Seattle to Dallas

[AliRafiee]

The only reason to drive instead of flying is because you enjoy a drive.

If you enjoy a drive, how many miles per day do you find enjoyable?

What kind of lunch do you like?

A quick routing with ABRP for me says 40 hours total with 6 hrs charging, which is around the usual nominal 15% time increase on a random route. I have 16 charge stops listed. '23 RWD ER.

That's with today's weather, which won't be tomorrow's weather, but isn't summertime distances.

With Tesla included, there aren't any iffy segments. Just at a casual eyeball it appears there are 3 to 4 stops between every stop they recommended. I think this could be easily done with minimal planning.

This gets all very much better if you catch some hotel chargers, because with 40 hours of travel time, and making a point of going out of the way (butte etc) you're doing it for the fun of it....

It was meant to be for the fun of it. I think I was too optimistic about how far I can drive all by myself lonesome. The bad thing is that my wife hates road trips.

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[Tampamike]

It was meant to be for the fun of it. I think I was too optimistic about how far I can drive all by myself lonesome. The bad thing is that my wife hates road trips.

Books on tape. Books on iPhone.

 

[ChasingCoral]

I’m thinking of taking a short drive from Seattle WA to Dallas TX via Butte MT, Salt Lake City, Denver.

But I’m having second thoughts.
Change my mind.

In 2023 before we had access to Tesla Superchargers, we did Maryland to San Francisco and back in our Lightning pulling a 25' travel trailer. Included was a SF to Vancouver, WA side trip without the trailer.

There were a few tight legs but otherwise quite manageable. In a Mach E the same trip would have been simple.

I find driving either the Mach E or the Lightning long distances is less stressful than doing the trip in an ICE vehicle. I arrive more rested at the end of the day for various reasons: Blue Cruise, more frequent rest stops, less noise.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I find driving either the Mach E or the Lightning long distances is less stressful than doing the trip in an ICE vehicle. I arrive more rested at the end of the day for various reasons: Blue Cruise, more frequent rest stops, less noise.

This part.

For me, it’s so much less exhausting and less stressful to take an EV on a road trip than an ICEV.

 

[YeOldeTraveller]

This part.

For me, it’s so much less exhausting and less stressful to take an EV on a road trip than an ICEV.

I have a 2018 Ford Fusion with 84K, and a 2024 MME Rally with 24K.

I had a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid before the 2018. I put well over 200K on the Hybrid, and the main reason I did not get another hybrid was the lack of a spare tire. After getting the 2018, the biggest thing I missed was regen braking.

Now that I have over a year in the Mach-E, I find the more I drive the Fusion, the more I appreciate the Mach-E.

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