Kyle, I started that drinking game where I take a swig every time you use your hand to clear your hair out of your face. You’ve turned me into an alcoholic. 😝
The Clayton, NM charger is open now! Also, you should definitely have taken that roof rack off for this trip - that's like 20-30 miles of range right there.
Love the videos Kyle. I bought my Tesla Model S 2014 P85D because you made everything look easy. I flew to Seattle from Des Moines Iowa to pick up the used car and drive it home. Everything went well except when I charged at my first supercharger, it locked up and the car wouldn’t charge until the car was linked to me and Tesla said it would be 3-5 days for that to happen. I happened to run into an employee that works at Tesla and he was able to help me link my car with Tesla in minutes. Something I don’t think I’ve heard anyone talk about on CZcams. 1900 miles was a breeze driving home thanks to you and your informative videos !!! I just retired from Law Enforcement and use the car every day on my daily commute to play golf. Best investment ever !!! Thanks again for what you do for all of us.
There is some beautiful countryside out west for sure. "should arrive with 26%, but it'll probably be less because we're gonna RIP it!" --> "we've arrived with 12%". Bahaha wall of beef jerky = awesome! What a nail biter that 5+ hr stretch coming back must have been and those tumbleweeds were crazy. Great coverage of the trip.
I see Tesla have a permit submitted for an eight stall supercharger at Clayton NM to bridge the gap between Amarillo and Trinidad. At least they are aware of the gap and need for another supercharger location.
That charger in Clayton, NM will make it a breeze (pun intended). The drive from Colorado Springs to Austin for Fully Charged 2020 (February) was difficult. I had to do more of the New Mexico route (Las Vegas, NM, Santa Rosa, NM, etc) on that trip due to high winds and general range anxiety. I am not one to drive slow. That Clayton, NM charger can't come soon enough. I may be driving that way in the next month or so. I hope it is operational by then.
@EIon Musk That one in Clayton should fix that one gap. But we desperately need some between Dallas and Northwest Arkansas. Daughter goes to U of Arkansas. The route planner take you from Dallas to OKC then thru Tulsa. Which turns my 4.5 hour trip into 7+. Lot of folks from Dallas area have kids in school up there. And also go there for business in Bentonville with Walmart. But I had to take my ICE car to be able to have the range with my MYP. Love the car! But have that one travel gap that keeps me from using it for that trip.
We should thank Elon for more superchargers out here in the West. I live in NM, and there are very long drives across the West. Big states. Yes, there are many large wind farms here, in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Lots of wind out here. Also in NM they are building large sun solar farms in the next few years. And lots of people have solar panels on their houses. NM is trying hard to be more green. And the government promised 50 more charging stations in the state next year.
The point is that he is doing it on purpose by going faster. Like going 90Mph to burn through it to get as low as possible. If he went 10mph slower he'd gain about 30 miles of range, which means hed be pulling in with like 10%.
I’m a Brit who wants a Model 3 LR. This is one of the longest, yet interesting video’s I’ve watched about a road trip, ever. Thanks Gents, that was superb scenery for me to see and even the food too 😃👍🏻 I couldn’t drive for that long a time, no way. Brilliant.
I drive from San Antonio-Colorado several times a year... I usually stop for the night in Dumas on the way up and stay the night at one of the many hotels there with destination chargers to make that stretch more doable since wind usually ruins that chance of an easy hop haha...
There’s a little town called Dumas, TX between Amarillo and Trinidad that has Tesla destination chargers at a couple hotels. We’ve topped off there before to make that stretch. Can’t wait for that SC in Clayton, NM. This route is heavily traveled by us Texans going on vacay to Colorado. 🔋🚀
I’d get rid of those wheels really fast. They are definitely killing the range combined with the wider 245-series tires. I wish Tesla would offer a factory option 18” aero wheel set that would fit the Performance hubs. It’s crazy they can’t modify their casting to include a little centering ring. Any car sold in the US should be required to have a top speed over 75 mph. 63 mph is simply going to annoy the F out of everyone else on the road that’s stuck behind one of these things.
Hey Kyle this is the route I use when going to Colorado several times a year in my Model S100D. When there are headwinds from Amarillo to Trinidad I can't even make it on a 100% charge at full speed. I wonder how many people out there wonder why Tesla drivers go so slow on that road. Yes I get honked at all the time on that stretch. I am so dying for another charger on that route. Great video.
The spark charge company is waiting for y'all to order from them. Spark charge is a new company making a battery version of a gas can for electric vehicles.
@@joshuasmith7369 Just tow a trailer with a monster 240v gas generator. Not sure if a Tesla can drive while charging but I'm sure someone has tried it already.
@@xplmr1 A small portable battery with a electric vehicle connector to charge enough to get to a charger. If you look up the spark charge website, you can see what I'm typing about.
