Neither snow nor distance between Supercharger stations could stay a pair of Model S sedans from their appointed three-day rally between LA and New York. February 2, 2014 1:40 PM PST (Credit: Tesla Motors) To those of you wary about range of electric cars, and especially the prospect of finding enough charging stations along your chosen route, Tesla Motors has this message: We just drove from LA to New York, and in only three days. Less than two weeks after the company set up its final Supercharger station along a 3,400-mile cross-country route, a pair of Tesla Model S sedans pulled up in front of New York's City Hall. The arrival came three days and four hours after the two vehicles departed Los Angeles. Related posts Tesla hands out new chargers in response to overheating Nvidia at CES 2014: Join us at 8 p.m. PT Sunday (live blog) Sekisui Chemical claims cheap, long-range lithium battery tech CNET's Tech Turkeys of 2013 Tesla factory accident injures three workers with hot metal CEO Elon Musk tweeted the news Sunday afternoon: "Tesla LA to NY Supercharger rally just completed in 76 hours across northern route in dead of winter thru heavy snow!" The electric-powered vehicles did indeed pass through some heavy-duty winter weather including two snowstorms, the first in Colorado, which resulted in a time-sapping detour, and the second while going through Wisconsin and Illinois. "Road closures, detours and traffic delays as a result of the [Colorado] snow storm ended up costing the Tesla team a total of eight hours," Tesla said in a blog post chronicling that portion of the trip. Part of the publicity stunt aspect of the trip was Tesla's intention to set a Guinness-recognized world record for lowest charge time for an electric vehicle traveling across the United States. Tesla says that its Model S sedans average about 300 miles per charge at 55 mile per hour and that one of its Superchargers can deliver half the charge of a Model S in about 20 minutes. The company now has more than 70 Supercharger sites across the US.
Neither snow nor distance between Supercharger stations could stay a pair of Model S sedans from their appointed three-day rally between LA and New York.
(Credit: Tesla Motors)
To those of you wary about range of electric cars, and especially the prospect of finding enough charging stations along your chosen route, Tesla Motors has this message: We just drove from LA to New York, and in only three days.
Less than two weeks after the company set up its final Supercharger station along a 3,400-mile cross-country route, a pair of Tesla Model S sedans pulled up in front of New York's City Hall. The arrival came three days and four hours after the two vehicles departed Los Angeles.
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CEO Elon Musk tweeted the news Sunday afternoon: "Tesla LA to NY Supercharger rally just completed in 76 hours across northern route in dead of winter thru heavy snow!"
The electric-powered vehicles did indeed pass through some heavy-duty winter weather including two snowstorms, the first in Colorado, which resulted in a time-sapping detour, and the second while going through Wisconsin and Illinois. "Road closures, detours and traffic delays as a result of the [Colorado] snow storm ended up costing the Tesla team a total of eight hours," Tesla said in a blog post chronicling that portion of the trip.
Part of the publicity stunt aspect of the trip was Tesla's intention to set a Guinness-recognized world record for lowest charge time for an electric vehicle traveling across the United States.
Tesla says that its Model S sedans average about 300 miles per charge at 55 mile per hour and that one of its Superchargers can deliver half the charge of a Model S in about 20 minutes.
The company now has more than 70 Supercharger sites across the US.
