Road Trip to Amarillo: First Time in the Tesla
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- I've been wanting to take our Tesla on a road trip since we purchased it from Hertz. Everything went according to plan,... at least with the car.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:56 - Trip Planning
05:13 - Henrietta, TX
12:37 - Childress, TX
19:06 - Amarillo, TX Day 1
25:19 - Amarillo, TX Day 2
32:38 - Conversation About the Trip
39:45 - Quanah, TX
48:20 - Henrietta, TX Again
53:18 - Final Thoughts
Music Credits
Roadhouse - Sky Toes
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Nevada - The Lakes
Music from #Uppbeat
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Willow Grove - The Lakes
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Buffalo Girls - Vince McGill
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Golden Coast - The Lakes
Music from #Uppbeat
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Swings and Roundabouts - Hey Pluto!
Music from #Uppbeat
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This is a fantastic video of a road trip. Thanks for sharing and taking us along. 😊
I've found that best time is achieved by driving at ~9mph over the posted limit and arriving at the DCF charger at between 5-15% SOC ( Based upon 3 road trips, each over 4000 miles). I use my CCS1 adapter to stop at non-Tesla DCFCs, as is convenient. My 2022 M3 RWD has about a 5% buffer below '0%' SOC, but the lowest I've arrived at a SC is 2%. I've found that there's very little difference in charging times between a V3 and V2 SC, and when having a meal, even a 50kw DCFC will charge the car to 100% by the time we finish dinner, assuming a 10% SOC arrival. With some attention to charging times, I've been able to drive ~600 miles in ~10 hours.
We just went from north Dallas area to Denver and back in our ‘22 Model 3 long range. Stopped at those same chargers. Ended up costing about $220 for supercharging round trip.
Your overall cost was around 9 cents per mile, vs. 12-15 cents for an ICE car. So, good deal! thanks for the video.
Next year will be 10 years of EV ownership for me, about to hit 250k miles total. It's amazing how easy it really is to navigate far distances now. Even with my little bolt I've been able to go from the Carolinas to California only planning my next charge while charging, even went to see the grand canyon on the way.
But Tesla makes it all just so much easier, we have rented s, 3, x, and y and loved all them starting with our first rental in 2017. About to buy a Model y after we rented one when we flew into dfw and drove up to Amarillo for a wedding.
About to sit back and enjoy your trips video now, hopefully y'all stopped at palo duro canyon. 😀
We didn’t stop there on this one, but we did a few years ago. The trip was in our Subaru Crosstrek towing a teardrop camper back from Green River, UT. It’s a road trip in an ICE car but was a warm up for our EV road trip videos. But the video does have about 10-15 minutes of footage taken at Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Those V2 units which takes noticeably longer to handshake than the V3.
My first and only Bolt trip was stressful worrying about EA chargers and crowds. First Tesla Model 3 road trip didn't even think about charging issues. It was such a relief.
And that LFP battery pack maxes out at 171kw so unless you're rolling in Out of spec style at 0%'there's almost no difference between V2 and V3 units. 50:19
I was born in ft worth hospital but I spent my first 10 years in Benbrook. I haven’t been back in nearly 20 years.
I always enjoy your vids, Luke. This was another good one. We got our Bolt EUV 1-3/4 years ago and have done about 13-14k miles of road trips in it including a 5,400 mile trip from FL, through TX, to AZ, and then back east & north to OH before coming back to FL. The Bolt was fine even though it was a little on the leisurely side.
This April, we traded the Prius for a Hyundai Ioniq 5. We took it from FL up to OH and then over to eastern IA before heading home. What a difference!!!! As with your Tesla, we never had to wait for the car and, in fact, most of the time we could not get back from the bathroom before the car was ready.
Most of our charging stops were between 8 and 15 minutes. And the 2 free years with Electrify America really cut the cost. Eventually, that will be gone. We found with the Bolt that charging cost per mile was almost double the gas cost for the Prius. But since it's still cheaper than most gassers, that's not so bad given how much more pleasant either EV is than listening to the racket in most gas cars. Amazingly smooth and tranquil in either the Bolt or Ioniq 5, especially in the latter.
