My dad first time driving an electric car / EV - a Tesla Model 3 SR+ 500 miles to Scotland!
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2021
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Can someone who’s never driven an electric car, with no instruction, drive a 500 mile road trip easily? We’re about to find out…
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I drove my son's new model 3 home from the showroom (about 120Km) alone, at his insistence. Could not have been easier. Clearly the future of motoring. I am not all that old though, only 80.
I'd say you're a young whippersnapper if anything Terry
This is the exact sort of video I needed to show my parents who just aren't convinced by EVs. Thanks for that.
Have they driven an EV yet?
My dad was a massive EV skeptic and has just bought a Taycan Cross Turismo. Previously he said they will never work.
35 minutes in Lancashire, that’s enough for anyone. Brilliant!
There was a cartoon in Yorkshire with a father and son stood on a hill. What's that over there dad? That's Lancashire son, and you must never go there!
LOL, even as a Lancashire lad I laughed at that. Classic.
How good is your Dad.....he should do more challenges.....he's so DTE and authentic.
Fantastic video.
The accents had me in tears! He has to do another video he is different class
That was very impressive that he had no range anxiety and trusted the navigation system to direct him to superchargers.
As a 2 year Model 3 owner, I was a little worried when the navigation said he'd arrive with 9%, but he actually arrived with 13% anyway and I know from experience it rarely ever says you'll arrive with more than you will, it's almost always exactly on the percentage if you've driven the car a bunch before and it has learned from how you drive. (That's my theory at least)
I need to have more faith in the navigation I think. :)
Very different topic. After watching thousands of EV you tubes, this is tops. Great Dad. Great Story. Still a relevant point to make. Thank You Much!
Your dads a natural blogger. Really enjoyed this.
Thanks to you and your dad for showing what an Sr+ can do 👍
I think ABRP will let you add waypoints on planned journeys. A cracking demonstration of just how user friendly the M3 and Supercharger network really is. Great video👍
Hello from USA - wonderful dad you have there, and he did a nice recap of his drive.
Glasgow, Costco, Edinburgh, Edinbureau ... too much fun!
The CostCo one really got me, Brits are like "Navigate to Glasgow!", American car is like "CostCo?".
Richard, your dad's a proper star - really well done and what a fantastic way to show how easy it is to just jump into a Tesla. Even managed to get a bike in the back to show the capacity! Fantastic! One of the best reviews I've seen. Takes me back to my first trip in a Tesla which was from Southampton to Edinburgh and now you've got me wondering how my dad would do. Keep the great videos coming. As ever thanks a lot for taking the time to make this content for us all. All the best.
Great video, and a cool Dad too. Couldn't imagine getting my step-father or father in law doing that!! Kudos
What a great dad you have, very down to earth. Loved his Lancashire comment.
Amazing how much easier it seems to be for this guy, than 90% of the so-called motoring journalists. I wonder why that would be...
Well if said motoring journalists are from the Daily Mail, it's because they'd have their heads up their ar*es. I don't think I've ever seen so much misinformation and sheer cobblers written about EV's anywhere else....
Loved seeing your dad try the car out not sure he is typical for a person of his age but loved that he imedately noticed the need for "a better route planner" may be he could review that next
I understand Tesla are adding waypoints (direct request to Elon Musk)
@@rogerstarkey5390 I believe you are correct but like the view for above its taking sometime
Great video and excellent narration by your father well done on his first road trip 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Even before watching it fully I was intrigued. Your dad seems to take to it like a duck to water. Very impressed.
Much respect to your cool dad! Very good video!
Thank you brother!
Another great video Richard. Loved your dad's voice command experiments.
nicely done. Very enlightening to know that the trip took the same time overall
Awesome! Your dad is so cool!
Really good video guys - really insightful and helpful for me to send to my dad!
Thanks for sharing this, he seems to have had a good experience.
Great idea for a video! Was fun and informative to watch. Thanks
Your dad makes the most important point. Petrol/diesel cars *can* do long distances, but the human bladders/stomachs they carry cannot! I'd do 9 hrs with 2 stops, not 3, so the LR may be the one for me on a trip like this.
Just amazing - such a great setup too, not saying much about how to use it and seeing how it goes. I managed to find some Tesla rentals in the UK that delivered to the airport and did my last 2 UK road trips in an X and a S before financing my own Model 3 when I got back to Canada, the road trip rental is the best way to dispel all the anxieties around EV ownership and driving.
Your dad is such a good sport for doing that.
