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Originally Posted by rumatt
Regarding road trips... Why the hell are people taking them in electric cars if they have an alternative vehicle? I can't imagine sitting around for 20 mins waiting for a charge. Not happening.
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We never did big road trips before the Tesla. Before, the biggest trips we’d take were to hit Disney or the beach in San Diego.
Phoenix to SoCal is a 7-8 hour drive to most places, plus stops. We found taking the Tesla to take about 45 min longer. In a gas car, we always stopped at least 3x for bio breaks, food, or gas for easily an hour or more. In the Tesla we also stopped 2 or 3 times to charge (mine has the smallest battery offered — all newer Tesla’s have 20 to 120 more miles avail from the bigger packs, so could stop less). One stop was for about an hour, with another 40 min stop needed. The 3rd stop was purely optional and was more for a bio break than charge, so only 10 min or so.
But we found Tesla road tripping to be more relaxing. You stop about every 2 or so hours, anywhere from 20 min to an hour. Enough time to plug in, grab a snack or meal, or even take a short walk. When we got where we were going, we were more relaxed. We’ve done around 20k miles of road trips in the Tesla now. It’s been to several national parks, including Death Valley, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Redwood, Yellowstone, the Petrified Forest and Moab.