Tesla Model Y Towing Almost 900 miles in 1.5 days- Roadtrip Planning Tools - KS to CO - Graphics
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2020
- In this video I go over the tools I used to plan and execute the roadtrip, an overview of the Model Y towing through Kansas and eastern Colorado. Some shots of the beautiful driving in CO. And a timelapse of Colorado Signs adding graphics to the car.
Tools:
www.tesla.com/trips?redirect=no - Tesla Trip Planner
supercharge.info/map - Map of Tesla Superchargers
www.camplife.com/ - Map of CampLife listed Campgrounds
www.plugshare.com/ - App of nearly all publicly available charging stations
Music in the middle and end is Night Snow - Asher Fulero - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Very good video! i love the b-roll from the camera on the camper facing the Y. Beautiful scenery, enjoyable vid!
Trying to get some more variety!
Good video. Many more Ys and EV trucks are sold. So going to be very valuable to viewers. My wife and I drive Tesla's. Wished people at Superchargers would be more tolerant with people with trailers. They have enough stress getting 50% range. I drove a 24kwh leaf for 7 years. Those people need to drive a Leaf for a while. All the Nissan dealers have one charger and oftentimes it is broken. EA has one Chademo per station. That exercise would teach some tolerance.
man, those are some low electricity prices. where i roadtrip gets up to 35/36 cents per KWH
Very cool. I plan to get a model Y and tow a 13’ scamp or airstream basecamp. Haven’t decided yet. But this channel gives me hope that it is not only doable, but totally possible!
Definitely possible, but also definitely requires more time!
Abetterrouteplanner.com lets you input the weight....have you tried that?
And custom input wh/mi consumption. He could input 500 wh/mi and get a very good idea of range.
I was at Limon CO in Feb & March 2020 (CA to KS & return) with a Model 3. Had same problem with chargers not working. Lucky me I didn't have a trailer to make it even harder.
I'm surprised they haven't got those fixed yet.
You could use the trip consumption screen, I havent towed but it helps for long trips... "oh darn, have to go the speed limit to arrive there!" Haha
Yeah I used that on the first leg of the journey and it helped a lot. After that been sort of winging it.
Well, I guess you’ve found out that paired stalls are not always sequentially placed. In fact, at many sites they layout stalls numerically, and then repeat with the pairs (i.e., 1A, 2B, 3C, 4D, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D... etc)... Of course it would be most courteous to unhitch and not blocks stalls, but... You could offer a compromise, that would perhaps have placated the red Tesla owner... You could unplug, allow, him to plug-in and begin his charge, and then plug-in your car again. Of course, that would only help if he was positioned as your pair (less than likely 😕). That way, you’d reorder the charge priority for him to benefit... Many thanks for doing your travel trailer towing VLOG - it’s great 👍🏻 ...
Yeah, live and learn. I typically lean heavily towards the side of courtesy. I just had two unknowns compound in this case that caught me being not so courteous. 1) I didn't know 2 of the 4 remaining stalls didn't work. 2) I didn't realize splits weren't always paired beside each other.
If I had known I was leaving only 1 unsplit stall available, I would have just unhitched to begin with before plugging in.
I'm really enjoying this series, and now the trip is in my home territory, Colorado and Wyoming. I was hoping you'd show how to handle the Colorado Springs supercharger inside a parking garage with a trailer. I'm assuming you'd need to take the trailer up to the usually uncrowded top deck and unhitch it.
I'm really glad you brought this up! When I got to Colorado Springs I was pretty low on charge. I don't remember exactly, but I think I had like 60 miles rated range. I didn't know the supercharger was in the garage. So I drove around the block and drove right past the charger and didn't see it! I was at a loss for a minute, and then it just clicked in my head "I bet its in a parking garage". My assumption was that my trailer would be too tall to fit anyway, so I just went on up to Diamond Campground and arrived with 10 miles remaining! I charged there for a couple of hours (110 outlet, 50 amp spots were full), then drove back down without the trailer and charged at the supercharger. I'm quite certain that my trailer was too tall to fit in the garage at all. I think they had a 7 or 7'6" height limit, and with the A/C I'm pretty sure the trailer is taller than that. Kind of sad I left all of this out of the video, but while I had the video running in Colorado Springs, even when reviewing the video I could not see where the garage was that contained the supercharger, so it would be a little harder to explain and I decided to just skip it. But you knew better!
@@TheElectricRoadTrip I hadn't considered trailer height, but looking at the Casita web site the overall height of the current model is 8'11". Good decision not to try pulling it into the garage! When I was there, Someone in a Model X pulled in with a long flatbed trailer and after looking the situation over, they left again. Glad you were in reach of the campground as an alternative!
