Trip report: "Batteries over the Bridge"

[bwilson4web]

Source: https://www.teslaownersonline.com/threads/batteries-on-the-bridge.35898/

• 81 hours
  • Left Thursday 1 AM
  • Home Sunday 10 AM
• 2,245 miles
• $181 car charges
• Upper Michigan to beat the heat and see the Canadian border

Bob Wilson

 

[brianc35]

assuming a 25mpg car, at $3.25 a gallon for 87, it would have been about $225 in fuel.

That's a lot of driving for 3 days! how did you stay awake?

 

[bwilson4web]

assuming a 25mpg car, at $3.25 a gallon for 87, it would have been about $225 in fuel.

I got a different number:

• 2245 mi / 25 MPG = 89.8 gal
• 89.8 gal * $3.25 /gal = $291.85

That's a lot of driving for 3 days! how did you stay awake?

• Sleep apnea - I sleep and take naps with a CPAP machine.
  • Sometimes, 'cat naps' at longer, 30 minute charging sessions.
  • Use charging sessions to walk the dogs.
  • Carry "canned coffee" (Costco) and water in the trunk
• Full Self Driving - handles the driving/navigation and has a cabin camera that nags you if you appear to nod off or look too long at the center screen.

Bob Wilson

 

[brianc35]

Next time, i'll use a calculator

The self-driving certainly helps!

 

[insiderace]

Thanks for sharing the trip report. 2,245 miles over 81 hours is a lot of ground to cover in a long weekend. The $181 charging cost is also useful context for anyone interested in the overall cost of a trip like this. It looks like you covered quite a bit of ground while making it up to Upper Michigan and the Canadian border.