Rarely comment on CZcams videos but I have been fully addicted to your videos Kyle. I’ve been a massive EV fan for over a decade now and your road trips are absolutely what I dreamed they would be all those years ago! Keep up the good work man 👍
Sorry Kyle, bad planning on the return trip. You should have made it to Dumas, TX. Dumas has hotels with destination chargers and you could have filled up while you slept. That would have taken 50 miles out of the trip to Trinidad. You did not check PlugShare, where you would have found 14-50 outlets in Dalhart (free city park) and Ratón has a KOA you could use prior to going over Ratón pass (better a SLOW bit of juice over running out of battery in the middle of nowhere). Clayton Supercharger will hopefully be open by the end of April. Unlike your comment, the Amarillo to Trinidad route is a busy route as it’s the gateway to Colorado for Dallas & Houston folks. Last but not least, LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!
The Hampton in in Dumas, 45 miles north of Amarillo, has Tesla and J1772 chargers. I live in the Dallas area and in normal years make the trip to Estes Park several times a year. Being in Texas and enjoying regular visits to wild places (Taos, Durango, Utah, the Ozarks, the Texas Hill Country) is why I drive a Chevy Volt. I'm sure I'm not the only one who loves EVs but has switched back to PHEVs. The 'unofficial speed limit' on Texas highways is 85mph and that isn't practical in EVs today with the current state of charging between cities. The run from Amarillo to Trinidad for example has numerous places to explore off the main road. The new administration has made expanding charging infrastructure a priority. Let's hope they are successful in that.
That leg to Trinidad was pretty nuts with the head wind. Thanks for the tips on where to get some good BBQ! We’ll be heading through Texas in early January.
Live in the Dallas area and my first road trip with an EV was with my then month old MYP. Had additional drag of a head wind and roof mounted bike rack with 2 bikes. Glad to see you take that cut off from Amarillo to Trinidad. I did not want to chance it, and would not have made it. So we took the scenic route thru Las Vegas and Tucemcari. Figured out later that there were a couple of non Superchargers on that route that may have allowed us to limp thru. The Henrietta Supercharger was my first to use, and it was by far the best we used. Good thing about Amarillo is we used it twice for free.
The red Starbucks drink is either a Mango Dragonfruit Refresher or a Very Berry Hibiscus Refresher. It's hard to tell. Both of those contain caffeine. Only side effect is that they might make you want to charge your car too fast.
I did the same run 4 years ago from Trinidad, CO to Amarillo, Texas in a 2019 M3 SR+ RWD (Rated 225 miles, but never saw over 200 but a few times) and arrived with 4%. Back then Tesla was limiting the SR+ to only 100 KW on the Supercharges. It was one of the legs of a 6100 mile trip. Some of the beaten path with no SC available.
Glad you pointed out this glaring gap in Supercharger coverage. This is a very popular route for Colorado/Texas travel that many people just use an ICE car for as driving 40mph in a 70 zone is absurd. Hopefully Clayton, NM becomes a priority to fix this.
Here's a tip - on Plugshare you can also punch in 14-50 outlets and get campgrounds... so in an emergency you can spend an hour or two, get some miles and not be so concerned about headwinds. And all those tumbleweed hitting you must have slowed you down too... LOL.
The 40 in a 70...yeah, I feel your pain! Had a Geo Metro 3 cyl hatchback that I loaded with 3 other passengers and hit the freeway without thinking lol
That stretch to Amarillo was a bugger in my wife’s Kia Niro. We almost didn’t make it, had to pull off at a RV park for about an hour. N Texas really lacks in any substantive EV charging. Oklahoma however is killing it. On the trip back it was still touch and go because of the elevation change going back North. I enjoyed the adventure of it, however my wife was not a fan. It made the trip less enjoyable for her. Good stuff as always.
Knowing the time taken to charge at each stop would be helpful. Enjoyed the video, took that route may years ago going from the Napa Valley Ca to Mississippi. Got a speeding ticket west of Clayton. 😕 Bummer.
Last year we drove that span from Amarillo to Trinidad CO in our Model 3 (DM w/ 18's) and don't remember having to deal with any range anxiety however it was during the summer and coming into Colorado over Raton Pass was downhill so regen helped alot. Tesla definitely needs to open the Supercharger in Clayton NM but this video does prove it can be done, with certain Tesla models and conditions taken into account of course.
Awesome video, one of my favorites! Looking forward to changing to an EV such as a Tesla once there’s a more robust EV-only network. In the meantime, I’m driving a 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid Touring (zero range anxiety).
On that long stretch of 5 hours and 20 mins to travel 228 miles, you guys averaged 43 mph. Ooof, that’s brutal!! Glad y’all made it safely! Always enjoy these road trip videos. :)
as always another great road trip video. On your route, why not route through Kansas? With supercharging the difference is only about 12 minutes and you wouldn't have had to travel below the speed limit to make the Trinidad to Amarillo leg adding unnecessary time to the trip.
