Outsmart Tesla Route Planning! How To Manually Add / Select Stops Along Your Road Trip Route

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[civwarbob]

A Master Class, Branden! This is what Tesla should provide for all us new owners who struggle with using the route planner efficiently. My Tesla Y/LR is my first BEV, and I've only had it for 3+ months, and have learned a lot from you. Thanks!!

[LearningFast]

I really appreciate this video. I have been struggling with getting this to work efficiently. Mostly because I try to figure it out while driving.

[WinstonsGarage]

Great video!! Glad someone made this video!

[bobbyhendrix]

I have been looking for video like this! Thank You!!!

[mowcowbell]

Congrats on 10K subscribers. Keep up the great work!

[BrandonDoyleMN]

I like to go in reverse order adding in V3s and any stops I know have nice amenities. I also add in an additional supercharger after my destination to make sure I’ll have enough power to get back to a supercharger if destination charging isn’t available

[BillFaust]

Wonderful stuff! Thanks. Did a short road trip a couple weeks ago in between LA and SF in California and was manually picking some locations, but wondered how to reorder stops, etc. After watching all of your road tripping felt more confident driving to lower charge states. Did some charger tourism stopping at some of the newer big sites (Firebaugh, second Kettleman City). Also felt very savvy when my version 2 supercharger stopped charging in the heat at Tejon Ranch and I used a wet rag to revive.

[jb]

I wish the trip planner had more options, such as I prefer SC that are at the Travel Centers when on the turnpike. I recently drove from NJ to Chicago. It recommended charging at a V2 with 25% remaining at a busy location that was off the turnpike. It was a great drive, just hit the V3 chargers at every 3rd Travel Center. Made it home in 7 stops (1 day), 12 to 24 minutes each. Entire vacation was over 2000 miles averaging 249 Wh/mi. The Tesla M3 RWD is quite efficient.

[JoeyThomas]

Thank you. I am gonna try this method. I wish all of these maps would let me draw my desired route on the map

[preyingrazor]

First of all, thank you for recording in HDR!

[Crunch_dGH]

⁠Thx Branden! Re: Manual Charger Selection. Could have used it on my 3 SoCal/Austin-Starbase trips to avoid construction zones being routed around where auto-selected chargers were located & I had plenty of energy to make it to unobstructed ones. Tip: If no choice, then best to follow Nav’s rerouting, as it seems to know real-time road conditions. I’d say charge ahead of apparent construction rerouting, if possible, as those zones (especially at night) can be quite lengthy.

[XIVIXMMXV]

Thank you so much! This was so helpful! I am leaving on my first road trip in two days.

[mrexcet]

Super helpful video on how to think about alternative ways and chargers along the way to make stops you like better than others.

[MotoGPatrick]

I always use it on longer trips but also use ABRP

[williamwest]

Gives me confidence the standard AWD is more than enough for my use cases

[georgepelton]

I usually sit down with ABRP at home and plan a long trip like Charlotte to Minneapolis. Instead of stoping where the car wants to stop, I plan around when and where I want to stop for food or restroom breaks. I pick superchargers at the appropriate travel times for my needs, and with restaurants I want to eat at. My 10-15 minute restroom stops, and 1 hour lunch stops, provide plenty of time for the car to charge. It is always ready to go before I am.

When I get into the car, I put in my final destination and let the car plan the route. Often it is close to what I planned. I add charging stops at my pre-chosen locations if they are not already suggested. This gets my entire day's driving into the car's route planner quickly and easily.

[kenssto]

Great video explaining how it works. Be nice if they added some features.. like what SOC you want to target at your arrival. A Better Route Planner does this. Have you tried using that? But it would not link to the car to precondition as you arrive.
Have fun in Nashville.. Lots of great bars with music not all are country music... I think over 30 bars actually. Most are downtown on Broadway.. you can walk to each.
If you like Blues and Jazz.. check out. Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar.
Most places have no cover.. I think the Blues bar does.. or they ask if you to buy some food etc.
If your hotel is not downtown.. take an Uber into the city.. it's probably cheaper than the cost of the parking garage.
Looking forward to the next video.

[Robert-pmbm]

Little pro tip for your next road trip Branden: For a more accurate and consistent arrival SOC estimate, change from percentage to miles. Stop charging at about 30 miles above however many miles you gotta drive. At autopilots max, it’ll get you to the supercharger pretty consistently around 10 miles ‘left’. Found this more consistent than the percentage arrival estimate, as this can very drastically after unplugging and driving (usually making me charge for way longer than needed).

[devaannamalai]

As a Suwanee resident, i can assure you pronounced it correctly 😀

[dstylez]

In my experience I charge at 30 and leave when I hit 80 percent as charge time and costs are are the lowest....model 3 long range....also noticed that it saves travel time...very comparable to ice...but 1/2 the cost compared to gas