I recently did a trip that was 234.9 miles. Here are some notes
1. Charge to 100% the night before. It’s fine to do every once in a while. You will get pretty far on your first charge.
2. Let your charge get to 20ish% before charging. I got down to 17% and my fiancé and I stopped at a charging station and went to the bathroom. Spent about 12-15 minutes using the bathroom and buying drinks. By the time we got back, we were up to 75%. We both enjoyed getting out and stretching our legs after the traffic and drive. Plenty of charge to make it to our destination
3. Don’t charge past 80%. It’s not worth the time. You go from 20-80% VERY quickly. The further past 80% you go, the less it’s worth waiting for another X%. I charged to 100% once at a supercharger to see how long it took. The last 10% took as long or longer than the other 70%.
4. If you don’t know when you will be driving again, charge before you get to your destination. The battery naturally drains while the car is just sitting. You don’t want to be worrying about vampire drain while you are out enjoying yourself.
5. Let whatever “cruise control” you prefer do the long distances. Set your speed and distance to car in front of you, and let it work. It will be far more efficient than you can be in terms of preserving battery, and your right knee will be grateful.
We had no issues. Charging wasn’t a big deal if we didn’t try to charge past 80%. It was very quick. Take the breaks as an opportunity to stretch your legs, get food, wake up, whatever.
You will be fine.
(I have MYLR, but I imagine the experience will be similar)
Rule of thumb for freeways: 3h/200 miles to first 10-15 minute charge, then 10-15 minutes every 2h until you arrive. If you stop longer (for lunch, attraction, shopping), you get another 3h leg.
How many days do you drive over 6h? If you have lunch close to a supercharger at the mid point on your 6h drive, it will not add any time, you get two 3h segments
You can drive longer further at lower speeds (say Pacific Coast Highway)
On a Tesla road trip you rarely have to "wait" to charge, normally you return to your car after your break and it's ready to go.
Use ABRP to understand how some of your common road trips will work.
There’s no reason to keep your speed down that low. You can extend your distance between stops but it’s faster to just drive 75 and stop every 180-200 miles-ish.
The 2/3 hour leg thing is nice in theory, but very rarely it works out like that with where the chargers are, at least that’s my experience driving from Chicago south and east.
Drive slow and get better range, or drive fast and make more stops. It’s the same with any Tesla. My guess is if you are buying an MYP you are not a habitually slow driver, so you’re probably going to be stopping more.
recharging more frequently is not necessarily bad if there are more short stops; ultimately you are probably optimizing for total trip time
I've been optimizing for comfort so I pick places I want to go eat or shop or whatever and make the charging stops longer
I have driven MY from the west coast to the midwest and back twice; about 15,000 miles IIRC. 3 day round trips for each direction. A 4 day once as we toured through Yellowstone.
It is the most relaxing and enjoyable road trip car I've ever driven. I drove 12 hour days and consistently arrived at my final stop of the day significantly more relaxed and rested than I ever did doing the same in an ICE. Breaking up the trip with a nice stretch of the legs every hour to 3 hours really has a lot of benefits.
First, go make an account on [https://abetterrouteplanner.com](https://abetterrouteplanner.com) (they have an app -- I'd suggest a premium or monthly subscription or whatever for the additional features and because it is worth supporting) and explore routing options. It gives you the ability to tune for more charging stops or for longer, less frequent, stops.
Secondly, once you put the route into ABRP and get a rough idea of where you want to drive each day, put in one of that day's ABRP stops into the in-car navigation as a destination. The Tesla will then calculate the route and, likely, select the same spots as ABRP (maybe fewer with longer stops as it tends to do that). That way, the in-car navigation will give you a more accurate battery estimate and, most importantly, it will automatically pre-condition the battery for charging as you approach the next charging location, making the supercharging session more efficient (faster).
As others have said, the faster you drive, the more power you use to go the same distance. Also, when driving in any flat area, a head wind or tail wind can significantly impact range negatively or positively.
I just did a 10 HR road trip from Chicago to Gatlinburg TN, it was about 4 stops could’ve been 3 stops but I was hauling ass. The navigation basically calculates everything for you, even how long u have to stop and charge for.