My old stomping grounds. I miss the place. I grew up in the Denver metro area. Pikes Peak was a rare treat to not be shrouded in clouds on your run to Colorado Springs.
@@jshanks I grew up in Colorado, living in the Denver area. This time of year, the mountains spend more time with cloud cover shrouding then to some degree than without.
@@wolfman9999999 I would agree that past the front range, but pre-covid I drive to Denver most days for work and have a great view of Pikes Peak as I head toward the interstate
Hello, I am one of your subscribers from France. I really like what you do, your channel is fantastic. Congratulations, I wanted to know what color is your Tesla model 3? Thank you and good luck.
Your Amarillo - Trinidad leg demonstrated what's to me the last obstacle in EV ownership, which is not being able to ride the back roads and highways. It'll get better, maybe around the time I can get a Model Y LR here in the US with the 4680 battery pack.
Kyle, may I suggest you watch an episode of now you know hosted by Zac and Jesse, when they interview one of the founders of the spark charge company. Spark charge makes and sells the electric vehicle version of a gas can, for people who run out of charge on the road.
Kyle! Tons of people drive that exact route from Dallas to Denver, I live in Amarillo and have been begging Tesla to open their Clayton NM location for years and have even started asking EA to put something in on that Amarillo to Trinidad stretch .. honestly this stretch from Amarillo to Trinidad prevents me from making trips to Denver with an EV and prevents thousands from going Dallas to Denver which is huge for business people
Yeah, it's a chicken and egg thing... they don't put charge stations where they are most needed and then claim they aren't needed because nobody could go that way if they wanted to. Then they put the fast chargers in metropolitan areas where people stupidly use them for daily charging instead of charging at home or work like they should. Then they wonder why EV adoption doesn't take off the way they think it should. It's less of a problem in the States and Europe, but in Australia the fast charging infrastructure still isn't even started yet. You're confined to a very few routes between the 5 eastern capitol cities and if you want to go anywhere else you're completely out of luck.
@@awo1fman - yes, out west it’s one thing (wide open spaces to cover), but this past spring I was able to make a round trip from Michigan to Florida in a non-Tesla using fast chargers exclusively. Northbound through Kentucky and top half of Ohio with cold temps and left front corner headwind made those areas a challenge.
@@dennislyon5412 The great thing about EVs is that if you're really determined nearly anything is possible. After all, if there's a house or building there's almost always electricity, and you can charge from any wall outlet. But most people aren't that determined and are in more of a hurry to get where they're going, and the average consumer wants to know they can just hop in and go anywhere, any time without having to plan charging stops or rely on the hospitality of strangers.
@@awo1fman Who wants to be 'really determined' when traveling to a destination? You can put 400 miles of range into a gasoline car in less than 5 minutes, and gas pumps are *everywhere* . That makes life easy, relaxing, no range anxiety ever.
Kyle, I follow a lot of your cross country trip and the one thing I notice is that you never mention using the auto pilot. A lot of Starbucks, but no AP. Hoe much do you actually us it on especially long stretches. Jus curious as I use it almost every chance I get.
Be nice if the navigation system could tap into the internet for current wind speed and direction along the route. That information could be used to give a better near real time idea of the arrival percent remaining. On a recent trip, with a 40MPH head wind (guess), I chose to draft off three different big rigs over a 90 mile stretch instead of driving 45MPH on the interstate with traffic blowing by at 85MPH. I think drafting was safer than going 40MPH in this particular case (45MPH might be the lower legal limit on the interstate?). BTW, TACC with its radar made drafting very easy but I was very attentive at all times. Trucks draft off each other all the time. I am aware of the risks of drafting but sometimes you need weigh the risks.
Thank you for the video. It is starting to appear that 150 mile range for a Tesla 3 Performance driving in the western USA at 80 - 90 mph possibly up grade and into a head wind is the sweet spot of the range. That allows the car to be charged to less than 100%, better for the batteries, and not be run down to nail biting low charge in the single digit percent. I'm wondering if Tesla Model 3 suffers appreciably from energy loss due to faster discharge such as common with older lead-acid battery vehicles. With lead-acid batteries the vehicle uses less energy for going slower due to lower air resistance and other reasons, but sense the discharge rate is slower the batteries are significantly more efficient in turning their chemical energy into electricity than at faster discharge rates. The lithium batteries used in Teslas are not suppose to be subject to loss of energy at faster discharge rates typical for the car. I'm wondering if this is your experience. I'm not including the situation of repeated accelerations that would over heat the batteries where high battery temperature would cause loss of battery efficiency.
So just for curiosity why don't you hypermile on those long stretches? For example on your drive out to Colorado in October? It seemed like there was very little to no drafting.
