Tesla Road Trip to Disney in Cold January
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- This video is about our Tesla Model Y Car Ride from PA to Disney World. It documents our travel and charging experiences in winter weather and how we avoided a northeaster winter storm that was coming up the coast. We show all our charging stops along the way and describe our experience driving to Disney from PA.
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Your video should be mandatory viewing for all new-to-EV Tesla owners who have been socially conditioned to have extreme range anxiety.
Or anyone considering EVs for that matter.
You guys perfectly demonstrated the "Tesla - no worries" approach to distance travel.
Thanks so much for the comment William. I certainly appreciate the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. With the Model Y and 3 cost going down and the popularity I think there is a need for some basic understanding. Thanks again Jim
Your advice to charge enough to get you 125-150 miles down the road is spot on. No need to charge to 80%.
Thanks Tom - I think we all need to hear that some times, especially with the Model Y now the most popular car solid worldwide. We didn't need to wait at any superchargers but in some places it was getting more crowded. Starting to see allot of younger folks with Teslas now that the cost is so much lower charging at superchargers for long periods. My guess is many more folks in urban areas are buying Teslas that live in apartments without personal charging options.
There are legitimate worries, including range anxiety. I’ve taken a Tesla on a road trip where Superchargers were 90-100 miles apart and there were no nearby options. It was a sightseeing trip, so I was willing to charge up to 100% at night.
Probably not that critical for this trip since there are other options if maybe a Supercharger location is full.
Plain and simple. Made the video like a nice movie. Kudos to the pilot and copilot. 😊
Thanks for the kind words, hope you have a great weekend.
It's so awesome to see the "older than me" guys doing Videos like this! You did a great job sir :)
Thanks so much, I'll be sure to check out your video content as well. Cheers Jim
so cool to see you stopped at a lot of the spots that we stopped at to charge, very cool video!
Good video, subscribed! I did a 10k mile road trip and never had an issue either. I did take advantage of ffree charging at hotels that I stopped at to save around $800 in charging.
Now that's a road trip, yeah we need to plan a little better and search more for hotels with free charging. So glad you enjoyed the video.
@jimdickson4462 def liked using plugshare to find them. But also tesla just partnered with Hilton hotels to put in chargers so that's a good thing.
I've done the N.Y. to Cape Coral and N.Y. to Orlando several times with my 2022 Model S...very easy trip...great video!
Sounds almost like my STL to WDW drive. Drove straight through dodging bands of freezing rain all the way through. Cheers!
Thanks for the comment. I can see how you have to beware of the weather traveling from St. Louis down to Orlando. Hope you had a great trip down. I actually enjoy the drive down, the challenge of finding super chargers and maximizing the speed of charging the batteries to minimize the time charging time.
Very well done!
Nice video. I agree that Sheetz is always a great choice to charge.
Thanks for the comment, Hope you have a nice day.
Great to see you included “miles since last charge” with stats of each charge stop. Thanks for the solid info.
My pleasure Ray - glad you enjoyed the video
I live in N. Virginia and it's so surreal seeing the DC metro area n your route. It's my normal area of travel when I'm out and about. That supercharger at Petersburg VA at the sheets is a good one. I've been there a couple of times. I think there are a few other places nearby to eat but for the most part the wife and I will grab a salad from there, use the rest room and sit back for a few minutes in the car and catch up with text, email and family. I haven't done a Disneyworld/Universal Studios road trip but it might be time. We have a NJ run coming up soon because we're going on a cruise for Spring Break but will be heading to Myrtle Beach in early/mid September.
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah the DC area seems to be the place we second guess which way to go and where to charge. I hope you enjoy your cruise, safe travels.
Thanks so much glad you enjoyed it. Hope you have a great weekend
Im planning a trip from Vermont to Myrtle Beach in winter with my Model Y. 2 weeks away, cant wait!
Safe travels I hope you have a great time.