I use RVPARKY app you might try it
I just said hi to you in camp Coeur D’laene.
Hey what's up Ryan! I remember you. Now you know how far I'm behind on uploading videos lol! Trying to get caught up soon!
The Electric Roadtrip
We just saw you leaving Jackson Hole this morning. Sounds like we are on the same path.
Nice video, thanks. For me the audio volume fluctuates significantly during the video. Just FYI.
Sorry about that!
Can you enlighten us on the chronology of the decal graphics added in Colorado? I sure thought you had them from the start, no? But in any case, who did the design? Really nice.
They were not there from the beginning. I used a thumbnail and intro that showed them on earlier videos, but they were not added until I got to CO. They were added by coloradosigns.com who did a great job. Designer was Caleb Cook www.behance.net/calebcook?tracking_source=search_users_recommended%7Ccaleb%20cook
I just buying an Airstream Caravel 20 FB...question: who installed your Airstream electrical connection: the 7 prong connection brake/lights etc
Mine was not an airstream but it did have a 7 prong connection. If you get the tow package from Tesla, it comes with the 7 prong connection built in.
You can use abetterrouteplanner.com to plan your trip. There you can put in extra weight and individual energy usage for your Tesla (or any other EV), to better calculate driving with a caravan. Will also plan charging stops, how Long you have to charge etc. A great help for EV drivers.
I've heard good reviews of this site. When I tried to use it a few years ago there were too many input variable and I had trouble using it and never went back. But it might have improved, and regardless for a trip like this it would likely be worthwhile to use something more specific. Perhaps I'll give it a try on the second half of the trip that we'll be doing in a few weeks.
You can also log in with your Tesla account, and get live data in the planner. The default settings for your car will be on par or better than the Tesla planner, so for driving without caravan, it is really accurate. As far as I know, its the best planner where you can calculate with more weight and consumption with a caravan. Anyways keep up the good work! I found your videos when I was searching for Model Y and caravan. Living in Norway, been driving different Model S some years now, but hoping to get the Model Y with trailer hitch in Europe next summer. And the buy a caravan!
@@TheElectricRoadTrip *A Better Routeplanner* might have a few settings more, but they are worth it.
You add road conditions (dry, wet, snow) and expected consumption on flat and even road at 65 mph. With your trailer this would be probably about 500 or 550 Wh/mile, you'd figure it out after one or two legs. You might also add the information about wind if it is (very) windy. And yes, the desired SOC at each charger (to have some safety margin, probably 15%).
And then off you go: it knows elevation changes, recommends the optimal speed, recommended percentages to stop charging, everything. You arrive at each charger within a couple percent and have the fastest possible travel speed.
And you can use it instead of Tesla's own navigation if you want.
People used it during competitions between EVs across Germany to squeeze the last minute out of their car, that's the level of accuracy it has.
A must for anybody with an EV, even more for anybody who pulls a trailer because of its versatility.
Highly recommended.
abetterrouteplanner.com/
I, personally, wouldn't dare to do such a trip without it.
Thank you! I am getting my Y between Feb 23 - Mar 23, 2022. :) Any recommendations on campers? I see you have a "Casita"
Aerodynamics are more important than weight when trying to find a camper that will help you maintain range. That being said, while you would expect teardrop campers to be aerodynamic, not all of them are. So do your research. We were extremely happy with our Casita. Ordered a new one last May for delivery this April.
Nice video! Did you use a trailer brake or not?
I did not.
Whats the name/model of the camper? I got a Y and considering getting a camper...
Casita Liberty Deluxe 17
Which model and trailer is that?
Casita Liberty Deluxe 17
Hi, I thought the model 3 can only tow 2000lbs, isn't the Casitas about 2900 lbs?
This is a Model Y, not a Model 3. Model Y is rated to tow 3,500lbs. To my knowledge, in the US the model 3 is not rated to tow at all.
whats the song at the end
Music in the middle and end is Night Snow - Asher Fulero
Is your model y and long range?
Yeah
How much does your caravan weigh?
~2,500 lbs
@@TheElectricRoadTrip Thanks, we currently have a German spec caravan 1300kgs. We live in England.
Dude, Drive 55 mph. I’ll bet you 10% better range
Probably about the same as going 65 behind a semi truck...
@@TheElectricRoadTrip have you actually researched whether slipstreaming behind a semi really works if you’re not right on his bumper? I don’t think it works. On the other hand, driving 65 and 70 mph and more with all that frontal area is extremely fuel intensive, whether electric or gas. I know from towing a Casita with an Audi Q5 2.0.
He clearly doesn't care about efficient drive or safety because if he did he wouldn't drive 80mph towing a trailer