I arrived in Weymouth on Saturday afternoon, having started in Oneonta and having skipped two chargers along the way! I finally had enough confidence in my “range math” and it worked out fine. Randall asked me, “So are you ready to buy yourself a Tesla?”
The answer is ‘no.’ I love the luxury appointments, the tight suspension, steering and brakes, and especially the part about no gas. But being a little bit obsessive, range would always be in the back of my mind; I would always be checking my mental map of chargers and doing math. I suspect that this position is largely the result of my driving long distances in a highly unrepresentative situation, fully loaded with bikes on the back.
If I had been driving a Tesla with just me and my suitcase, I still would have been stopping more frequently than I wanted to. Superchargers are almost always placed conveniently near Interstate exits, and usually near a place to get whatever you need for the road and use the restroom. Tesla just needs to increase the range by maybe 20%, and I could happily drive west.
Gary's Excellent Coast-to-Coast Tesla Adventure 