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Honestly it was kindof fun; brought a family of four. Connecticut to west of Chicago and back again. DC fast charging mostly, public charging of some sort the entire way.I would use ABRP app to plan the route, then PlugShare to confirm destinations and plan what to do while charging, then the actual apps for those chargers to confirm up to the minute data about availability. Things I learned: road tripping an ICE my limiting factor has been getting tired and uncomfortable and needing a physical and mental breakwith this car our limiting factor was definitely range, as well as planning out chargers on long stretches of rural highways. I’m looking at you, Interstate 80 especially across Pennsylvania, and to a lesser extent Ohio.when we did stop it was often me topping the car off past when ABRP strictly needed because we were having a good time. this has gotten easier in late 2024 and I can already tell it will keep getting even easier. When Subaru can use the regular Tesla network it will be so simple you won’t need to plan ahead nearly as much. The good:the Solterra adaptive cruise and lane tracing really made this trip so much better. We trusted it in stop and go congestion and it was a rock star. I now think of it as an Anti Road Rage cure.cargo space was not a problem for a family of four. Cup holders were where we wanted them. We had USB charging for everybody.the CarPlay pairing worked great with Apple Mapswe got to use one MagicDock Tesla charger (Saddle Brook, NJ) and it was wonderful. Had to park weird but Tesla usually makes one or two chargers be paved in a way that makes it easy to park weirdThe bad:right now you really need a navigator plus a driver. You need charger route planning plus live data about charger availability plus actually driving the car to your destination. Tesla just builds that into the car and the Solterra doesn’t have that (yet)Electrify America chargers are popular. And when they are broken there is often a line for the remaining chargers that aren’t broken. We had to wait three distinct times. The third time we gave up and moved on to a different charger twelve miles away with no waiting. There wasn’t always an obvious plan B like that.Pennsylvania along I-80 just plain wasn’t good. I’m used to the East coast where chargers are abundant. This will get way better when we can use the Tesla network that already solved this problem.
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