An 800 mile road trip in an electric car?
Are we going to make it?
You’re about to find out.
It’s on auto pilot, that’s why my hands are not on the steering wheel right now.
Good morning you guys.
We’ve been driving for about an hour and a half now.
With a regular car, Google said it would take about 11 and a half hours to get from Atlanta
to Houston.
Now because we have an electric car, of course we’re going to have to stop somewhere and
we’re going to have to supercharge this bad boy.
Ok we’re about to stop at the Birmingham, Alabama supercharger.
See it on the right?
Oh you see it?
Yeah right there.
See it on the right?
Oh we found the super chargers!
Oh there they are!
So our first charge stop of the day gave us the opportunity to stop and get some coffee.
We are fueling our car and fueling our energy up at the same time.
Yeah I like how you said that.
So right now we’re about 10 minutes close to 90%.
I don’t even know if it was 30 minutes.
I think it estimated 30 minutes to get to 90%.
Yes first charge is done!
And done and done!
Alright well here we go.
2 more hours until the next stop.
We are at Stop #2.
So it will be interesting to see what’s at this stop.
At the last one there was a coffee shop and some other restaurants.
Tesla charging stations are often in really nice areas, usually well populated with restaurants
or stores.
They want to make sure you’re not bored while you’re charging.
Yeah, yeah.
Alright we’re going to say goodbye to our baby for a second.
This particular stop has a mall.
The last one we were at had a coffee shop, we were able to go in and get some coffee.
This one has a mall.
We have an app, the Tesla app and we can monitor the status of the battery charge right from
our phones.
Just got a notification from our phone saying the charging was done.
Why are you holding the breadstick like it’s a microphone?
Just as we were finished eating our food.
First stop we got coffee, this stuff we got breakfast, which was kind of our lunch.
So at each stop we’re finding stuff to do.
So you’re summoning the car?
Yep.
Oh that’s so cool!
So we’ve got 170 miles before we need to stop and charge the car again.
So I guess we’ll see you in 170 miles.
Louisiana.
We are approaching stop #3 of the trip.
And we’re in Louisiana so, first stop was in Alabama, 2nd was in Mississippi and now
3rd stop to charge is in Louisiana.
And so as you can see there’s 6 of 8 stalls available.
There’s restrooms, there’s restaurants, there’s coffee, and there’s shopping.
And free wifi.
And free wifi!
We found it!
Number 3.
And as usual, we’re the only ones here.
Okay so how should we pass the time at this station.
It’s really hot.
I think I could go for a smoothie.
I know because it’s so hot.
I think that’ll be perfect!
We’ll cool ourselves down with a refreshing smoothie.
Sweet.
Let’s do it.
Alright.
By the time we walk there, we’ll be done.
5 minutes.
Let’s go.
And now we’re headed to stop #4.
We are in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for our 4th supercharger stop.
Alright so stop #4 we decided to fuel up again he got coffee and I got tea so it was a coffee
and tea break.
So we got that while we were waiting for our car to charge.
And when we came here we summoned the car to park and now we are going to summon it
forward.
Check it out.
Come to me, my car.
Looks like our next stop is Lake Charles, Louisiana.
We should get there in about 2 hours and then we’ll be at our destination in Houston 2
hours after that.
The last super charger.
Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Yesss.
It’s literally right off the highway.
Perfect.
Oh my God, last supercharging stop of the road trip.
It doesn’t even feel like it’s been that long since we left Atlanta.
Found the Tesla stations, and as usual, it’s just us.
Can’t believe it you guys.
Last stop of the road trip before we make it to Texas and since it is in the evening,
we are going to get dinner.
Just ate our to-go order.
This is it!
This is our last charge stop and our next stop is Houston, Texas our destination.
So super excited.
Last leg.
Let’s do it.