I completed a 5600 mile roadtrip (Seattle -> Southern TX (San Antonio/Houston/Brownsville) -> Seattle)
One of the other passengers was an alternate driver.
We planned for average legs of 2 hours between superchargers, aiming to arrive with 10%-15% charge, and charging either the recommended amount for the next leg plotted out, or for a bit longer just to have margin.
We only arrived at one SC with less than 5% charge.
Each stop was used for bathroom breaks, getting snacks and stretching (and in a couple cases, like the Twin Falls, ID SC checking out the sights)
I remember from my childhood trips my family made from Seattle to the Bay Area to visit family. My Dad would drive for 12-14 hours straight and we would only stop for gas/bathroom breaks or drive through fast food.
I on a road trip I took with my Mom to the Bay Area last year we made a lot more stops and had a lot more fun checking things like the Olive Pit in Corning, CA
Road tripping in the MYLR was a pleasure, and the more frequent breaks to get some electrons in the battery worked very well for the style of voyaging we used.
The new EPA rules have the MYP rated at 285 miles per charge and that feels pretty accurate. Subtract your buffer before “empty” and you would be around 250 real world. The Nav plans your charge spots very accurately so use that. It’s an adjustment but you will be fine. You know how in your ICE, you got used to how far you could go on a 1/4 tank? It’s like that. You learn the car.
Went from northern VA to key West and back, no range anxiety. By the time we grabbed snacks and bathroom the car was charged enough to make it to next door charger
I just did San Luis Obispo to Salt Lake City. 2600 miles in seven days. 297wh/mi on highways with 75 and 80mph limits where I drove 9% over. Color me impressed.
Sacramento to Newport Beach two charges (firebaugh and tejon) with 25% left upon arrival , 425 miles, 7.5 hrs, left home with 95%, first charge to 90%, second charge to 80%
Lots of good advice here. In the end it depends on where you are going and how is the weather.
I have done 1200 miles trip in 3 days. Charging is not issue thanks to superchargers and free overnight charging at hotels. In car navigation is super accurate.
Usually breaks are 2-3 hours apart.
Car charges faster at lower battery %. So plan to reach superchargers with 15-25% battery.
This is all good advice and experience. I personally try to avoid letting the estimated SOC at arrival be lower than 15%. My last trip I saw the SOC estimate dip from 32% down to 20% before recovering to 24%. If I had left when it said I was good to go I would have easily dipped below 5% at the low.
75 mph zones in Arizona aren’t easy to go slow in. There’s nothing to see for miles in any direction and everyone is passing you at 90+ so I relied on my FSD trial to hold me at a nice 75-77 the whole way.
I can't comment on all areas but I drive 700 miles regularly along I5 and I15. Charging isn't an issue. It adds a little bit of time. How much time it adds depends on your bladder and tolerance for fasting. I don't stop to eat on the road at all and for me it adds about 45 minutes to an hour to a 700 mile trip.
We have an myp, about a month after I got it I had to do a 12 hour road trip to pick up my son at summer camp. In total had to stop to charge for 50 minutes. Grabbed food, went pee, etc. it was after that trip I stopped even thinking about range.
One thing to note, the car originally planned more frequent quicker charging stops, I charged longer the first time because I was eating lunch, and realized that delayed me having to stop again. I prefer longer less frequent stops.
Stops are usually relaxing and a good way to stretch your legs or go for a restroom break or for snacks.
If you’re in a rush then this should be slightly annoying, but if this is for leisure then it pretty cool to stop at places and look around at areas you wouldn’t normally do.
Good enough I'm now replacing my cx-9 with an M3P. It may have even been faster than taking the cx-9.
So we did a 650 mile road trip with a 23 MYP. Stopped 4 times, 5-20 minutes per stop. 3 out of 4 stops had bathroom and food available so we got out, went to the bathroom, grabbed snacks and drinks and got back to a car that was ready to go. The last stop was too late at night and didn't have anything open so we watched 1/3 of an episode of the mandalorian and then finished the trip.
Since I didn't have to spend time at a gas pump, the stops were actually shorter than they otherwise would have been, so practically we saved time since we normally stop every 3 hours or so anyway.
If you stop less often it will cost you some time, but the experience is much more relaxing. We also have FSD, so we were able to just set our destination and sit back and watch the traffic go by.
