Introduction

It’s only fitting that my very first post be about a trip planned to see a dear friend in SC whose family is having a party for the solar eclipse, as this person was the first to introduce me to blogging back in 2002.   We met off AOL… back in 1996, when those sorts of platforms bred lifelong friendships in a world of fast-changing technology.   Then was the dawn of the information age.  Today, we stand at the genesis of usable, durable, and fabulously executed clean technology for the two biggest purchases most Americans will make in our lifetimes:  Our house and our car.

I plan to write about the changing space all I can.

 

Planned Roadtrip

My only Tesla roadtrip to date was Easter weekend this year, in a 2017 Model X P100D.   I much appreciate the Nav’s ability to include supercharging along a planned route, which the Model S also includes.    From speaking to a friend who lives in NJ and just drove his Model S P90 to Virginia recently, he was a bit disappointed to have spent time charging behind an unscenic hotel.

Solution:  The Teslarati interactive map-

Interactive Tesla Supercharger Map:  http://www.teslarati.com/map/.   It has photos of the Supercharger locations!

Also:  https://www.evtripplanner.com/planner/2-8/    A great little site where you can get driving directions through Superchargers, and times calculated by a host of variables you can manipulate (Such as payload, temperature, speed multiple).

The 717-mile journey between my home in West Village, NYC and my friends’ in SC is about 11 hours if I take a normal gas-powered car (such as our 2008 Prius), and 14 hours in the Model S.    Those extra 3 hours spent at various superchargers along the way are considerable downtime, but if planned properly, I’m certain I can accomplish all forms of food and rest breaks in those stretches.

I know we will look back on one day as EV owners and remember fondly about how things were before rapid-charge batteries and battery-swapping inevitably become more commonplace.   However until then, I fully anticipate to blog further about my journey in August.

As for tonight, I prepare for a Downtown Manhattan townhouse tour tomorrow, single-family properties ranging from $ 14.4M – $ 59.5 M.

How much more would they be worth if they were net-zero-energy?