With good range and efficiency, charge stop route planning built-in, and the Supercharger network all over the place, is the Tesla Model 3 really the best EV road trip machine?
Having driven to Italy in the Kia e-Niro (https://youtu.be/vSg5EYFk1I8) and Hyundai IONIQ 5 (https://youtu.be/DmO0jwcc0Js) before — wrestling with A Better Route Planner each time — I was keen to try a similar journey with a Tesla which should make life much easier.
Will it be stress-free? Will it fit all our luggage? Will Flaviana like it? Her previous Model 3 experience wasn't so good, after all. https://youtu.be/wuyH6wehnTs
Let us know your comments!
If you want to stay at the lovely Vaugency Mill in France, here's the link on Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/662890912607972040
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Chapters:
00:00 - Getting ready
01:11 - Toll tag
02:41 - 'Planning' the route
03:26 - Cargo Tetris: fitting stuff in the Model 3 boot/trunk
05:24 - Feeling Blue
06:04 - Animal Health Certificates
08:47 - Can't Stop the Feeling
10:15 - At the vet
11:50 - Supercharged argument
12:41 - Dog Mode
13:38 - Le Shuttle
14:59 - Burger Queen
16:51 - Bonjour Français
16:53 - Route planning not going well
21:58 - Charger 1: Lille Lesquin Supercharger
23:13 - Avoid Avoid Tolls. So that's why the route planning was rubbish
23:32 - Model 3 thoughts so far
28:30 - Charger 2: Aire de Reims Supercharger
30:05 - Stay 1: Vaugency Mill, Saint-Quentin-sur-Coole
31:53 - On our way again
32:17 - Thoughts on the Airbnb from some introverts
36:11 - Trying Autopilot
37:38 - Charger 3: Supercharger Nancy
39:05 - Flaviana's not impressed with me filming playing "it"
40:28 - On our way to Colmar
40:53 - Andrew gets flashed (not in a good way)
41:03 - A Brexit benefit
45:47 - Stay 2: Greet Hotel, Colmar
47:22 - Flaviana's not happy
53:58 - Leaving Colmar
55:14 - Checking your efficiency
57:47 - Charger 4: Supercharger Pratteln
58:05 - Tesla Mobile Service is amazing
59:47 - Off to find a vignette
1:03:06 - Charger 5: Würenlos services
1:07:37 - Leaving for the Italian Alps
1:08:07 - An Austrian vignette
1:10:37 - Stay 3: Haus Flexen, Stuben, Austria
1:16:42 - Charger 6: St. Anton Supercharger
1:18:07 - Inflating the tyres
1:19:59 - Food stop: Abbazia di Novacella, Italy
1:22:43 - Flaviana wants suggestions as to where to live
1:34:43 - We've arrived! Hotel Peter