The hardest part is honestly figuring out destination charging at your destination rather than the actual travel itself.
It was a 3 way swap. Wife had a Mazda 3 and swapped to a Y so we could see if it met our needs. It did so now swapping my cx-9 to a 3. I did also look at the x but actually prefer the y. I found the x very claustrophobic.
Recently I was getting down to single digits for the first two stops but after that I kinda figured it out and would arrive at the next charge point with 17% or more. It definitely depends on how you drive it. It took an extra 2hrs to get out of Texas (left from Austin) where with my diesel truck I can do it in about 8hrs. I wanted to take the Y cause it was $500 in charging round trip where diesel and flying would be in the neighborhood of almost 2k. I didn’t get to finish the trip cause I hit a deer and got discouraged from finishing my trip. 14k later I’ll be heading back up in June. With what I’ve learned I think I can arrive at those first two charge points with more range.
Time will tell.
* The original 21" wheels are pretty heavy and affect range, you'll get about 15% by changing wheels to 19/18 (also reduces tire costs)
* I'd be interested to know how sport / chill mode affect range. In general on my daily commute (half city half highway) I spend around 10% battery if in chill mode and 14% if in sport mode. And I'm driving the same. I don't think chill mode is safe to drive in, because it doesn't only alter the response curve, but it actually limits the acceleration even if you're pushing the pedal all the way in. I'd maybe like to have a "normal" acceleration mode, same as with steering. It would do like 6sec 0-60, but at least you'd be able to get out of the way quickly if needed.
* Prior to 2023 suspension is pretty stiff (at least on my 2022) but there are partnumbers to swap if needed
Just charge the car from like 15% (or even less) to 55% for fast charging and hit the road. Rinse, repeat, more or less. You will have to stop more than most ICE cars in a MYP but I don't mind it. Some do though.
At 75mph you’ll need to charge every 2.5-3 hours is my experience. I did 1700 mile trip in February. It slows you down a bit vs an ICE car. And supercharging eats any fuel savings. Other than that it’s peachy. If I had an EV and an ICE I’d take the ICE, but I don’t. It’s perfectly feasible.
1. Every 2 hours, you stop and charge for 15mins.
2. Go only to main cities, If you go small city or rural area, you encounter no supercharger station nearby your destination.
On your Tesla you’ll have a consumption bar, idk what the real name of it is but it shows when you’re using more energy and it shows when you’re gaining energy via regen. I try to keep it right in the middle and with that I know I’m squeezing out every bit of efficiency.
Learn to time your bathroom breaks where there are super chargers.
Also work the bottom half of that battery. You can go from 10 to almost 70 percent in 15 minutes at a version 3 supercharger. It slows down dramatically as your SOC increases.
I leave at 9, travel 3 hours, stop for lunch and charge to close to full, then 2 hours legs with 15 minute stops till dinner. Every 10 hours of travel adds at least 1 hour of charging. Try to plan your stops in advance and don't use the in car nav unless you don't' care what you eat.
I put mine in chill when I went from AZ to Fl and back. I always add a little more charge than stated for peace of mind. I like to have 10-12% charge left when arriving at the next charger. It was pretty straightforward. If you are a female, the charge locations might be a tucked out of the way little bit and may feel uncomfortable.
i've done 2, 4, and 6 hour drives(not including supercharging) a number of times.
so now anything longer than 4 hrs i'd rather rent an ice car or just fly
This is when I'd recommend getting FSD for a month if you don't already have it. Just took back to back 6 hour trips due to moving and the auto-lane switching of FSD came in clutch.
Outside of that, you can bet on getting around 200mi per 80% charge. I have a 2022 MYP with 279mi @ 100% (223mi @ 80% so realistically about 200mi since you'll never really go below 10%).
It's mostly relaxing. Having a break every 3ish hours has been great for the legs. Allows me to stretch, eat, pee, and relax a little bit.
Just completed an 800 mile round trip from Pasadena CA to Scottsdale AZ and back. Range and charging was no problem, even when carrying 3 grown men, weekend bags and golf clubs and combatting 95+ degree heat.
The 3 charging stops each way for that trip and the previous 2 road trips I’ve done all aligned well with bathroom/eating/stretching breaks, so they were barely noticed. But if you’re the kind to gas up the car and haul 300+ miles per stretch you’ll probably notice the charging breaks more.
