I have SR and would recommend it.
would I like the extra range? Sure, but not for $10k. For long road trips i gladly stop a couple extra times and save the money.
I use A Better Route Planner.
Let it plan the trip for you, but then edit the stops to your liking (food, distance between, brand, etc.)
I use google maps to navigate to the chargers.
Just one app to charge anywhere sounds amazing!
To charge my truck I have these appsā¦
1. Ford pass
2. Emporia energy (home charger)
3. Tesla
4. Electrify America
5. Flo
6. Shell Recharge
7. Chargepoint
8. FPL Evolution
9. Circle K Charge
10. Rivian
11. EV Connect
Most all of these could be...
I donāt think you should upgrade; too much money for too little extra range. I would gladly make a few extra charging stops to save several thousand dollars.
+1 for Emporia
I got mine for a future solar upgrade that will let me maximize my charging from the inverter. It will read the inverterās output by attaching two amp-meters to the output wires, and then the charger will dynamically increase/decrease charge power to match the inverterās max...
DC fast charging puts far more stress on the battery than driving hard; people who claim to know such things seem to be backing off on the āfast charging kills batteriesā belief, so āstomping itā is probably negligible.
More important than stress would be your mileage efficiency. Driving hard...
I had that happen 1 time last year; it appears that the truck forgot to add the power of one of the motors to the gauge. I drove it home just fine, restarted it and havenāt seen it since.
I have standard range.
On my Atlanta to Harrisburg trip, I used ABRP to locate chargers along my route, but used my Apple Maps to navigate to them.
I didnāt use ABRPās suggestions though; to make my trip stress free, I planned to always charge to 80% and drive 90-120 miles to another charger...
Yeah, that 400+ miles of range makes me jelly too, especially since I have standard range. I gotta remind myself to be content and thankful for what I got Lol.
After many long trips though (including a recent 2,000 mile trip), I realize that range isnāt as big a deal as it feels. For my use...
Pro Power runs while driving; my first charging stop was at a Walmart to stock up on pizza, pizza rolls, pop tarts, and water; the fridge/freezer kept stuff cooled and frozen, then Iād cook a meal when charging. The truck would be ready to go before I could finish eating!
Others have gone much further, and I wonāt be too detailed, but I want to share a good trip report.
My brother got married two weeks ago and moved to Harrisburg Pennsylvania; he couldnāt take everything with him, so I loaded everything he left into my ā23 lightning Pro SR and took it to him...
If itās a destination charger, youāll need an adapter for destination chargers; that adapter will work for all level 2 Tesla chargers.
if itās a supercharger, then pull up the Tesla app, click on the charger and scroll to the bottom of the charging description page; it will say if itās a NACS...
Mine dropped to exactly 64% power reduction a month ago; searched here and found a couple others also had it happen and it disappeared after a day or so. Mine was back to normal overnight and no issues since.
Those numbers sound exactly right ?
A Tesla should get ~4 miles/kilowatt hr, while the rolling brick we call our truck gets ~2 miles/kilowatt hr.
Thus, a Tesla can go twice as far as a lightning using the same amount of energy.
If youāre charging at 6 kilowatt hours, then a Tesla should get...
Excellent questions,
āAt least once a year outside at an airport for a month in January.ā
This concerns me because EVs maintain a minimum battery temperature since batteries wonāt charge below ~freezing; if left cold, the battery will drain itself to keep warm enough to accept a charge.
I just got the SoC update last night on my ā23 pro!! So glad it finally arrived after 9 months and almost 20,000 miles!
So be patient OP, they are slow but it is coming. They shouldnāt be this slow with updates, and you have a right to be upset, but the update is coming.