Now have him do the same in a 24kwh LEAF relying on Ecotricity 😉 great content 👍
Enjoyable presentation, thanks.
Great idea for a video and great to watch.👍
What a cool dad!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching that video very well done I would love to get my own father into one of these but he's a bit intimidated by it cheers from Canada
Once he's tried it, the intimidation becomes a point of laughter. Take him for a ride then switch seats with him. He will love it.
Great video,how do you get on for cost of supercharger when in your case the cars is " between "owners,I noticed that the screen says " cost for current charge " zero?
I have always jumped into lorries vans cars in work when I got my EV it was like your dad said 10 mins driving and your good they are easy to drive and less complicated than some of the diesel cars especially starting some diesel vans cars have individual starting peculiarities like waiting for click or glow plugs warming up twice lol
your dad is a legend and i hope you have as much hair as he does at his age (ha ha ) great video it goes to show that tesla is great at planned journeys. we have a Kona and only travel within its limits at the moment due to restriction , but we are finding it great fun. got a trip planned for august virus permitting practicing at the various charge station suppliers in the coming months .keep the videos coming, most informative thanks
Great vid, Elon says WayPoints coming.... Being 68 one of us needs to stop every hour or so so we use SC'ers for BIO breaks and a quick top-off, that eliminates any issues with range anxiety and you can use the HVAC and drive as you please.
That was brilliant. I’ve test driven Tesla’s, love electric cars esp model 3. This would help any cynic about electric vs petrol/diesel
You need to make sure you have you dad test the voice commands on all your cars, hes brilliant
What a great video and what a super idea for a video.
I have a Model 3 Performance on the way from Shanghai, but have been reading lots of forums about huge drops in acceleration as the battery drains (and as the temperature drops). Do you have any experience of the new Made In China M3 Performance having such issues? Nobody seems to know if it's down to the new batteries, or the heat pump scavenging heat, or just a few anomalies. It would be really helpful to see some acceleration tests across the 2020 / 2021 M3s at different levels of charge 🙏
Your dad's experimentation cracked me up! All those books behind him, what does/did he do for a living?!
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I think this is all the proof you need that even the lowest range Tesla is brilliant and you can do long journeys in the same amount of time or not much longer than ICE. I definitely want to save up for a Model 3 as my next car and this video convinced me to save about 6k and get the SR+
Great video mate, I have a question about the car wow video where the long range beat the performance in one of the races, did you guys ever get to the bottom of that? Left me baffled!! Was they on the same battery level? I know the long range is faster for some reason once there charge gets bellow 20 percent, I would like to see you guys race a m3p against a longe range with boost that would be a great video.
Well done, Dad!!
Great vid, your father is an awesome host :)
Was this MIC or US ?
I've never used a Tesla or Supercharger before but thinking about buying one. At 2:38 it looks like the charging speed is 27KW. Is this normal or has it just slowed down because the battery is over 80%? I thought Superchargers were 120kw minimum. Also I think it's a bit of a cop out giving your dad a Tesla to learn about EVs on. Give him a gen 1 Leaf with a 60 mile range and let him have some fun on the public chargers :D.
Fast charging happens at low state of charge and it continually tails off.
On a long trip you typically run it low and then jsut top up to 70% or so - because it’s enough for another couple hours driving and chargers are plentiful.
Quick short stops are a faster journey than trying to top up more full in one or two.
@@RSEV Thanks for the reply. How long does it usually take to go from 10% to 70% on a M3 SR+?
Aw, your dad's adorable.
Brilliant! 🙏👍
Cool dad and will share 👍🌎👏👏👏👏👏
Another great video. If only Tesla made pubs, I could my dad involved.
A better route planner is a good secondary routing tour.
Thanks. I'm a peer of your Pop. Thus was helpful.
Great video - well done Dad! Waypoints coming soon in a software update apparently. Proves recharging doesn't lengthen a journey like this.
Charging stops can be quite a bit shorter if you know how to plan it out better.
Stage 2?
I drive South East (Guildford area) to Edinburgh and bac a few times each year. Going to Glasgow as a waypoint makes no sense unless (in this case) you have a REASON to call in at Glasgow. My parents always leave the A74(M) at Moffat cos it's the shortest; I continue up to the Abingdon junction as it's the fastest. YMMV :-D
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Great video 👍
Thumbs up for your dad, he is brilliant!
He may be able to save a lot of time if he only charged it to 70% but I don't know how close the superchargers are in UK.
