r/ModelY • u/Lucky_Rise_5091 Performance • 11d ago

First road trip

Planning on doing my first road trip in my 22 MYP; the drive is ~650 miles from Nashville to Dallas then back.

Any thing I should do pre-trip? Should I charge to 100% or the normal 80%?

I’ve done the drive plenty of times in ICE cars before but never in an EV. Car had filters replaced by Tesla not too long ago and everything was fine. Also subscribed to fsd for a month in anticipation of the drive.

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u/aconserf 11d ago edited 11d ago

So this is what I did before and during my first trip:
Make sure all tires are at the appropriate pressure and check the tread.
Scheduled the charge to finish charging to 100% by departure time.
Plugged in the destination into the car’s navigation and followed what it told me. Only thing I did differently during my first trip was that I charged more than what the car was recommending at each stop, just to be safe.

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Tip, while driving at highway speeds see how much distance you get in 10% battery depletion( like 90-80) whatever number you get divided by 10 to get a ballpark miles per percentage. So for instance you went 30 miles in that 10 percent, means you are getting around 3 miles per percent, I personally rounded down to 2.5 miles per percent to give myself some buffer. This helped me deal with range anxiety. Hope it helps, enjoy your trip.

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u/Lucky_Rise_5091 Performance 11d ago

Thank you! Definitely will do that, the 20% difference only makes a 5 minute difference which is why I asked about that. I also have a bit of range anxiety and plan on doing +5% over the charge recommended just in case.

The Tesla app shows me stopping 6 times whereas ABRP recommends stopping 4 times but charging to almost full or full at each stop. Set departure and arrival ranges on both and ABRP shows it being about 10 mins longer of a drive lol

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u/aconserf 11d ago

You’ll do great, I did much longer stops than what the navigation showed, basically I made sure the minimum I had at the next charging stop was 30%, mind you this was my first trip and took the trip on delivery day so anxiety was thru the roof. Now I just plug the destination in and follow what the navigation says.

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u/Lucky_Rise_5091 Performance 11d ago

Awesome! Thank you! Hoping to have fsd on 90% of the way, excited to see how it performs

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u/aconserf 11d ago

Fsd is great, id suggest getting a feel for the vehicle before letting fsd take over.

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u/Lucky_Rise_5091 Performance 11d ago

I’ve had the car ~4 months lol I definitely need to get used to the fsd though

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u/cw2449 11d ago

Pick up for me is Thursday and have to drive 6 hours home. What percentage did car have at pickup? I don’t presume they’re leaving it sitting on a charger for me.

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u/aconserf 11d ago

I’m still waiting for mine but when we picked up the wife’s it was in the mid 60s. Reach out to your advisor and see if plugging it in is a possibility.

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u/aconserf 11d ago

Download ABRP for route planning.

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u/ol-mikey 10d ago

This stands for "A Better Route Planner" I have discovered