Kyle, based on your experience with the Taycan 4S and its ability to at least match its range rating at reasonably high speeds, do you think it could have completed that long stretch either direction? It’s pretty surprising that the Model 3 Performance fell that short of its rating, even considering the ambient conditions and 40 mph average for a good portion of it.
Hey Kyle, i noticed you kept forgotten for anyone unable to use Closed Captioning, last week you post moved on the long trips was CC on.. Kinda disappointment for my friend unable to understand what your saying due he is hearing loss ( already deaf )
The Thornton supercharger is my local supercharger that I go to as well..... curious what speed did the charger get up to based on your SOC you never alluded to in the video you cut it short? Thx
Don't feel so bad when I run across a CCS charger path that is 200 miles in distance. You must have had a 40 mph head wind to have to slow down to 40MPH. Interesting to see these real life road trips with the exceptional circumstances to deal with. Fun to watch.
I made a trip where I pulled into the Trinidad, CO charger and...the entire area was out of power! There was a fairly large blackout due to a downed power line (very cold weather). It took four hours for the utility company to get power back on. So arriving at zero percent is a very risky method for travel, especially if you have family members with you. You do what you want for your video, but I would *never* recommend that approach.
No - for one hour or less it is free parking. We stayed a bit longer having eaten lunch while charging and still did not get charged. Nice parking attendant.
Kyle, I started that drinking game where I take a swig every time you use your hand to clear your hair out of your face. You’ve turned me into an alcoholic. 😝
I’m surprised you’re sober enough to write this comment!
@@OutofSpecMotoring His designated typer wrote the comment. Don't drink and comment.
I swear I was going to count the number of times Kyle pushed his glasses up. Not sure about the drinking game but I feel like I actually know Kyle.
Kyle could use a hair spray or a mousse
The Clayton, NM charger is open now!
Also, you should definitely have taken that roof rack off for this trip - that's like 20-30 miles of range right there.
Runs out of juice en route “no big deal we’ll sort it “then hears the nearest Starbucks shut “and looses it
can we see a million miles on this 3? would love to see a canada trip whenever covid isn't a thing.
Coffee and Kyle on a Sunday morning!
at 13:15
Kyle: we're pulling in with 0%. I would call that perfectly planned.
Me: You are so underrated.
The BBQ looked awesome.....man...Need to try that. Cutting it that close is stressful, my wife would be going nuts. LOL
Love the videos Kyle. I bought my Tesla Model S 2014 P85D because you made everything look easy. I flew to Seattle from Des Moines Iowa to pick up the used car and drive it home. Everything went well except when I charged at my first supercharger, it locked up and the car wouldn’t charge until the car was linked to me and Tesla said it would be 3-5 days for that to happen. I happened to run into an employee that works at Tesla and he was able to help me link my car with Tesla in minutes. Something I don’t think I’ve heard anyone talk about on CZcams. 1900 miles was a breeze driving home thanks to you and your informative videos !!! I just retired from Law Enforcement and use the car every day on my daily commute to play golf. Best investment ever !!! Thanks again for what you do for all of us.
There is some beautiful countryside out west for sure.
"should arrive with 26%, but it'll probably be less because we're gonna RIP it!" --> "we've arrived with 12%". Bahaha
wall of beef jerky = awesome!
What a nail biter that 5+ hr stretch coming back must have been and those tumbleweeds were crazy. Great coverage of the trip.
Watching one of Kyle's road trip videos made me go out into my garage and give my Honda Clarity windshield a thorough cleaning, inside and out! :)
😂
I see Tesla have a permit submitted for an eight stall supercharger at Clayton NM to bridge the gap between Amarillo and Trinidad. At least they are aware of the gap and need for another supercharger location.
That charger in Clayton, NM will make it a breeze (pun intended). The drive from Colorado Springs to Austin for Fully Charged 2020 (February) was difficult. I had to do more of the New Mexico route (Las Vegas, NM, Santa Rosa, NM, etc) on that trip due to high winds and general range anxiety. I am not one to drive slow. That Clayton, NM charger can't come soon enough. I may be driving that way in the next month or so. I hope it is operational by then.
@EIon Musk That one in Clayton should fix that one gap. But we desperately need some between Dallas and Northwest Arkansas. Daughter goes to U of Arkansas. The route planner take you from Dallas to OKC then thru Tulsa. Which turns my 4.5 hour trip into 7+. Lot of folks from Dallas area have kids in school up there. And also go there for business in Bentonville with Walmart. But I had to take my ICE car to be able to have the range with my MYP. Love the car! But have that one travel gap that keeps me from using it for that trip.
@@jshanks Do they have wind farms out there? With the way the wind blows they'd be daft not to be installing them.
@@JeanPierreWhite I have no idea, but the wind sure blows
We should thank Elon for more superchargers out here in the West. I live in NM, and there are very long drives across the West. Big states. Yes, there are many large wind farms here, in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Lots of wind out here. Also in NM they are building large sun solar farms in the next few years. And lots of people have solar panels on their houses. NM is trying hard to be more green. And the government promised 50 more charging stations in the state next year.
