Almost 2K miles road trip on a Gen1 large quad R1T

[PowerBugs]

I have that exact same tire for off road and a set of the 21" road tires which I trade out for road trips. From my experience over 35,000 miles, you are losing around 20% range and efficiency by driving on an aggressive off road tire. Your cost would probably be lower than the 20 MPG SUV if you were using an All Season tire.

I wish I kept my 21” tires but I got no more room in my garage.

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[McLovin]

My only comment is I noticed you're in CA and charging in/near there. CA (west coast) power prices are very high. If you did this trip in the midwest, your price per kWh would be like 11 cents haha.

To follow up on this, we just completed an approx 1,000 mile trip from Northern VA to Charlotte, NC to Seneca, SC, to Blacksburg, VA, back to Northern VA. I don’t have raw data like the OP, but we did use RANs and Superchargers (no subscription) only (when paying). I just checked, and we paid a total of $111.61.

At an average of $3/gal, using 20mpg, that comes to $150 in fuel costs. Now, for the caveat…

The hotels we stayed at had free charging, so while in Charlotte and Blacksburg, we were able to “wake up” with a full charge. In Seneca, it was an AirBnB, so I could only get 12-14% overnight. But…it was free.

Good luck getting Hilton to fuel up your ICE vehicle free of charge while you sleep…

Also, 2024 Gen 1 R1T Dual w/ 21” stock tires.

 

[VSG]

The hotels we stayed at had free charging, so while in Charlotte and Blacksburg, we were able to “wake up” with a full charge. In Seneca, it was an AirBnB, so I could only get 12-14% overnight. But…it was free.

Not only free, but it saves time too. I deliberately choose places to stay that have chargers, and I deliberately plan to arrive with a low SoC and leave with a high SoC in order to minimize time charging on the road on both days.

 

[McLovin]

Not only free, but it saves time too. I deliberately choose places to stay that have chargers, and I deliberately plan to arrive with a low SoC and leave with a high SoC in order to minimize time charging on the road on both days.

Ditto. PlugShare w/ the 'Lodging' option checked is a good start, but it's not always 100% up-to-date. I'll always double check the hotel's reviews to see how many are operational.

On the trip last week, the hotel in Charlotte listed 6 chargers: 2 Tesla Destination and 4 (I think) EV-Go. But...both Teslas were down, and one of the EV-Go was also down. Luckily for us, we got one of the 3 remaining chargers each night.

 

[Hawkjody]

Here’s my basis for the $ gas mileage:
Ca miles: 823, @$4.88/gal
NV: 438mi @$3.93/gal
Az: 454mi @$3.38/gal
UT: 211 mi @$3.20/gal
Price source from gas prices.aaa.com

An equivalent SUV - Tahoe, Land Cruiser, Range Rover is Not going to get. 20 mpg - more like 15-18

 

[Maxemus]

Good stuff.

Also, I'm not usually a fan of vanity plates, but I like this one.

The one that is supposed to like the vanity plate is the owner of the vehicles.

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