Virtually all UK motorway services have Tesla chargers now. Hilton Park on the M6 has around a dozen or more on each side - North and Southbound, which is useful as it's fairly central.....
Your Dad made a great video.
Thank you, I just discovered a new band. Spider Murphy Gang -- Liebe machen is pretty good :)
Using a Tesla is cheating. :-) Love the voice input experiments!
True; using another charger that require an app or a RFID card could be quite tricky
@@francescoboselli6033 I agree. Richard asks, How easy did you find driving/charging an EV? That should really have been a Tesla as no other manafacturer has a dedicated charger network.
It's a good job that you gave your dad a Tesla for his first trial
My recent experience of a long trip in my 4 year old Ioniq turned out to be quite fraught
Setting off in torrential rain didn't help M5,j3 heading south
135 mile range
As travelling down Michael's Woods services Out of Action according to Zap-Map
Next services Gordano also out of action
Next was Sedgemoor yes working
I couldn't park up near the bays as it was busy
I found out I was the fourth inline
Having less than 20 miles left gave me no choice but wait in the rain
Got talking to the guy 2nd inline who said the vehicle on charge had been on nearly an hour
We heard the charger stop
The driver promptly got out unplugged then plugged back in
I'll continue
He sat on the charger for another hour despite being challenged about his selfish behaviour
Nearly 4hours later did I get to charge for 30 minutes still tipping down of rain
Finally off the motorway and on the A30
First services an oriental guy was charging but when he'd finished couldn't get his car to release the cable
Bye now the rain was torrential
He eventually got it released
By then a queue had formed for this single charger
I tried for what seemed an age to get it to start up it kept giving different error messages
Finally got it to start but had to rush off to the toilets soaked through
Came back to the car with the wife shouting its stopped
I'd gained 2 miles but couldn't get it to restart so in frustration pulled out of the way and let someone else try
Still torrential downpour
Looking at options we would just make it to another charger
Found it on a private. Carpark with 15 minutes before closing
I was in the red zone and relieved to be the only one to charge
I thought do it the easy way tap and charge it came up with the message Contactless payment not available ahh
Tried opening the app to get my account details wouldn't work
So used my wife's phone to ring the helpline listed
After telling my tales of woe the kind gentleman said he would try to start it remotely
Success but he couldn't take a payment
A security man came up and asked how long would I be
I said it would be around another 10 minutes
He said okay but to close the gates as I left
With an 80% charge we set off on another 50 miles to get to our destination just outside of Newquay Cornwall
A 12 hour journey
Physically and mentally exhausted
In four years of owning and driving my EV have never endured so much hassle
All because of single chargers and the newer EV,s with the larger batteries taking so long to charge
The infrastructure is not coping now with demand
City driving fine but open roads and out of the way places you can't plan for delays that I experienced that day in August
I once hired a model S from Enterprise in Bristol. Just incase anyone was wondering where to hire one from.
Yorkshire boy here appreciating the shade thrown at Lancashire 🤣🤣🤣
But he lives in Glasgow, which makes Lancashire a paradise by comparison.
Does dad not know the front is a boot too? :D 7:35 is that Autopilot? :D
Nice video👍.
Note re the voice activated navigation. The reason it didn’t actually set the navigation is because you already had a destination plugged in so you have to override it. Without this it just starts the navigation. (Accents permitting!)
Good video and as expected, however try it with a none tesla and ecotricity chargers, that would be a completely different story, and possibly the last time you saw your dad.
Interesting video - apart from the Lancashire comment, of course
Very good...
Takes me 3 minutes to fill my car up from start of filling to finishing payent. BTW what would happen in any other EV that does not show superchargers? Would he still know what to do snd where to go without being shown?
First of all your 3 minute claim is BS. Secondly of all you are excluding waiting time at busy Motorway services.
Its never 3mins here in the UK. All petrol stations now have mini markets attached to them with costa coffee machines. Your only ever as fast as the people in front of you blocking the pumps or queueing at the till to pay for their mini shop or coffee. Never used to be like this. Pain in the arse.
Many canny EV drivers use an app, such as ZapMap or A Better Route Planner. These vary, but the better ones can provide the location of chargers, the type of charge connector, pricing information, whether the charger is functional or not, and how long it will be before it's clear to use if someone is actually using it.
Good stuff
Greetings from Canada. Did you dad use one pedal driving?