Pulling in with 0% 3%, and 3% back to back to back gives me enough agita that I am keeping my CR-V. Not to mention the long charges.
The point is that he is doing it on purpose by going faster. Like going 90Mph to burn through it to get as low as possible. If he went 10mph slower he'd gain about 30 miles of range, which means hed be pulling in with like 10%.
Thanks for the Pro Tip regarding the Lodging filter in plugshare. I hadn't spotted that filter before!!
I'm not seeing that- is it an ios only thing?
I don't see the lodging filter. Kyle, educate us!!
@@jakebranch327 In the filter menu scroll down to where it says Amenities and open up the menu item and viola!!
@@JeanPierreWhite I don't have an Amenities spot in my filter menu. Are you using an iPhone? I'm on Android. I wonder if there is a difference?
@@jakebranch327 I'm using the web version on my laptop. I don't see that filter in the Android app either.
I’m a Brit who wants a Model 3 LR. This is one of the longest, yet interesting video’s I’ve watched about a road trip, ever. Thanks Gents, that was superb scenery for me to see and even the food too 😃👍🏻 I couldn’t drive for that long a time, no way. Brilliant.
Watch some of his other videos where he does the long trips this summer. It will give you a good overview of the US.
The more you do it the easier it gets.
I drive from San Antonio-Colorado several times a year... I usually stop for the night in Dumas on the way up and stay the night at one of the many hotels there with destination chargers to make that stretch more doable since wind usually ruins that chance of an easy hop haha...
Tijmen needed to re-think his clothing...a little more warmth was clearly needed. LOL
He lives in Colorado now and thinks that t-shirt and shorts are year round attire :D
There’s a little town called Dumas, TX between Amarillo and Trinidad that has Tesla destination chargers at a couple hotels. We’ve topped off there before to make that stretch. Can’t wait for that SC in Clayton, NM. This route is heavily traveled by us Texans going on vacay to Colorado. 🔋🚀
There is also a restaurant at Raton called Oasis that has charging. Only about 25 miles from Trinidad. Could top off there and get a bite to eat.
ive stayed at the Hampton in Dumas many times. Ive been making that drive since 2015
I’d get rid of those wheels really fast. They are definitely killing the range combined with the wider 245-series tires. I wish Tesla would offer a factory option 18” aero wheel set that would fit the Performance hubs. It’s crazy they can’t modify their casting to include a little centering ring.
Any car sold in the US should be required to have a top speed over 75 mph. 63 mph is simply going to annoy the F out of everyone else on the road that’s stuck behind one of these things.
Great stuff Kyle! Love these roadtrip videos.
Thanks for your content. I've owned a M3 for 6 months, but always learn something from you.
Damn, I am so hooked on to your videos, good thing is I’ve learnt a lot about superchargers from your videos. Thanks man.!
Hey Kyle this is the route I use when going to Colorado several times a year in my Model S100D. When there are headwinds from Amarillo to Trinidad I can't even make it on a 100% charge at full speed. I wonder how many people out there wonder why Tesla drivers go so slow on that road. Yes I get honked at all the time on that stretch. I am so dying for another charger on that route. Great video.
The spark charge company is waiting for y'all to order from them. Spark charge is a new company making a battery version of a gas can for electric vehicles.
@@joshuasmith7369 So a battery?
@@joshuasmith7369 Just tow a trailer with a monster 240v gas generator. Not sure if a Tesla can drive while charging but I'm sure someone has tried it already.
@@xplmr1 A small portable battery with a electric vehicle connector to charge enough to get to a charger. If you look up the spark charge website, you can see what I'm typing about.
@@toysareforboys1 please just visit the spark charge website. The website can explain much more than I can convey typing.
Rarely comment on CZcams videos but I have been fully addicted to your videos Kyle. I’ve been a massive EV fan for over a decade now and your road trips are absolutely what I dreamed they would be all those years ago! Keep up the good work man 👍
cant wait for those other road trip videos!!
Great work you do! I love the heart you put into your videos! Hopefully someday I'll I will get there! Be safe!
You and Bjørn definitely have the best road trip music out there.
Sorry Kyle, bad planning on the return trip. You should have made it to Dumas, TX. Dumas has hotels with destination chargers and you could have filled up while you slept. That would have taken 50 miles out of the trip to Trinidad.
You did not check PlugShare, where you would have found 14-50 outlets in Dalhart (free city park) and Ratón has a KOA you could use prior to going over Ratón pass (better a SLOW bit of juice over running out of battery in the middle of nowhere).
Clayton Supercharger will hopefully be open by the end of April. Unlike your comment, the Amarillo to Trinidad route is a busy route as it’s the gateway to Colorado for Dallas & Houston folks.