Been considering a Model 3. Nice to see actual road trip experiences! Hear lots of FUD about owners afraid of taking their EV on road trips. I haven't seen too many on I75 from Michigan to Fort Myers so wondered what the actual truth is... until now - thanks! Seamless.
Hi Jim - I’m glad you enjoyed it and it provided some value. I have to admit I would be nervous if it was something other than a Tesla. The main advantage of Tesla is the supercharger network that Tesla continues to support and develop. They are continually adding more superchargers based on the areas where more cars are sold and used. I’ll be adding some more videos of our travels as we go to new places to see my son who’s running track in college. Glad you enjoyed it and good luck with your EV car search.
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On our trips to Florida from NJ, we take Rt 301 from the Delaware Bridge, through Annapolis, staying on Rt 301 all the way to Richmond. Much nicer than playing with Baltimore and Washington traffic. Plenty of charging options and simply more relaxing with a lot less aggresive drivers. Staying overnight south of Florence SC. Typically you want to charge at the end of the day's trip, rather than than the next morning. The battery is already warm from driving, we typically run the charge curve from 10% to 60/70%, and leave when the charge rate falls below 100kw.
Thanks for the two great suggestions. I'll make note of Route 301 for the next time we head down to Florida, sounds like a much nicer route. The 1st charge the second morning was more of a Starbucks run. Grab some food, charge a little while we look at our route for the day. Our last charge for the night was 30 miles from the hotel, we made the reservation while charging. But you are absolutely correct that it makes so much more sense to charge when the battery is nice and warm. I'll keep that in mind next time. Thanks again for the great suggestions and I hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers Jim
I live in the Washington Area, and i agree 301 is a much more pleasant ride.
Really enjoyed riding along, Sheetz over Wawa anyday!😊
Thanks Eric, I agree. Although growing up in NJ and living in PA I’ve been around Wawa most my adult life. It wasn’t until Tesla road tripping that I experienced Sheetz. Huge Sheetz fan. Take care and thanks for watching
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This was super cool and very informative, Jim. I'm hoping you put up a video of your Disney trip, too. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Tina - glad you enjoyed it. Hope everyone is doing well.
This is awesome! well done
Thanks much , glad you enjoyed it. Hope you have a good evening
I just did this trip from NJ to Disney lol it was such a fun drive
Thanks for the comments Dorian, We enjoy the challenge of driving down with a Tesla. Searching for the best supercharger to charge by. The driving autopilot makes it so much easier and you don't get as tired.
Absolutely loved the video. Thanks for sharing. I'm surprised you charged in Chevy Chase. There are a number of Super Chargers in Laurel and College Park MD, right before you get on the Beltway. Much easier to access and better snack/break options, less traffic. Just a thought to keep in mind next time you come down this way. I'm subcribing.
Thanks for the advance, yeah we went too far to charge. Looking to get the battery percentage down to around 10% to increase the charge flow reduce the time of the charging stop. So glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the comment.
The Sheetz superchargers are my favorite. Stopped at the Petersburg one before too iirc. Surprised you went down 95 instead of taking 81, especially since you are fairly close in Quakerstown/Lehigh Valley. Bypassing the DC madness is well worth it!
Yeah it would be nice to miss all the DC traffic. The only concern was with 81 is the mountains and the snow weather we were trying to avoid. Although I think we left earlier enough to miss it. We will need to look at way for a future ride.
@@jimdickson4462I was Always an i95 person but 81 is just far more beautiful and far less stress! And from Lehigh valley just makes more sense.
Nice video. We did the nj to disney in summer when it was 95-100+ and the model y was great. We have been assessing a winter roadtrip. Thanks for the input🍺
How many times did you stop .What type of model do you have ?
@@Nht375 We are in middlesex nj so we did the bulk of the drive friday. Stopped in st augustine with free marriot points to get into disney resort fresh fri.
We did 6 stops with the final one being a fill up for the week since we didn’t use the car much or need the resort chargers. Total was about $95-100
I have a 2023 model y long range. We did nj to our ny lake house, nj to leland nc then the disney trip all in first month of ownership.