No pedal driving most of the way - automatic distancing AND cruise control :-)
Wow, very technological dad... my dad would just leave swearing... real boomer style 😅
As my ex-boss would say, "Don't dumb him down". Anything new has a learning curve. This is a gentle slope.
These people saying "aww its too long to charge, not enough mileage". This video proved that completely wrong. Having superchargers ends the first argument, but most of all, people themelves will have to take breaks no matter what vehicle they're in. Having the car sitting in a parking space or sitting at a charger while you go have a wee and a coffee/food is the same in the end.
What amazes me is that you never had your dad for electric car test drive before. But from what I could gather is your dad is not very close to where your live . It seems like your dad is pretty good with technology compared to my dad anyway.
Music: Spider Murphy Gang 😁
Excellent, just for comparison you need to give him any non Tesla EV for the same journey! ;)
Would he prefer to drive or take the train?
Absent COVID, it seems a 7 hour train ride is preferred to an 11 hour solo drive.
Take the train? Are you serious? Lake District to Cornwall by train - over £200 ONE way!!!!
And what was the cost compared to a petrol car to get to Scotland
I'm guessing here, but I'd take a punt at £25 to £30, if that. Mind you, it was a new Tesla, so you get 1000 miles free charging I think.....
I remember that at one of the Tesla events last year [2021] Elon Musk asked his audience what they'd really like. Almost everyone shouted back "Waypoints." IIRC, he answered, "Really? OK."
i did a 9 hour drive from isle of sky to Manchester with just one break of 15 mins in my Jaguar ICE car. I dont thinkg that would be possible any time soon. Time is always important i think al the electric fans forget that. With eletric cars, the charging time is too slow & you cant have an adhoc journey you have to plan it & have to have a plan b.
The Tesla Model 3 was never going to be a problem on a long journey such as this because of the Tesla Supercharger Network. This same journey would have been more challenging in another car that's not a Tesla. I smell another long journey video in a non-Tesla car coming soon 😂
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400 miles Glasgow (charged to 95%) to Duxford total charging 28 minutes over two stops (20 minutes and 8 minutes) although the second was more just a stop for the toilet. It’s a bit of challenge for other EV’s not Tesla. The Car sat for three hours at a site on the way down near York unfortunately an airfield the run would have been even easier if it had charging of any type. The waypoints has never made sense to me I’d want it as well don’t understand why you’d limit how customers use their navigation. I tour the highlands and it would be useful to know what time and miles to different points on your journey.
I’m from Glasgow I’d watch you don’t try a Scottish accent when your up 😂 Euro central is such a dire place to wait, I feel your pain. Tesla could learn a thing by asking locals where they would suggest for sites. Balloch (Loch Lomond) has a huge parking area near a shopping centre on the bank of the loch and the gateway to the highlands. Granted Fort William got a SC site. But Ullapool could do with a good site or Durness for the North coast 500.
We have a great charge network called “Charge Scotland” yes it’s slower but free and sites are numerous in most villages and towns. Subsidised by the Scot gov to keep it free plus we produce now more than 120% Electricity through renewables of our needs so the government welcomes anyone charging.
Don't recharge to more than 80% because the recharge will slow down too much.
I discovered that: certainly anything over 90% takes a long time to 'go in' and 'comes out' very quickly.
The American accent 😂😂
Did he know about Autopilot?
I believe it is an option not fitted to that car. It had cruise control (very useful) and only basic lane control (no use at all)
Good Video , however he has been spoilt with only having to use Tesla network. Wonder if it would have been a different story if had to use Ecotrocity and public network??
Gridserve look set to change all that in the next 3 to 4 years.....Plus Connected Kerb UK are installing a further 30,000 public charging connections in 2022 alone.
Why a ST+ ? The shortest range Tesla. A LR would’ve only required 1 stop.
Like he said. His own body needed more stops than the car.
If he spoke with a real English accent (Manchester) he wouldn't have had any trouble making his sat-nav understand.
You dad turned on the heat on passenger seat. Not sure if it's intentional or don't know it was on.
Has @elonmusk seen this at 6.30? WAYOINTS Elon, Waypoints!
They’re adding it! Announced at the Model S plaid delivery event because people in the audience shouted it as well.
@@nielsvandenkieboom5034 They have been adding it for literally years. Hence the sarcasm from Elon.
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Guess you didn’t tell him much about electric cars because you don’t seem to know much yourself.
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Really? You obviously haven’t seen what this channel is all about because you wouldn’t say that. Or you’re just a keyboard warrior.
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