2 weeks, 4410 miles, 31 Tesla charging sessions! Road trip to Texas!

[emichnov]

The car icon in the top left corner of image 4, what does that represent?

It's just the pull down menu for the car's settings. It came in a recent update.

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[emichnov]

Did you already have your HVBJB replaced with the latest version?

My car was manufacturered just after they got the new part in, so no, I haven't yet. I don't anticipate any HVBJB problems.

 

[ChehRob]

When I go on a road trip, I consider every leg I can do on a two-lane backroad a plus. The MME is designed to do that very well. If there is a park, a roadside historical marker, something else interesting, stop, get out of the car, that's what a road trip is about. As of early 2024 this can involve a little range anxiety. But there was that on my 1965 first cross country road trip in another red Mustang for other reasons.

 

[emichnov]

How did Tesla drivers react to seeing your MME charging at a Supercharger?

Most sat in their car and ignored us. A few came over to talk with us. Not a one complained about us taking up 2 spaces, which happened about half the time. Probably because there were alway free spots, so no one was forced to wait for us to clear out.

 

[mkhuffman]

Most sat in their car and ignored us. A few came over to talk with us. Not a one complained about us taking up 2 spaces, which happened about half the time. Probably because there were alway free spots, so no one was forced to wait for us to clear out.

I am planning to get the SC extension cord when it is released by A2Z and/or Tesla. They are both working on one. Then I can avoid taking up two chargers with my one car.

 

[emichnov]

I am planning to get the SC extension cord when it is released by A2Z and/or Tesla

In most cases, I think you will find it unnecessary. In all but 1 of our 31 charging sessions, there were many open stalls. In that case, so what if we took up 2 stalls? Plus, in close to half of our charging sessions, there was a stall oriented so we could pull right up to it, like shown in photo 1, and therefore only occupy 1 stall.

If you road trip a lot, no question you will use an extension cord, but, IMHO, not enough to justify it. Plus, the Tesla cords are liquid cooled and are therefore small and easy to handle. I can't imagine how heavy an extension cord will need to be to support 150 kW+.

 

[RickMachE]

this is a great writeup. Just from your writeup I think as everyone surmised, the attention of the 12k or so tesla chargers is a game changer for travel.

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15,500 last I read.

 

[Guss-E 2021]

Great post and write up. Glad you had such a great long trip. Too bad you can't road trip in a BEV ?

Also, personally, if I had Lamborghini money to spend, there'd be a Sapphire or new Taycan in my driveway (leaning towards a Taycan).

 

[mkhuffman]

Great post and write up. Glad you had such a great long trip. Too bad you can't road trip in a BEV ?

Also, personally, if I had Lamborghini money to spend, there'd be a Sapphire or new Taycan in my driveway (leaning towards a Taycan).

The Sapphire is insane. 0-60 in less than 2 seconds. The Lambo would be lumbering behind!

 

[Antysunshine]

100% agree with this. When I had to use the EV connect cable, I wondered why all the other vendor's just didn't copy Tesla's design.

Ford is working on it to make it happen by 2024 to have same connect adapter

 

[clsmooths]

One of the friends we visited has been pretty successful and had a Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato in the driveway. Tried to show it up with the Mach-E, but no. Incredible car.

Say whaaaaaaaa...a Lamborghini with a roof rack????

 

[Snakebitten]

Amazing trip report.
Zero to criticize.

Lambo is awesome.
Charging experience is fantastic to hear.
Mach-E is so much more fun and plenty comfortable vs those hybrid appliances.

But best of all is I could hear how much the road trip itself was enjoyed. That wouldn't be true if a Mach-E was the wrong way to go.

 

[emichnov]

But best of all is I could hear how much the road trip itself was enjoyed. That wouldn't be true if a Mach-E was the wrong way to go.

This was awesome to read. Love that my enjoyment of this trip came through.

 

[User100723]

Ford is working on it to make it happen by 2024 to have same connect adapter

Wait does that mean Ford is working on a Supercharging extension cord with a built in NACS to CCS adapter?

Count me in if that’s the case!

 

[67 Stang Convertible]

Thanks for the write-up. I can sense the joy of your road trip!! Can't wait to need to use my Adapter sometime soon.

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