Keep the travel vids coming!!
Hi spinners, Your trip video endorsed all experience I had on my new Model 3 RWD. Only difference I used to charge 100pc on every supercharger. Although it takes 35 to 40 minutes the number of stops get lesser. My overall efficiency is 222 wh/mile on my 3100 mile trip. The FSD usage is 3080. Non FSD in parking lots and rest areas only. Your videos are very influencing and truthful. Keep it up ❤
Thanks!
Great video guys. That was fun to go along with you guys on the road trip. Stay safe.
Thanks!
Love the Henrietta Charger with the Dinos! Stop there all the time!
Hey there Spinners. I had done that very road trip multiple times in both a gas car and my MYP. The last trip was to LA last year. I love the northern route. Being that I live in the DFW area it was fun to see the trip. I also added a few things to the MYP to make may drive a little easier. Road tripping is fun in the Tesla. I enjoy your channel. Thanks for showing!
Thanks! We couldn’t have done this trip with our Bolt, at least not the same route. Still a lack of CCS charging on 287
You can still use your autopilot on highways after the FSD trial. Can change that setting now in autopilot settings.
I was just searching your channel last night for this content lol this is hilarious
Thanks!
EV roadtrips are fun. Change the Range from Miles to Percentage. WAY better, using mi is just a guess at most.
The Trip planner is really good, low State of Charge (SoC) make SC stops faster than higher SoC.
Mike is good people. Had the pleasure of meeting him in Daytona Beach. Y’all take care…
He gave me one of your cards
Nice trip. I prefer autosteer for highway driving so I control the lane changes. Thanks!
All you have to do for FSD is toggle on the “minimal lane changes” that way it stays in the lane longer and you just turn the turn signal to make lane changes.
@@famousamos1 I have tried that but I prefer autosteer for highway driving. I do use FSD and I have 12.3.6. It came in handy last month in downtown Dallas as I had no idea where I was going and a lot of streets are one way so it really helped. Thanks!
@@HomesteadEngineeringyeah I got my first Tesla MYP in September 2023 and they gave me 3 month trial FSD. I used it every day mainly Highway one way to work 18 miles. I used it even on regular streets. It screwed up a few times turning me where I shouldn’t. The take off from stop light was fast!
I then got the 1 month trial of new FSD in May and used it again all the time. It was much better but the take off from stop light was slower. The auto park was awesome! I wish they just give us auto park for free! I also noticed FSD cuts people off when making lane changes!! So I learned to turn the toggle on “minimal lane changes” which helped a lot and left me in control of lane changes still. So now I’m back to using auto steer which is fine however I do miss FSD but I ain’t paying $8k or $100/m for it!!
Sure beats road tripping in the Bolt.
Re dinosaurs guess it's good advert for 'Dinosaur juice' :)
Sinclair gas stations used to use a dinosaur as their mascot, some still have the statues of the green brontosaurus. I remember seeing them in the 1970s.
Next time you stop in Childress, there is a great Tea place (HTeaO) across the street from the Superchargers.
I’ve seen, I’ll have to try it out.
Great road trip maiden voyage! Blasphemy about not using ABRP to plan those routes! LOL Tesla likes to do dumb stuff and send you to v2 and bad locations and does not really optimize the range before stops. So I think it pays to review the plan and edit the routes.
I think I would feel a little rushed if I listened to the car tell me to go so I would take a few more minutes to get my stuff done. I don't mind a little extra time. I usually have the dog with me so I need a little extra time. It would be nice to be able to leave sooner if I was in a hurry. Compared to the Bolt that would seem too fast.
I think the big take away is the lack of worry about chargers, spacing, locations, and that they are going to work. That is the real selling point for the Tesla to me. Last winter with the Bolt gave me reason to question my decision to buy it. So I am "calculating".
