What We Learned After 100,000 Miles With a Tesla

Hey guys, come to yours like Tesla, so we have big plans for the weekend. This weekend is a holiday weekend. We're heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, seeing some of the star festivities and visiting family there. head to the North Carolina coast, we haven't done many road trips in effect so if you've been following us for a while you know we've all been driving since 2013 and between our Model XP 100 d RX 90. D and our Model 3, we've driven over 100,000

miles

on at least 30 electric road trips, so we thought it was a good time to share some tips, although the Performance suitable environmental conditions, the 90

miles

per gallon equivalent SUV still performs incredibly well with range mode on, HVAC off, and an optimal outside temperature of around 60 Fahrenheit.

On this trip we achieved incredible efficiency even at speeds above optimal, in our experience the three most important factors for your rank and order of priority seem to be vehicle speed, outside temperature and perhaps most importantly, temperature battery and HVAC usage. This is true given that your elevation generally remains unchanged, we have

learned

that if at least two of these three factors work in your favor, the vehicles range will not disappoint. We're hitting the Greenville supercharger right now and we're going to try to charge as close to 100 as possible because we don't have a destination charger tonight.

This was inspired by Liam. The buck goes with just 15 minutes of supercharging to get to our destination in Charlotte. The car had already notified us that the charge was almost complete and was ready to continue. We opted to load more. We jumped through some hoops, grabbed some lunch because we wouldn't have a charger at our destination that night after two hundred and thirty miles we arrived in Charlotte only having consumed 75 kilowatt hours of power. Our huge NBA fan, Landon attended the NBA All-Star media session along with team practices. Landon even gave his impression of Russell Westbrook's face.

What are you talking about man and while we were at the stadium we topped up the Tesla at a nearby public charger ready to head to the Carolina coast. Oh wow, I've never seen that color before, look at Liam's green, it's wrapped up, I think it's actually kind of cool, here's another pro tip we've

learned

: Tesla's supercharger often overestimates the charging time it needs in about 10 minutes, so if you say you need 25 minutes of charging to get to your next stop, 15 minutes is usually enough to get you there. with a five to ten percent charge, of course, if you're comfortable with that, so we just arrived, we'll stay there, we'll eat right there, the superchargers and the hotel were on the River Landing property, one of the 50 Best Championship Level Golf Communities. courses

what

better place to take my first golf lesson we were inspired by the three point star contest so a makeshift basketball tray the refrigerator tray so check it out we have a room with the view there's our Model there are the superchargers it's like Tesla owners dream right here, well we've preheated our cars, it's actually a little cold today, it's like 30 degrees, but it will warm up a little later today and we're ready to go, We are fully loaded, ready for adventure.

I carried Liam. with some snacks so we went into this thinking there would be a destination charger here, we didn't realize they actually had the superchargers here which is really cool, they hadn't shown up on the Tesla maps yet so it was kind of like a pleasant surprise, so it's still kind of a destination charge because you can see our hotel is right there, the restaurants here are part of this river landing area where you can buy houses, play golf and everything kind of fun stuff, but it was a nice surprise for us, really cool, can you say the tetanus shot?

This is

what

happened, so when you're on a road trip with kids, they're really like, I can't sit still, they have to be constantly moving. The cabin overheat protections have been there for a while, but now we have them. dog mode, although it's really nice that they put this sign there. Oh, guys, check it out. I'm delivering. I'm delivering what came first or who came first. Look Tesla Park didn't even have any destination charge. I finally hopped on the ferry system across the Cape Fear River and even boarded the most decorated American battleship of World War II, the USS North Carolina.

I need a daughter so I can go buy nails we are exploring battleships that participated in every WWII naval offensive in the Pacific this is a very old mattress something told me there could be other things living in it, not what it is that Landon and they strategically placed that side so Landon is very excited to see Michael Jordan's childhood home. That's on his wish list Landon, do you love us like all the things you love? We are arriving at Michael Jordan's house right now. Stop, get help. I think we'll buy it here. How old are you?

Oh, you know, the tarps on it. The roof is actually a product of storm damage from Hurricane Florence. Many of the houses in this area actually have those tarps and the hurricane came through here a year ago and destroyed many houses. Then we headed back to River Landing, where we tried our first A golf lesson with a really simple pro is that when you swing right, your waste goes to your back foot, yeah, and it stays there, that's why you're hitting the bottom of the clubface with the ball, there you do it, so clearly. I'm not a professional golfer, but I have some pro advice for you.

Our experience has shown us that trip meter estimates are just about spot on when it comes to accuracy, so prefer this chart on your road trips. It also appears that this estimate takes the HVAC system into account. Use it, but keep in mind that if your temperatures drop quickly, your car's ability to calculate that range may change quickly as well. I hope you enjoyed seeing our family on this road trip and that you learned something too. Leave a comment below where you would like us to travel. Our next road trip is a special thank you to all our new sponsors and those who have supported us on our new website.

Until next time, it's a dream, move forward and mercy with the open wind. Oh, that works.