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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Telsa tells us how far we are from each charger that exists along the route, what our battery will be when we are near to it, what the level will be when we reach our destination, and gives a warning when we are running out of options and absolutely must stop; but we've never pushed it that far. If we stop for a pit stop or to get a cup of coffee, we park and plug in while we're in the store, and by the time we leave its charged enough. No need ever to wait for a full charge, just enough plus a cushion to get where we're going.

Those are for 4+ hour trips. One hour each way wouldn't require a charge (though if we needed to stop anyway, we'd likely plug in, cause why not?).[/quote]

+1. It’s pretty much idiot proof.  We are on our second cross country trip from DC to San Diego and back on our Tesla Model S.  We did the same trip via another route last summer.  We drive and stop to charge every 2.5-3 hrs.  Basically bathroom and food breaks.  It’s not a big deal and I enjoy the drive especially with full self driving which isn’t really self driving but good enough to make the drive pretty relaxed and easy.

We drive regularly up to MA from DC and driving an EV has never been an issue.  Plenty of superchargers and rarely a wait for a charger.  Your car will tell you where to stop and charge, how many stalls are available at every supercharging stop, how long you have to charge, etc.[/quote]

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