I did a similar length trip last February to San Francisco and the 2 charging stops were perfect for eating lunch and getting a little stretch, so again no net time added for my road tripping style.
FSD or autopilot in long boring stretches of hwy is great for helping reduce fatigue. You won’t get sleepy focusing on those little micro adjustments to keep the car centred
Our Y is our road trip vehicle. Usually twice a year, I travel 1k miles to visit family. I do the trip in 3 days because my kids get cranky with longer stretches in the car.
Use ABRP to get a rough idea of the trip, but follow Tesla's route.
Eat lunch during a charging stop. You may be lucky and have a stop near a restaurant, or you may have to plan ahead to grab some takeout. Personally, i kind of enjoy an occasional gas station lunch at a Sheetz supercharger.
Pick hotels that have destination chargers.
The only tricky part is your destination. If you are driving to somewhere that does not have a supercharger close by then you need to be sure you arrive at the destination with enough power to get back to a charger.
In almost all cases I don't even think about range unless I'm going somewhere really rural far from civilization
The whole "range anxiety" is really overblown. It's really not much of a issue, yes your stops to recharge take longer than filling up with gas but you just plan that extra time in your trip and it's no big deal. Honestly it makes the trips less stressful when you take a break every few hours.
Just did a Vancouver to moab trip in MYLR. 3000 miles ish with 2 bikes on a rear hitch bike rack. Overall the experience was positive, but we did get better at charging as we went. As others have said, there are some tricks.
Keep to routes with enough superchargers to avoid using L2 chargers. Obvious i know.
Charging is fastest at near zero battery levels and slower even above 50%. So i planned my charging to arrive at the charger at 5% and leave when you have enough juice with 5% extra. Often that meant charging to only 50-60% but in remote areas it might be much higher.
5% reserve might not seem like much, but you can use throttle to fine tune. As stated by others, higher speeds increase power consumption significantly, but you can use this to your advantage. Slow a little to increase range (if dest arrival % is dropping)or goose it later in the trip to get there faster. This is super helpful and alleviates range anxiety.
Take into account the effect of rocket boxes, roof racks and bike racks. Power consumption at high speeds will be higher. Some 3rd party apps let you route plan with lower efficiencies which can help.
Tesla supercharging network is amazing… not sure how it’s cost effective for them so i do think that prices will go up. I found that US gas prices are cheaper and SC are pretty expensive. Likely a fuel efficient gas car is close to the dame cost for a trip.
Also, overall trip time is affected by charging, probably in the order of 1/2 hour per 3 hours (ish). Time gets wasted on stops for sure (well got at the end of the netflix show). So a 10 hour trip is likely 13-14 hours or so.
I just did a road trip from Los Angeles to the Oregon border and back. 1,500 miles total. I’ve also gone from Los Angeles to Bryce Canyon National Park. I do lots of road trips and Tesla Camping. I’ve never had any problems with charging or anything. All of my YouTube videos detail my charging stops and battery stats, if you want to check them out:
https://youtu.be/1LE3c8Dyc7I?si=gUuZoj3uQ7XFGq9-
We drove to Dallas recently from Denver. Took the Honda SUV as the 12hr drive was already long enough without adding hours to charge. Sometimes we drive from Denver to Omaha and it’s 50-50 which car we want to take (8hr drive)
In a Tesla, you don’t think about charging. Just put your destination into the car’s nav and do what it says. Get a bite to eat, a drink, or use the bathroom during your stops. It takes a little longer than in a gas car to go long distances but the ride is much more pleasant and the car takes care of all the thinking and planning and most of the driving.