Hi Luke and Rachel. Yes, with the content you post, I think it would be very easy to be your friend. From me always commenting on your trips, I would like to do a meet up sometime down the road. So I just did my own road trip last night. 802 miles. Gas was seen at $6.09 for mid grade Shell. (I didn’t buy it, but it is next to my ChargePoint). The Tesla is more economical the higher the gasoline prices go.
Your $66.32 beats my $78.06. In my PHEV. This trip I had a headwind of 30 mph, gusting higher.
But I digress. Keep me in mind when I come to visit my sister in Paris.
Keep us posted when you’re around
@@SpinnerEV let me know how to do so. Rail50 is my iPhone addy.
Easiest is to just put it in a comment. I get notifications
Setting profile to chill may stop it going randomly into Left lane.
I've noticed if there's short dash marks on the road it stays in its lane if no dash marks it wants to take the exit. I've called service center in Minneapolis so they could forward it on maybe they can get it corrected cause my destination was not that turn.🙂
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It took 22 seconds for the handshake on your first charge. It normally takes 6-7 secs. Interesting. I wonder why?
Version 2 charger might have been why. I think it just wouldn’t initiate if I was watching it
Luke and Rachel I’m a little confused .
Why didn’t you fully charge at the hotel overnight.
I found it humorous when you said you were charging at Bolt speeds 😂
So this trip shows the difference between your Tesla and your Bolt is charging speed except the charging speed that Mike got 😮
I’m curious what the difference would be using level 2 chargers only
The original plan was to continue on to a smaller town that would have added about 150 mile round trip. We wanted a shorter drive coming home and figured we could take care of checking in to the hotel while we charged for that extra distance. That extra drive ended up not happening and I wanted to get a tiny bit more juice to make it to a different supercharger on the way home.
Out of all my drives and legs of driving the one to get to Dalhart was the only one that did not rely on Tesla superchargers. I wanted to do an off interstate segment and I went from Topeka to Dalhart through State Route 50, which only supplied a few level two chargers and one slow DC fast charger in a place called hooker Oklahoma when you come to town, they greet you with the hooker hotel! Anyway, normal everything works great and it’s time out perfect using Tesla superchargers… But when you have one option to charge, you need to be careful because you could end up on the side of the road without any electricity in the middle of nowhere. The great thing about Tesla superchargers are if it says you’re gonna end up at a supercharger with 2% that’s fine! Because you know it’s gonna work. Luke I know a lot of times had extra buffer like you were doing with your bolt! We really just don’t have to worry about buffer because it’ll always be ready to go even if it says it’s just a few percent I still have 10 or 15% charging station but if it’s less it’s fine. And you can always slow down to save range which I’ve done before too. But there’s a big difference between Tesla, charging and other CCS charging. But that won’t stay like that forever.
I always bring along a bottle of Meguiars Quik spray wax and some microfiber cloths for road trips. I've never liked using gas station squeeges and whatever toxic liquid is in the bucket. Regarding FSD, I had the 30 day trial on my Model Y, really didn't care for it. FSD should not just hang out in the left lane, that is for passing only. I would prefer to drive the car myself.
You have to toggle on the “Minimal Lane Changes” that way it will stay in the middle lane and you can just turn the turn signal to lane change when you want.
Same. I have a 1 liter big box hardware store spray bottle filled with windshield washer fluid and use some of my supercharging time to get the mass grave of bug cemetery off of the front of my bug collector, I mean front fascia, of my M Y. Never seen a car with such a high bug count.
Eine Frage noch.
Ich möchte mein Kennzeichen behalten, wenn ich meine Zoe zurück gebe. Aber wenn ich dann paar Tage mein MY zulassen... Das ist eine ganz normale Zulassung, Ich muss ganz normal dort hin, oder?
Danke Dir
Lake of the Ozarks is a great place to visit.
2400 mile road trip last summer with 4 of us in a MYLR. Waited on the car once by choice to avoid a detour for charging at our destination.
We leave for there in a few weeks.
Lots of calorie intake and rushing in this video.
Really should not break the law and put it on youtube.