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I only see one red dot between Paducah and Nashville, that's near Eddyville KY. I think there are 8 charging stations at a motel there (I put on a spare tire there about 8 years ago, those chargers were so new it took me a while to figure out what they were.) Eight chargers to get to Nashville, compared to a few hundred gas pumps? News link claims NY State Police advised EV owners to beware. https://www.newsweek.com/tesla-charging-station-police-solar-eclipse-travel-1888941 My road has lots of interstate travelers. I've pondered using one of my properties as an Air B&B and putting in a charger for EVs.

Here is a nationwide map, which doesn't include all the other charger brands. https://www.tesla.com/findus?v=2&bounds=50.15125214544229%2C-48.88063458125001%2C19.314833758636865%2C-123.89528301875&zoom=5&filters=store%2Cservice%2Csupercharger%2Cdestination charger%2Cbodyshop%2Cparty%2Cself serve demo drive%2Cnacs%2Cdelivery centers

Red dots are chargers. Teslas can go at least 300 miles on a charge on average. No excuse to run out of charge. https://www.tesla.com/trips#/?v=M3_2020_Performance&o=Bowling Green, KY, USA_Bowling Green Warren County KY@36.9685219,-86.4808043&s=&d=Paducah, KY, USA_Paducah McCracken County KY@37.0833893,-88.6000478

Help them out. Suggest a supercharger location.... https://www.tesla.com/supercharger-voting/overview

John, where near I24/Paducah can your TESLA be charged?

While the car is capable of figuring all the things you mentioned, TESLA engineers probably didn't program the solar eclipse schedule into it and add a "figure out how bad traffic will be" equation. Like you mention, Which part of my story do you question/need "news" link for?? Here's one for traffic in Paducah... https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/heavy-traffic-causes-delays-on-i-24-in-paducah-after-total-solar-eclipse/article_b83376bc-f5e6-11ee-b542-ab61bbc8e31b.html

That had to make the news if true. Link? I'll say this.... Not everyone is smart enough to own an EV. If you're waiting in a long line for a charger in the snow (in extreme weather) with 2% battery, that's your fault. It's no different than when people wait in lines for gas when extreme weather hits and run out of gas in ICE cars. Stupid! You have to think ahead.... The car, if you put it in the trip, will map you to your destination and tell you exactly how much battery you'll have left and it is accurate. It'll also map you to a charger on the way if you need to charge on the trip. How people get stranded or drive until the battery dies and then blame it on the EV or charging network, blows my mind. SMDH....

Vincennes Indiana. Was a 3hr drive from the house.

Where'd ya go? We stayed in the backyard for about 2 minutes of totality. Got to see the diamond ring...SUPER impressive! Saw "shadow snakes" too.

John, I think the issue with charging around here was finding a charger that did not have 50 cars waiting to charge. There were SO many people in W KY that I24 eastbound was clogged for over 6 hours after totality. Friends of ours from Knoxville hit that road about 20 minutes after totality and it took them about 4 hours to get to Nashville (normally about 2 hrs.)

It must not be a Tesla because when I traveled out of town I didn't have that issue. I never had an issue finding a working Tesla supercharger. I actually was amazed how many there are out there and overall how easy they are to find and use (payment info is already in the app, so it auto bills your card on file). I stopped at Whole Foods in Chattanooga and they had superchargers with roofs over them. I went in to get food and a drink and the car was charged before I finished. My car will map you to the nearest supercharger and prepare your battery on the way so it will charge faster. Superchargers are everywhere now and more being installed as we speak. https://www.tesla.com/supercharger They have a page where you can suggest a location for a charging station and folks vote on it. They give priority to the place with the most votes of course.

I traveled yesterday to shoot the eclipse. There was an older couple there from NC in an EV. They said they had no problems other than the whole experience was just really stressful worrying about finding working chargers.

No gearing....like a Top Fuel car, eh? lol

1 speed power glide. FFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!

Manual or automatic?

Respect.

Happy Resurrection Day! JESUS is alive!

Off the website....

Gloss black HRE FF10's on a black Model 3....

Just ordered some HRE FF10 Tarmac 20x9's and Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires in 245-35-20. Basically similar this setup, but the color is closer to my stock wheels. The picture is gloss black.

Love it!!!

Oh, and my oldest daughter loves my 5th Gen Camaro SS, but she says it's too loud. lol

Very nice car! I like the looks of the 3rd Gen better than the 4th! But I am old and grew up around these!