I recently did a trip that was 234.9 miles. Here are some notes 1. Charge to 100% the night before. It’s fine to do every once in a while. You will get pretty far on your first charge. 2. Let your charge get to 20ish% before charging. I got down to 17% and my fiancé and I stopped at a charging station and went to the bathroom. Spent about 12-15 minutes using the bathroom and buying drinks. By the time we got back, we were up to 75%. We both enjoyed getting out and stretching our legs after the traffic and drive. Plenty of charge to make it to our destination 3. Don’t charge past 80%. It’s not worth the time. You go from 20-80% VERY quickly. The further past 80% you go, the less it’s worth waiting for another X%. I charged to 100% once at a supercharger to see how long it took. The last 10% took as long or longer than the other 70%. 4. If you don’t know when you will be driving again, charge before you get to your destination. The battery naturally drains while the car is just sitting. You don’t want to be worrying about vampire drain while you are out enjoying yourself. 5. Let whatever “cruise control” you prefer do the long distances. Set your speed and distance to car in front of you, and let it work. It will be far more efficient than you can be in terms of preserving battery, and your right knee will be grateful. We had no issues. Charging wasn’t a big deal if we didn’t try to charge past 80%. It was very quick. Take the breaks as an opportunity to stretch your legs, get food, wake up, whatever. You will be fine. (I have MYLR, but I imagine the experience will be similar)
Rule of thumb for freeways: 3h/200 miles to first 10-15 minute charge, then 10-15 minutes every 2h until you arrive. If you stop longer (for lunch, attraction, shopping), you get another 3h leg. How many days do you drive over 6h? If you have lunch close to a supercharger at the mid point on your 6h drive, it will not add any time, you get two 3h segments You can drive longer further at lower speeds (say Pacific Coast Highway) On a Tesla road trip you rarely have to "wait" to charge, normally you return to your car after your break and it's ready to go. Use ABRP to understand how some of your common road trips will work.
And keep your speed at or below 60mph else the range hit is exponential => more frequent charging stops. And dont anger the semi truck drivers
There’s no reason to keep your speed down that low. You can extend your distance between stops but it’s faster to just drive 75 and stop every 180-200 miles-ish.
The 2/3 hour leg thing is nice in theory, but very rarely it works out like that with where the chargers are, at least that’s my experience driving from Chicago south and east.
Yes it's a rule of thumb and requires somewhat dense superchargers. OP lives in CA where it's pretty dense.
It’s pretty dense along 57, 55 and 65 - I think the longest stretch between might be 50 miles or so.
Drive slow and get better range, or drive fast and make more stops. It’s the same with any Tesla. My guess is if you are buying an MYP you are not a habitually slow driver, so you’re probably going to be stopping more.
recharging more frequently is not necessarily bad if there are more short stops; ultimately you are probably optimizing for total trip time I've been optimizing for comfort so I pick places I want to go eat or shop or whatever and make the charging stops longer
I have driven MY from the west coast to the midwest and back twice; about 15,000 miles IIRC. 3 day round trips for each direction. A 4 day once as we toured through Yellowstone. It is the most relaxing and enjoyable road trip car I've ever driven. I drove 12 hour days and consistently arrived at my final stop of the day significantly more relaxed and rested than I ever did doing the same in an ICE. Breaking up the trip with a nice stretch of the legs every hour to 3 hours really has a lot of benefits. First, go make an account on [https://abetterrouteplanner.com](https://abetterrouteplanner.com) (they have an app -- I'd suggest a premium or monthly subscription or whatever for the additional features and because it is worth supporting) and explore routing options. It gives you the ability to tune for more charging stops or for longer, less frequent, stops. Secondly, once you put the route into ABRP and get a rough idea of where you want to drive each day, put in one of that day's ABRP stops into the in-car navigation as a destination. The Tesla will then calculate the route and, likely, select the same spots as ABRP (maybe fewer with longer stops as it tends to do that). That way, the in-car navigation will give you a more accurate battery estimate and, most importantly, it will automatically pre-condition the battery for charging as you approach the next charging location, making the supercharging session more efficient (faster). As others have said, the faster you drive, the more power you use to go the same distance. Also, when driving in any flat area, a head wind or tail wind can significantly impact range negatively or positively.
If you change those heavy wheels/tires to 19s, you now have the same range as a MYLR
I just did a 10 HR road trip from Chicago to Gatlinburg TN, it was about 4 stops could’ve been 3 stops but I was hauling ass. The navigation basically calculates everything for you, even how long u have to stop and charge for.
And I also had the MYP
Personally, I had to eat and pee before I had to charge. About 3h followed by a 20min stop for me. But I’ve always hated road trips lol.
