Thread by @alex_gayer

Just took Model Y on a 3,605 mi road trip. Wanted to see what the worst case might look like for charging costs. 5 passengers total, fully loaded frunk and trunk, we drove as fast as conditions allowed and hit several rain storms, used heavy A/C, kids playing video games from the

12v socket, mini fridge running, sentry mode, cabin overheat protection, and even had a hitch-mounted cargo rack with a spare tire strapped to it. We took advantage of free charging when it was convenient, paid for L2 charging when needed, but supercharged for the vast majority

of the trip. Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio were all visited. I did not need to charge in Kentucky, and only Tennessee had tiered supercharger pricing per minute.

Here are my statistics:
Trip Miles: 3,605
Total kWh: 1310.58
Wh/mi: 363.55
Total spent charging: $421.84
Avg. Cost per mile: $0.12
Avg. Cost per kWh: $0.32
Total Time Spent Supercharging: 10 hours 58 minutes (did not include destination charges)

The average price of gas at the time was about $3.516 per gallon. The money spent charging could have purchased 119.98 gallons of gas. This means that to have made the same trip in a gas-powered car for the same cost, I would have had to achieve an average of 30.0 MPG.

Considering the gear we brought, things we did, features we enjoyed, weather conditions we experienced and speeds we drove, this is impressive. We don't take many road trips and seldom drive fast. We charge at home where we pay $0.15 per kWh. So we pay $0.04 per mile usually. 😃

@Marslamute

Here’s my little spreadsheet showing my stops, cost, and time. We often started longer than we needed to because of shopping, food, and bathrooms. This was a road trip, not a cannonball run.