Last but not least, LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!
Amazing video.
The Hampton in in Dumas, 45 miles north of Amarillo, has Tesla and J1772 chargers.
I live in the Dallas area and in normal years make the trip to Estes Park several times a year. Being in Texas and enjoying regular visits to wild places (Taos, Durango, Utah, the Ozarks, the Texas Hill Country) is why I drive a Chevy Volt. I'm sure I'm not the only one who loves EVs but has switched back to PHEVs. The 'unofficial speed limit' on Texas highways is 85mph and that isn't practical in EVs today with the current state of charging between cities. The run from Amarillo to Trinidad for example has numerous places to explore off the main road. The new administration has made expanding charging infrastructure a priority. Let's hope they are successful in that.
That leg to Trinidad was pretty nuts with the head wind. Thanks for the tips on where to get some good BBQ! We’ll be heading through Texas in early January.
Wow the tumbleweed is crazy looking :D
What's funny is they aren't even native, they are from Russia
Live in the Dallas area and my first road trip with an EV was with my then month old MYP. Had additional drag of a head wind and roof mounted bike rack with 2 bikes. Glad to see you take that cut off from Amarillo to Trinidad. I did not want to chance it, and would not have made it. So we took the scenic route thru Las Vegas and Tucemcari. Figured out later that there were a couple of non Superchargers on that route that may have allowed us to limp thru. The Henrietta Supercharger was my first to use, and it was by far the best we used. Good thing about Amarillo is we used it twice for free.
Great headlights
The red Starbucks drink is either a Mango Dragonfruit Refresher or a Very Berry Hibiscus Refresher. It's hard to tell. Both of those contain caffeine. Only side effect is that they might make you want to charge your car too fast.
I did the same run 4 years ago from Trinidad, CO to Amarillo, Texas in a 2019 M3 SR+ RWD (Rated 225 miles, but never saw over 200 but a few times) and arrived with 4%. Back then Tesla was limiting the SR+ to only 100 KW on the Supercharges. It was one of the legs of a 6100 mile trip. Some of the beaten path with no SC available.
PLENTY of time at each stop to use some RainX windshield cleaner…also some Mother’s Plastic polish on the headlights!
Zero % is just a little too close!
Not for Kyle ;-)
I couldn't do it
Well... this is out of spec
Glad you pointed out this glaring gap in Supercharger coverage. This is a very popular route for Colorado/Texas travel that many people just use an ICE car for as driving 40mph in a 70 zone is absurd. Hopefully Clayton, NM becomes a priority to fix this.
Here's a tip - on Plugshare you can also punch in 14-50 outlets and get campgrounds... so in an emergency you can spend an hour or two, get some miles and not be so concerned about headwinds. And all those tumbleweed hitting you must have slowed you down too... LOL.
The 40 in a 70...yeah, I feel your pain! Had a Geo Metro 3 cyl hatchback that I loaded with 3 other passengers and hit the freeway without thinking lol
That stretch to Amarillo was a bugger in my wife’s Kia Niro. We almost didn’t make it, had to pull off at a RV park for about an hour. N Texas really lacks in any substantive EV charging. Oklahoma however is killing it. On the trip back it was still touch and go because of the elevation change going back North. I enjoyed the adventure of it, however my wife was not a fan. It made the trip less enjoyable for her. Good stuff as always.
Man, I can’t believe you drove to 0% in Texas. Biting my nails! Good thing you didn’t hit wind.
Knowing the time taken to charge at each stop would be helpful. Enjoyed the video, took that route may years ago going from the Napa Valley Ca to Mississippi. Got a speeding ticket west of Clayton. 😕 Bummer.
Trinidad, Co? Well hullo from the island of Trinidad 🇹🇹 in the Caribbean! 👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽😄
Last year we drove that span from Amarillo to Trinidad CO in our Model 3 (DM w/ 18's) and don't remember having to deal with any range anxiety however it was during the summer and coming into Colorado over Raton Pass was downhill so regen helped alot. Tesla definitely needs to open the Supercharger in Clayton NM but this video does prove it can be done, with certain Tesla models and conditions taken into account of course.
Okay, time to try that same leg with the MW03 wheels and no roofbar just so you can see the difference. Ouch. 40 MPH in a 70 zone.
Awesome video, one of my favorites! Looking forward to changing to an EV such as a Tesla once there’s a more robust EV-only network. In the meantime, I’m driving a 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid Touring (zero range anxiety).
On that long stretch of 5 hours and 20 mins to travel 228 miles, you guys averaged 43 mph. Ooof, that’s brutal!! Glad y’all made it safely! Always enjoy these road trip videos. :)
The headwinds were insane! Martian wheels on the car now 😬
@@OutofSpecMotoring What about the roof racks?