The good news is that there now are so many supercharger stops along 95 you don't need to worry about making it to the next. When we started driving to Disney from PA in the winter back in 2020 with our model y there was less available and you needed to beware of the amount of battery loss based on the cold. You may get stuck charging a long time at a 150kW charger. Now there are so many along the route no need to worry at all, there are 250kW chargers along the entire route. It's an easy ride just keep track of the weather, southern states don't deal with snow and ice like NJ does. Thanks for the comment
@@LithiumLife thank you for the response
I have found that with autodrive 600 miles is nothing. No worries. Arrive rested. Super chargers are where I need to pee and/or eat.
Totally agree, I always use auto drive when I'm on the highway. I have my model Y since 2020, it's amazing how much better self driving continues to get.
very nice editing, good job sir.
Thank you for the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I hope you have a great weekend.
Glad I live in Florida
We did almost this same trip back in 2016 with our Model X 90D. We went straight through in one day (no overnight stop). Crazy thing is that none of the chargers you used were built yet.
Thanks for the comment, it's amazing how many more chargers have been built on the 95 corridor. Each time we make the trip it get's easier and easier. I think our first time in 2020 we had to really beware of charging to make it to the next charger, also almost all were only 150kW. Now you can find a 250kW along the whole 95 highway.
Forget DisneyWorld, you should have stayed at Buc-ee's! Nice video and labeling.
Thanks Scot. Yeah Buc-ees is something, we always make a habit to stop there to charge and eat if it’s on our way. Thanks again and have a great weekend.
I’m doing a similar trip again in summer. CT to Orlando, FL.
I enjoy the ride, although 95 can be a little scary like a race track down in NC and SC. I hope you have a great trip and safe travels.
Great video. It would be helpful if you could give a wrap up summary including you average Wh/mile and overall kWh charged or the super charger costs. Thanks!
Thanks for the great suggestion Joe. I'll keep that in mind for the next video. Thanks for the comment and I hope you have a good Monday.
TESLA should give you a perk for your Great Video , I am not a EV person yet , looking at VW Bus in Future ,
Showing route and number of stops , helpful , I think in 5 years it be even easier I hope , Not taking away from all hard work and great video ,
I do wonder how the states will have to tax charging for a road tax , that got to come along , Ev are heavier and using the road , only fair to pay fair share
Thanks so much for the comment Gabby. Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes I hope each year the EV charging will get better. Some of the problems with other chargers is maintaince, keeping them running. Also compatibility with all the different EV cars, software linking with each other to allow the charge. Good luck on your research into RVs the VW Bus looks like a great looking ride. I know you can buy them in Europe can you buy them in the US yet?
9:43 INTERESTING.... you were only getting about 3 miles per kwh? How far were you driving? I figured the Tesla would be more efficient. Our F150 Lightning gets 2.4...
Yeah we were heading up through the pocono mountains and the elevation and cold weather I think reduced our average. We typically do better when it's warmer as well. Thanks for the comment, I glad you enjoyed the video and bets of luck with your F150 EV. They look great
Ow no tour of buc-eeys im from PA as well and always love to stop there.
Good suggestion Michael, next time I'll be sure to capture some footage inside Buc-eeys. It's a sight to see. Thanks for the suggestion.
All of these EV trip videos seem to leave out some very important info that viewers a looking for: a quick one-screen summary of the trip in terms of number of miles, number of stops, and how long each one took.
Hi Bill - good tip. I'll be sure to keep that in mind for my next travel videos. Thanks again for the suggestion.
You do realize you have a power trunk and can close it with pushing the hatch button?
Yeah sometimes I just grab the hatch and close it. I do the same thing with my Tahoe
I am new to EV world and am wondering why you did not look for a hotel with Tesla Destination charger. Morning departure with 95% sounds good to me. Are there downsides to Destination chargers?