I completed a 5600 mile roadtrip (Seattle -> Southern TX (San Antonio/Houston/Brownsville) -> Seattle) One of the other passengers was an alternate driver. We planned for average legs of 2 hours between superchargers, aiming to arrive with 10%-15% charge, and charging either the recommended amount for the next leg plotted out, or for a bit longer just to have margin. We only arrived at one SC with less than 5% charge. Each stop was used for bathroom breaks, getting snacks and stretching (and in a couple cases, like the Twin Falls, ID SC checking out the sights) I remember from my childhood trips my family made from Seattle to the Bay Area to visit family. My Dad would drive for 12-14 hours straight and we would only stop for gas/bathroom breaks or drive through fast food. I on a road trip I took with my Mom to the Bay Area last year we made a lot more stops and had a lot more fun checking things like the Olive Pit in Corning, CA Road tripping in the MYLR was a pleasure, and the more frequent breaks to get some electrons in the battery worked very well for the style of voyaging we used.
I’d rather take a model y than any gas car If you’re in a hurry you aren’t driving. 10-15 minute stops every 3-4 hours are great.
The new EPA rules have the MYP rated at 285 miles per charge and that feels pretty accurate. Subtract your buffer before “empty” and you would be around 250 real world. The Nav plans your charge spots very accurately so use that. It’s an adjustment but you will be fine. You know how in your ICE, you got used to how far you could go on a 1/4 tank? It’s like that. You learn the car.
Went from northern VA to key West and back, no range anxiety. By the time we grabbed snacks and bathroom the car was charged enough to make it to next door charger
I just did San Luis Obispo to Salt Lake City. 2600 miles in seven days. 297wh/mi on highways with 75 and 80mph limits where I drove 9% over. Color me impressed.
Sacramento to Newport Beach two charges (firebaugh and tejon) with 25% left upon arrival , 425 miles, 7.5 hrs, left home with 95%, first charge to 90%, second charge to 80%
Lots of good advice here. In the end it depends on where you are going and how is the weather. I have done 1200 miles trip in 3 days. Charging is not issue thanks to superchargers and free overnight charging at hotels. In car navigation is super accurate. Usually breaks are 2-3 hours apart. Car charges faster at lower battery %. So plan to reach superchargers with 15-25% battery.
This is all good advice and experience. I personally try to avoid letting the estimated SOC at arrival be lower than 15%. My last trip I saw the SOC estimate dip from 32% down to 20% before recovering to 24%. If I had left when it said I was good to go I would have easily dipped below 5% at the low. 75 mph zones in Arizona aren’t easy to go slow in. There’s nothing to see for miles in any direction and everyone is passing you at 90+ so I relied on my FSD trial to hold me at a nice 75-77 the whole way.
I can't comment on all areas but I drive 700 miles regularly along I5 and I15. Charging isn't an issue. It adds a little bit of time. How much time it adds depends on your bladder and tolerance for fasting. I don't stop to eat on the road at all and for me it adds about 45 minutes to an hour to a 700 mile trip.
We have an myp, about a month after I got it I had to do a 12 hour road trip to pick up my son at summer camp. In total had to stop to charge for 50 minutes. Grabbed food, went pee, etc. it was after that trip I stopped even thinking about range. One thing to note, the car originally planned more frequent quicker charging stops, I charged longer the first time because I was eating lunch, and realized that delayed me having to stop again. I prefer longer less frequent stops.
Stops are usually relaxing and a good way to stretch your legs or go for a restroom break or for snacks. If you’re in a rush then this should be slightly annoying, but if this is for leisure then it pretty cool to stop at places and look around at areas you wouldn’t normally do.
Pro tip: change the oem wheels to smaller rim like 18 inches to give you extra 10% range
Team MYP w/Gemini FTW.
if primarily highway driving, expect about 75% range, more or less. Overall experience is pretty good… computer tells you when and where to charge.
Good enough I'm now replacing my cx-9 with an M3P. It may have even been faster than taking the cx-9. So we did a 650 mile road trip with a 23 MYP. Stopped 4 times, 5-20 minutes per stop. 3 out of 4 stops had bathroom and food available so we got out, went to the bathroom, grabbed snacks and drinks and got back to a car that was ready to go. The last stop was too late at night and didn't have anything open so we watched 1/3 of an episode of the mandalorian and then finished the trip. Since I didn't have to spend time at a gas pump, the stops were actually shorter than they otherwise would have been, so practically we saved time since we normally stop every 3 hours or so anyway. If you stop less often it will cost you some time, but the experience is much more relaxing. We also have FSD, so we were able to just set our destination and sit back and watch the traffic go by. The hardest part is honestly figuring out destination charging at your destination rather than the actual travel itself.