Mount Shasta at the Mount Shasta super charger is pretty tough to be in Northern California.
as always another great road trip video. On your route, why not route through Kansas? With supercharging the difference is only about 12 minutes and you wouldn't have had to travel below the speed limit to make the Trinidad to Amarillo leg adding unnecessary time to the trip.
Dumas Texas has destination chargers at a couple of the motels
Clayton will be excellent when they get them up and going
My old stomping grounds. I miss the place. I grew up in the Denver metro area. Pikes Peak was a rare treat to not be shrouded in clouds on your run to Colorado Springs.
Pikes Peak shrouded in clouds? You must not have come down here very often. It is rarely clouded over unless a storm is coming through
@@jshanks I grew up in Colorado, living in the Denver area. This time of year, the mountains spend more time with cloud cover shrouding then to some degree than without.
@@wolfman9999999 I would agree that past the front range, but pre-covid I drive to Denver most days for work and have a great view of Pikes Peak as I head toward the interstate
Great videos 😁 let's count how many times he touches his glasses 😅
I have never seen so many adds in any of your vids man!
Welcome to mainstream
You know what La Quinta means right? It means Next to Denny’s.
39:48 A better term for the non head wind from a diagonal direction is a quartering wind. Just an FYI...
Nice. Today I learned.... :)
Hello, I am one of your subscribers from France. I really like what you do, your channel is fantastic. Congratulations, I wanted to know what color is your Tesla model 3?
Thank you and good luck.
Out of Spec Brokeback Mountain 😀
Take the roof rack bars off for higher efficiency. It does look good though
Amazing how you were able to fix a Modle 3 flat tire in 5 minutes.
Howdy from an ev (2016 Kia Soul EV) owning Texan! This is cooooool af.
There is a beautiful supercharger stop in Australia called the Berry supercharger
Kyle, every time your stop to charge, please clean your windscreen, loving the videos
typed my comment, then very next stop there is a bucket and squeegee, which you mention you do use...LOL sorry
Your Amarillo - Trinidad leg demonstrated what's to me the last obstacle in EV ownership, which is not being able to ride the back roads and highways. It'll get better, maybe around the time I can get a Model Y LR here in the US with the 4680 battery pack.
Kyle, may I suggest you watch an episode of now you know hosted by Zac and Jesse, when they interview one of the founders of the spark charge company. Spark charge makes and sells the electric vehicle version of a gas can, for people who run out of charge on the road.
Clayton looks to be open now so that should help a ton
Kyle! Tons of people drive that exact route from Dallas to Denver, I live in Amarillo and have been begging Tesla to open their Clayton NM location for years and have even started asking EA to put something in on that Amarillo to Trinidad stretch .. honestly this stretch from Amarillo to Trinidad prevents me from making trips to Denver with an EV and prevents thousands from going Dallas to Denver which is huge for business people
Yeah, it's a chicken and egg thing... they don't put charge stations where they are most needed and then claim they aren't needed because nobody could go that way if they wanted to. Then they put the fast chargers in metropolitan areas where people stupidly use them for daily charging instead of charging at home or work like they should. Then they wonder why EV adoption doesn't take off the way they think it should. It's less of a problem in the States and Europe, but in Australia the fast charging infrastructure still isn't even started yet. You're confined to a very few routes between the 5 eastern capitol cities and if you want to go anywhere else you're completely out of luck.
@@awo1fman - yes, out west it’s one thing (wide open spaces to cover), but this past spring I was able to make a round trip from Michigan to Florida in a non-Tesla using fast chargers exclusively. Northbound through Kentucky and top half of Ohio with cold temps and left front corner headwind made those areas a challenge.
@@dennislyon5412 The great thing about EVs is that if you're really determined nearly anything is possible. After all, if there's a house or building there's almost always electricity, and you can charge from any wall outlet. But most people aren't that determined and are in more of a hurry to get where they're going, and the average consumer wants to know they can just hop in and go anywhere, any time without having to plan charging stops or rely on the hospitality of strangers.
@@awo1fman Who wants to be 'really determined' when traveling to a destination? You can put 400 miles of range into a gasoline car in less than 5 minutes, and gas pumps are *everywhere* . That makes life easy, relaxing, no range anxiety ever.
Kyle,
I follow a lot of your cross country trip and the one thing I notice is that you never mention using the auto pilot. A lot of Starbucks, but no AP. Hoe much do you actually us it on especially long stretches. Jus curious as I use it almost every chance I get.
Long stretches ... Welcome to New Mexico. I live in Roswell. No fast charging anywhere close by. Closest is 130 miles away in Santa Rosa.
10:00 That's the way to Amarillo - someone tell Tony Christie.....
RAINX Is awesome...
