Tesla for long journeys

[RayDonovan]

Hi all,

Does anyone here use a Tesla (or other EV) for long and regular journeys? I'm close to taking an opt out from work which will enable me to buy a 2021/22 Model 3 LR (or potentially Model Y LR)

I'll be able to charge at home ok but I have a monthly M1 drive that is 215 miles each way (overnight in-between).
Fingers crossed we have a charging solution in the office, but if that fails, how reasonable would it be to assume that one leg of the journey would be fine just using the Tesla charging network.

Cost of the supercharger will be more than covered by my mileage rate, but I'm more concerned about speed and efficiency to charge as opposed to cost at this stage.

Would you / are you currently confident enough to do this on a fairly regular basis?

Thanks!

[RayDonovan]

Perfect, thanks.

Like I've said, hopefully the office is sorting the charging out but good to know the Tesla network is reliable.

I guess when people are charging at the Tesla Superchargers, they only 'use' what they need as it's expensive compared to a home tariff.

[RayDonovan]

The network is decent and will only get better. Some of the newer venues have 16 chargers available

[RayDonovan]

Thanks all, feels like I have nothing to worry about.
Should save me around £400/month compared to having my current company car..

[RayDonovan]

JustGetATesla said:

I do plenty of long trips on my YouTube channel. Top end of Scotland down to Kent with 2 stops. No problem. And you'd do a couple of stops on a trip that length with any fuel type.

Watched a couple of your videos today. Perfect in answering my question really. On my usual 215 trip I'll stop twice, so plugging in once or twice isn't a bother.

[RayDonovan]

Slightly odd topic, but where do we think Model Y LR pricing is heading? (Apart from down )

About £33k now for a '22 LR model with average mileage.

[RayDonovan]

JustGetATesla said:

RayDonovan said:

JustGetATesla said:

I do plenty of long trips on my YouTube channel. Top end of Scotland down to Kent with 2 stops. No problem. And you'd do a couple of stops on a trip that length with any fuel type.

Watched a couple of your videos today. Perfect in answering my question really. On my usual 215 trip I'll stop twice, so plugging in once or twice isn't a bother.

Exactly!

Watched a few more videos and it's really cemented the idea of using a Tesla MYLR for longer trips. The M1 is already well serviced for superchargers and I would expect it's only going to get better (certainly north of Sheffield towards North Yorks is a bit of a black spot for chargers)

[RayDonovan]

James6112 said:

Hired a Model 3 for the weekend, as a real life test before buying one.
(£175 for the weekend, incl free Supercharging)

Will be leaving South Coast this evening, head for the Lake District, nothing booked or planned.

Will see how it goes!

Be good to know how you get on!

[RayDonovan]

Took advantage of the Tesla extended test drive (2 hours) at Saltmarshe Hotel.
Had a '24 plate Model Y (standard range) and did a couple of motorway runs at my normal pace (75mph) and average 285 wh/mi which I thought was decent.

Really impressed with the build quality and overall package. I have looked at an Ioniq 6, but I think a Tesla is still top of the pile. Still need to work a few things out with my company car and finances (cash, PCP or lease).

[RayDonovan]

_Hoppers said:

RayDonovan said:

Took advantage of the Tesla extended test drive (2 hours) at Saltmarshe Hotel.
Had a '24 plate Model Y (standard range) and did a couple of motorway runs at my normal pace (75mph) and average 285 wh/mi which I thought was decent.

Really impressed with the build quality and overall package. I have looked at an Ioniq 6, but I think a Tesla is still top of the pile. Still need to work a few things out with my company car and finances (cash, PCP or lease).

I've been looking at test drive locations. Saltmarshe is about 20mins from me, but it's a bit of a random location to say the least?! When I initially looked into it the test drive was about 30mins?

Random is an understatement!
Yes, should be 1 hour but when I spoke to their rep, I asked for 2 hours to test on the motorway and it was fine. They send the testdrive info to the Tesla app and you use that to unlock the car etc.

[RayDonovan]

_Hoppers said:

RayDonovan said:

_Hoppers said:

RayDonovan said:

Took advantage of the Tesla extended test drive (2 hours) at Saltmarshe Hotel.
Had a '24 plate Model Y (standard range) and did a couple of motorway runs at my normal pace (75mph) and average 285 wh/mi which I thought was decent.

Really impressed with the build quality and overall package. I have looked at an Ioniq 6, but I think a Tesla is still top of the pile. Still need to work a few things out with my company car and finances (cash, PCP or lease).

I've been looking at test drive locations. Saltmarshe is about 20mins from me, but it's a bit of a random location to say the least?! When I initially looked into it the test drive was about 30mins?

Random is an understatement!
Yes, should be 1 hour but when I spoke to their rep, I asked for 2 hours to test on the motorway and it was fine. They send the testdrive info to the Tesla app and you use that to unlock the car etc.

Have they followed up with you about the test drive, with a hard sell? I'm possibly looking to get an EV in 12-18months but I'm keen to test drive one.

There's no hard sell, at all. One phone call and a text message asking if you had any questions.

[RayDonovan]

They do seem pretty flexible.