pjam3 - your FFE isn't the problem, it's where you live. I can get two states over in mine. ;)

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Yes, it is all relative.

(Not with my FFE) but when I lived in Massachusetts a while back, I once drove to another state by mistake! ("Holy crap I'm in New Hampshire! I was just looking for the mall.") :lol: States are very small out there.

I live in California now and I quite deliberately have to drive very far to leave the state.
 
It's clearly relative. I've got friends in central Texas that won't even consider a Tesla because the range isn't 'enough'. It's especially amusing considering their $60k, 10 mpg SUV is driven a total of about 100 miles per week.
 
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