Be nice if the navigation system could tap into the internet for current wind speed and direction along the route. That information could be used to give a better near real time idea of the arrival percent remaining. On a recent trip, with a 40MPH head wind (guess), I chose to draft off three different big rigs over a 90 mile stretch instead of driving 45MPH on the interstate with traffic blowing by at 85MPH. I think drafting was safer than going 40MPH in this particular case (45MPH might be the lower legal limit on the interstate?). BTW, TACC with its radar made drafting very easy but I was very attentive at all times. Trucks draft off each other all the time. I am aware of the risks of drafting but sometimes you need weigh the risks.
This is why, when I get my performance model 3, I'm getting the gemini 19-in aero wheels for it asap!
this video is making me want aero rims
I would really hate to do all that calculations about how fast I can drive in order to preserve power, or when do I need to stop to charge.
That uphill stretch, man...
The BBQ looked awesome.....man...Need to try that. Cutting it that close is stressful, my wife would be going nuts. LOL
what rims are those? they look amazing and wondering how they would look on a model Y
The dinosaurs reminded me of "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure".
Thank you for the video. It is starting to appear that 150 mile range for a Tesla 3 Performance driving in the western USA at 80 - 90 mph possibly up grade and into a head wind is the sweet spot of the range. That allows the car to be charged to less than 100%, better for the batteries, and not be run down to nail biting low charge in the single digit percent. I'm wondering if Tesla Model 3 suffers appreciably from energy loss due to faster discharge such as common with older lead-acid battery vehicles. With lead-acid batteries the vehicle uses less energy for going slower due to lower air resistance and other reasons, but sense the discharge rate is slower the batteries are significantly more efficient in turning their chemical energy into electricity than at faster discharge rates. The lithium batteries used in Teslas are not suppose to be subject to loss of energy at faster discharge rates typical for the car. I'm wondering if this is your experience. I'm not including the situation of repeated accelerations that would over heat the batteries where high battery temperature would cause loss of battery efficiency.
So just for curiosity why don't you hypermile on those long stretches? For example on your drive out to Colorado in October? It seemed like there was very little to no drafting.
I wonder if removing the roof bars would have helped your range a little?
Man that's close, charging locations are getting better but there are still extremely rural areas that need more infrastructure
But extremely rural areas have tons of gas pumps.
You can put 400 miles of range into a Camry in less than 5 minutes.
Kyle, based on your experience with the Taycan 4S and its ability to at least match its range rating at reasonably high speeds, do you think it could have completed that long stretch either direction? It’s pretty surprising that the Model 3 Performance fell that short of its rating, even considering the ambient conditions and 40 mph average for a good portion of it.
I go up and down 287 which is less mountainous Try it the next time
Great video! Do you use Autopilot very much, so do you self-drive most of the time?
Hey Kyle, i noticed you kept forgotten for anyone unable to use Closed Captioning, last week you post moved on the long trips was CC on.. Kinda disappointment for my friend unable to understand what your saying due he is hearing loss ( already deaf )
Both Tesla and EA desperately need chargers in Lubbock to make Texas-to-Denver travel easier and safer. Boise City, OK would also be a big help.
Kyle how long did it take from Trinidad to Amarillo on the trip down to Dallas?
Can you drive from Colorado to Chicago
You guys going to get the Performance Y?
The Thornton supercharger is my local supercharger that I go to as well..... curious what speed did the charger get up to based on your SOC you never alluded to in the video you cut it short?
Thx
BTW that's the reason why I'm selling my 20" Performance Model 3 graphite wheels and went to 19 inch wheels...
What is your custom Colorado license plate going to say?
Don't feel so bad when I run across a CCS charger path that is 200 miles in distance. You must have had a 40 mph head wind to have to slow down to 40MPH.
Interesting to see these real life road trips with the exceptional circumstances to deal with. Fun to watch.
Yes! 30-45mph headwinds. Absolutely huge
@@OutofSpecMotoring would have been interesting to see if ABRP gave a reduced speed warning for the segment where the headwind was so high.
Thanks for the tip on reserving a charging spot at a hotel. What success rate have you had with that?
Near 100%
That’s a nice gas station area but it ain’t no Buc-ee’s!
Hi, as someone from europe, are there ccs to tesla Adapters?
You can have autopilot on in KS?
15:03 isn't the time you spend on the road part of the trip? Why would you want to get to your destination as quick as possible?
I made a trip where I pulled into the Trinidad, CO charger and...the entire area was out of power! There was a fairly large blackout due to a downed power line (very cold weather). It took four hours for the utility company to get power back on. So arriving at zero percent is a very risky method for travel, especially if you have family members with you. You do what you want for your video, but I would *never* recommend that approach.
The super charger stop in Colorado Springs being in that garage did you have to pay to get out of the lot?
No - for one hour or less it is free parking. We stayed a bit longer having eaten lunch while charging and still did not get charged. Nice parking attendant.
Currently with "the rona" they don't seem to have an attendant there. The gate was wide open the last time I used it.
The Fast Lane Car paid $3 to enter, no refund.