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To: GenXPolymath

Also note except for the North Fing slope there was chargers for Tesla everywhere you could conceivably drive Tesla has blanketed the continent with chargers 375 radius in a Model 3 LR means virtually no where in North America are you outside a charger range and even in the most remote Arctic circle location a generator off grid at that can sent you back to actual civilization.

We have taken our Model Y deep into Big Bend and to Burning Man in Black Rock with our 15kw trifuel genset on the hitch cargo rack and a couple of Jerry cans. We even buddy charged so fellow Tesla peeps with it way out there so they could run camping mode all day and night.

For those wondering its about 32 miles of model Y range per gallon of generator fuel used its good enough and the generator runs as its peak efficiency point you just set the amp draw to match its peak point easy peasy.

99.9% of miles is off solar panels off my roof once a year we road trip to BFE and take a genset we already own for storms so zero opportunity costs with us not only to charge if needed but to run the whole camp set up AC too.


2 posted on 08/02/2026 9:04:50 PM PDT by GenXPolymath
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To: GenXPolymath

Yup absolutely this is not the future its here for those who pay for it.

“94.6% including the Dalton Highway. If you were to remove the Dalton Highway it would round to 100. And if you removed parking there would be 4 seconds of manual driving on the whole trip”

https://x.com/koby_pierce/status/2084067727472226554


3 posted on 08/02/2026 9:15:48 PM PDT by GenXPolymath
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To: GenXPolymath
"We have taken our Model Y deep into Big Bend and to Burning Man in Black Rock"

Far out, man.

5 posted on 08/02/2026 9:18:21 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: GenXPolymath

So a question for the FSD crowd. Does the car in FSD go exactly the speed limit? I’m trying to imagine a world where say one third of the cars on the road are going exactly the speed limit.


39 posted on 08/03/2026 9:58:27 AM PDT by CA_soon_gone
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