This article describes the planning, surprises, and successes when a new Tesla Model Y owner took a long distance roadtrip.
Before I left on the long distance roadtrip, I researched Tesla Superchargers along the route..
The Route 95 corridor is filled with all kinds of vehicles and drivers who travel at various speeds in similar lanes. Have you ever driven in the Caribbean? It’s a bit like that, a kind of let-me-drive-how-I-want-to-drive mentality. Autopilot seemed as if it would infuse a bit of smooth sequencing along these long and occasionally chaotic stretches of highway.
I chose to use just cruise control a bit later, to decline lane centering for a while, when a lot of traffic around me was traveling at the relatively same speed. The cruise control displayed a periodic error message that said “will not stop and brake” . Later, however, when coming up upon a car in the same lane going at a slower speed, the car decelerated abruptly, triggering a flight response in me and probably catching a vehicle traveling behind me unawares.
As the charge level fell, I started to scrutinize the Navigate map for hints of Superchargers. I also watched signs near exit ramps that indicate amenities like hotels, restaurants, and shopping centers. Why doesn’t this signage include Tesla Superchargers too? Is Tesla too anti-advertising to want to pay the fees to feature its nearby banks of Superchargers? I mused.
It took little more than a quick swing to the rear of the store, backing into the parking space, and retrieval of my Tesla charging cable. The car already knew how I would pay, of course, having registered my credit card with Tesla upon ordering the vehicle.
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