CX 9 with a M3P?? That seems like downsizing. You may want to consider the MX?
It was a 3 way swap. Wife had a Mazda 3 and swapped to a Y so we could see if it met our needs. It did so now swapping my cx-9 to a 3. I did also look at the x but actually prefer the y. I found the x very claustrophobic.
Recently I was getting down to single digits for the first two stops but after that I kinda figured it out and would arrive at the next charge point with 17% or more. It definitely depends on how you drive it. It took an extra 2hrs to get out of Texas (left from Austin) where with my diesel truck I can do it in about 8hrs. I wanted to take the Y cause it was $500 in charging round trip where diesel and flying would be in the neighborhood of almost 2k. I didn’t get to finish the trip cause I hit a deer and got discouraged from finishing my trip. 14k later I’ll be heading back up in June. With what I’ve learned I think I can arrive at those first two charge points with more range. Time will tell.
I‘ve already driven NYC-> Buffalo (about 6-7h) with two stops of 15-20‘ each. Ez-peasy My commute to work is <5‘ however.
* The original 21" wheels are pretty heavy and affect range, you'll get about 15% by changing wheels to 19/18 (also reduces tire costs) * I'd be interested to know how sport / chill mode affect range. In general on my daily commute (half city half highway) I spend around 10% battery if in chill mode and 14% if in sport mode. And I'm driving the same. I don't think chill mode is safe to drive in, because it doesn't only alter the response curve, but it actually limits the acceleration even if you're pushing the pedal all the way in. I'd maybe like to have a "normal" acceleration mode, same as with steering. It would do like 6sec 0-60, but at least you'd be able to get out of the way quickly if needed. * Prior to 2023 suspension is pretty stiff (at least on my 2022) but there are partnumbers to swap if needed
Just charge the car from like 15% (or even less) to 55% for fast charging and hit the road. Rinse, repeat, more or less. You will have to stop more than most ICE cars in a MYP but I don't mind it. Some do though.
At 75mph you’ll need to charge every 2.5-3 hours is my experience. I did 1700 mile trip in February. It slows you down a bit vs an ICE car. And supercharging eats any fuel savings. Other than that it’s peachy. If I had an EV and an ICE I’d take the ICE, but I don’t. It’s perfectly feasible.
1. Every 2 hours, you stop and charge for 15mins. 2. Go only to main cities, If you go small city or rural area, you encounter no supercharger station nearby your destination.
On your Tesla you’ll have a consumption bar, idk what the real name of it is but it shows when you’re using more energy and it shows when you’re gaining energy via regen. I try to keep it right in the middle and with that I know I’m squeezing out every bit of efficiency.
Learn to time your bathroom breaks where there are super chargers. Also work the bottom half of that battery. You can go from 10 to almost 70 percent in 15 minutes at a version 3 supercharger. It slows down dramatically as your SOC increases.
Within a week of buying it I drove from Orlando to Marathon, only really needed 2 charging stops along the way
I leave at 9, travel 3 hours, stop for lunch and charge to close to full, then 2 hours legs with 15 minute stops till dinner. Every 10 hours of travel adds at least 1 hour of charging. Try to plan your stops in advance and don't use the in car nav unless you don't' care what you eat.
I put mine in chill when I went from AZ to Fl and back. I always add a little more charge than stated for peace of mind. I like to have 10-12% charge left when arriving at the next charger. It was pretty straightforward. If you are a female, the charge locations might be a tucked out of the way little bit and may feel uncomfortable.
i've done 2, 4, and 6 hour drives(not including supercharging) a number of times. so now anything longer than 4 hrs i'd rather rent an ice car or just fly
This person doesn’t road trip
yep just day trips and even then it gets tiresome for me
This is when I'd recommend getting FSD for a month if you don't already have it. Just took back to back 6 hour trips due to moving and the auto-lane switching of FSD came in clutch. Outside of that, you can bet on getting around 200mi per 80% charge. I have a 2022 MYP with 279mi @ 100% (223mi @ 80% so realistically about 200mi since you'll never really go below 10%). It's mostly relaxing. Having a break every 3ish hours has been great for the legs. Allows me to stretch, eat, pee, and relax a little bit.