Hi Retired - Thanks so much for the comment. Yes looking for a hotel with chargers is the best way to approach it. We've done that in the past. To be honest we got lazy and didn't search for a hotel until we were ready to stop. We were more concerned about getting as far south before the storm and we weren't sure how far we'd get. We just made the hotel reservation right before we got there. But if you have time and not in a hurry best approach is to find hotels with chargers.
Marriott and IHG (Holiday Inn) reservation websites now have an amenity filter for EV charger,. I also look at PlugShare as hotel sites are not always up to date. Do you have favorite methods to find them?
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Obviously Tesla Destination charging shows up on Tesla’s navigation and is an option on Tesla’s website. The biggest issue would be that their previous requirements could be met by one or two Wall Connectors and there’s no guarantee that they’re working or won’t be occupied. Anyone planning on using one should have a backup plan if it’s not available.
Now what's the trick to charging on a trip?
The trick is to only charge the amount you need to get to your next super charger destination or where you need to go. You want to maximize the amount of electricity going into your battery. So, charging from 10 percent to 50 percent capacity will be much faster than when charging from 80 percent to a full battery. When you get above 60% charge in your battery the charging starts to slow down and it will continue to slow down the more you put in. So when you get to 50 or 60% battery charge in your car start looking for the next supercharger and navigate to that one and so on until you get to your destination. This will ensure the fastest time charging and will reduce the amount of time on your trip. I hope this helps.
You misspelled Tesla in your title and thumbnail. Telsa?
Honestly the only reason I clicked on this video was to see if he mentioned those huge spelling mistakes.
Thanks TBolt I’ll update that ASAP
After seeing the staggering depreciation of the Teslas how can anyone claim that they’re saving money. Everyone is upside down on these things.
People can justify anything in their own eyes.
Yeah I don’t consider any purchase of a car a good investment. But considering I charge at home more than 90% of the time and I have solar panels that I leverage. The cost for me has been less than my truck. Haven’t had an electric bill with net metering and no maintenance on the car since I got it But I’m probably unique because I have solar and charge at home at no cost for most of my driving. The depreciation maybe huge but I typically keep a car at least 10 years or more on average. But I can see how people are not fans. Hope you have a great weekend.
Did you mean nor’easter? It’s not northeaster.
Yes nor-easter, slip of the tongue. I hope you are having a good weekend . Thanks again for the clarification, cheers Jim
@@jimdickson4462 don’t you hate the comment section? Lol, hope you have a great weekend too.
lol - all good it's pretty embarrassing I called it a Nor-easter. Oh well, looks like another snow storm heading our way up here in PA. We may get 5 inches of snow on Monday/Tuesday. Thanks again for the correction and comment. Take care 🙂@@xploration1437
That first supercharger situation is horrendous. Not only is it not located off the hallway but it’s in a paid parking garage. That should be addressed. Don’t think you could have made it to a further charger?
Yeah that’s a bad one. It was free but terrible to get in and out of. We need to look at different route around DC and get the DC beltway out of the mix. That area is the most difficult to find good chargers right off the highway that are 250kW. We probably could have done a better job finding one
Looked up info on this garage and there are some claims that there’s two hour free parking.
Yes that's correct, you don't have to pay.@@ypw510
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I think there's confusion over the entry ticket and possible pay station. But I've read it's two hours where one can exit on a ticket without paying, although one claim was of being charged $10 for an hour parking.
This is tedious.
To me it's just a total waste of time...
Some people like to drive in a car I used to do that all the time
Yeah - I get it, but to definitely cheeper for us than flying 4 adults to Orlando. At least with the Electric car and the Autopilot and self driving it makes it easier less tiring and we try to make it fun.
What's more of a waste of time working 8 hours a day to make $200 to fill your gas tank in 10 minutes or wait 20 - 30 minutes and it cost you around $10 to fill that same gas tank.. in my case I've got 100% lifetime free supercharging so no matter where I go it's 100% free charging.. I'd rather be sitting in my car charging then working 8 hours at work for 10 minute gas guzzle.