Road trip done. Everything worked out great … except for battery capacity. I charged to 100% for the first time and noticed only 411 miles. 25% capacity is roughly 100 miles so I wanted to stay above that like I would do for a road trip with an ICE car. Plenty of opportunities to plug in along the way:
So I ended up plugging in at Primm and charging to 80%. For those that don’t know, Primm outlet mall is no longer open so it was pretty dead there except for Tesla an EA charger users.
On the return trip, I charged to 80% near UNLV and stopped at Barstow to recharge to 90% since no one was waiting. I easily made it home after that with just over 50% SOC remaining.
Outbound trip efficiency about 2.5 miles/kWh. Return trip efficiency was 3.3 miles/kWh. Normal driving in swift mode with high regen. Funny, but I don’t recall being passed by anyone in either direction.
In summary, it was a great experience, wife was able to sleep almost the whole way. Highway Assist worked flawlessly the few times I played with it. I wasn't too happy about the drowsy driver warning when it wasn’t warranted. I ended up shutting off that option and will have to ask Service about that later.
I’ll be going again next month but with 4 people in the car and different wheels and tires.