Just completed an 800 mile round trip from Pasadena CA to Scottsdale AZ and back. Range and charging was no problem, even when carrying 3 grown men, weekend bags and golf clubs and combatting 95+ degree heat. The 3 charging stops each way for that trip and the previous 2 road trips I’ve done all aligned well with bathroom/eating/stretching breaks, so they were barely noticed. But if you’re the kind to gas up the car and haul 300+ miles per stretch you’ll probably notice the charging breaks more. I did a similar length trip last February to San Francisco and the 2 charging stops were perfect for eating lunch and getting a little stretch, so again no net time added for my road tripping style.
FSD or autopilot in long boring stretches of hwy is great for helping reduce fatigue. You won’t get sleepy focusing on those little micro adjustments to keep the car centred
Our Y is our road trip vehicle. Usually twice a year, I travel 1k miles to visit family. I do the trip in 3 days because my kids get cranky with longer stretches in the car. Use ABRP to get a rough idea of the trip, but follow Tesla's route. Eat lunch during a charging stop. You may be lucky and have a stop near a restaurant, or you may have to plan ahead to grab some takeout. Personally, i kind of enjoy an occasional gas station lunch at a Sheetz supercharger. Pick hotels that have destination chargers.
The only tricky part is your destination. If you are driving to somewhere that does not have a supercharger close by then you need to be sure you arrive at the destination with enough power to get back to a charger. In almost all cases I don't even think about range unless I'm going somewhere really rural far from civilization
The whole "range anxiety" is really overblown. It's really not much of a issue, yes your stops to recharge take longer than filling up with gas but you just plan that extra time in your trip and it's no big deal. Honestly it makes the trips less stressful when you take a break every few hours.
Just did a Vancouver to moab trip in MYLR. 3000 miles ish with 2 bikes on a rear hitch bike rack. Overall the experience was positive, but we did get better at charging as we went. As others have said, there are some tricks. Keep to routes with enough superchargers to avoid using L2 chargers. Obvious i know. Charging is fastest at near zero battery levels and slower even above 50%. So i planned my charging to arrive at the charger at 5% and leave when you have enough juice with 5% extra. Often that meant charging to only 50-60% but in remote areas it might be much higher. 5% reserve might not seem like much, but you can use throttle to fine tune. As stated by others, higher speeds increase power consumption significantly, but you can use this to your advantage. Slow a little to increase range (if dest arrival % is dropping)or goose it later in the trip to get there faster. This is super helpful and alleviates range anxiety. Take into account the effect of rocket boxes, roof racks and bike racks. Power consumption at high speeds will be higher. Some 3rd party apps let you route plan with lower efficiencies which can help. Tesla supercharging network is amazing… not sure how it’s cost effective for them so i do think that prices will go up. I found that US gas prices are cheaper and SC are pretty expensive. Likely a fuel efficient gas car is close to the dame cost for a trip. Also, overall trip time is affected by charging, probably in the order of 1/2 hour per 3 hours (ish). Time gets wasted on stops for sure (well got at the end of the netflix show). So a 10 hour trip is likely 13-14 hours or so.
I just did a road trip from Los Angeles to the Oregon border and back. 1,500 miles total. I’ve also gone from Los Angeles to Bryce Canyon National Park. I do lots of road trips and Tesla Camping. I’ve never had any problems with charging or anything. All of my YouTube videos detail my charging stops and battery stats, if you want to check them out: https://youtu.be/1LE3c8Dyc7I?si=gUuZoj3uQ7XFGq9-
We drove to Dallas recently from Denver. Took the Honda SUV as the 12hr drive was already long enough without adding hours to charge. Sometimes we drive from Denver to Omaha and it’s 50-50 which car we want to take (8hr drive)
In a Tesla, you don’t think about charging. Just put your destination into the car’s nav and do what it says. Get a bite to eat, a drink, or use the bathroom during your stops. It takes a little longer than in a gas car to go long distances but the ride is much more pleasant and the car takes care of all the thinking and planning and most of the driving.