msadan
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- Dan
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- Lafayette IN
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- 2023 F-150 Lightning Pro, 2025 Tesla Model 3, 2010 Tesla Roadster
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This is the longest trip I've taken in my '23 SR, 4501 miles over 9 days. Only had one major charging issue, on the last day, just a few hours from home. Started charging normally at an Ionna charger, but after just one minute I got a "Charging station fault" message and a red ring at the charge port. There was another car charging at the same cabinet and they got an error too. There was someone doing maintenance on one of the other Ionna cabinets, and I'm just guessing, but I bet they somehow caused the error.
Tried starting another charge but got the same error. No big deal, there are Tesla Superchargers just across the parking lot. Tried charging there, same error.
The only things that I know to try at this point are rebooting the center screen and disconnecting the 12 volt battery. Rebooting the center screen did the job, or possibly it was just coincidence and the error somehow timed out. Either way I charged successfully and then charged without issue two more times on my way home.
I used mainly Tesla Superchargers, also some Ionna, EVgo, and EA. All of the non-Tesla equipment appeared to be no more than a year or two old. The Tesla Superchargers were about one third the newer V4 cabinets with long cables, the rest were the older ones.
The 1.8 mi/kWh reflects a lot of 80+ mph driving, and yes, I'm aware of how much that impacts range. A lot of the driving was out west, 75 - 80 mph speed limits, so really just going with the flow. I'm old and I didn't mind the frequent charging stops. My cannonball run style driving days are long behind me.
Overall it was a mostly uneventful drive, and the DCFC options were more than adequate. Average charge stop was 25 minutes, average cost was $0.45/kWh. Overall fuel cost was probably similar to an ICE truck.
Tried starting another charge but got the same error. No big deal, there are Tesla Superchargers just across the parking lot. Tried charging there, same error.
The only things that I know to try at this point are rebooting the center screen and disconnecting the 12 volt battery. Rebooting the center screen did the job, or possibly it was just coincidence and the error somehow timed out. Either way I charged successfully and then charged without issue two more times on my way home.
I used mainly Tesla Superchargers, also some Ionna, EVgo, and EA. All of the non-Tesla equipment appeared to be no more than a year or two old. The Tesla Superchargers were about one third the newer V4 cabinets with long cables, the rest were the older ones.
The 1.8 mi/kWh reflects a lot of 80+ mph driving, and yes, I'm aware of how much that impacts range. A lot of the driving was out west, 75 - 80 mph speed limits, so really just going with the flow. I'm old and I didn't mind the frequent charging stops. My cannonball run style driving days are long behind me.
Overall it was a mostly uneventful drive, and the DCFC options were more than adequate. Average charge stop was 25 minutes, average cost was $0.45/kWh. Overall fuel cost was probably similar to an ICE truck.
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