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I recently had to travel cross country for the weekend (I live in Greeece it isn't as big as pe USA) but was thinking whether we as a family with a very young k

• theluketaylor 5y ago
  In my Tesla model 3 SR+ not that long. Batteries charge slower the more charge they have, so rather than 0-100% charge it's much better to do 2 sessions of 5-60%. In my car 5-60% is going to be about 15-20 minutes. 60% of the battery is a little over 200 km range at highway speeds, so 400 km would be about 30-40 minutes of total charging time. You have to think about it differently from gasoline though, since the car charges unattended. When I road trip in the car by the time I go to the bathroom and stretch my legs a little the car is ready to go. Charging at home in the garage is a game changer though, since you always have a 'full' battery when leaving on a road trip. Yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving so I travelled to visit family. I did 320 km total during the day at various points. I had enough battery to just reach home with an estimated 3%, but stopped for a quick top up just to be safe. I went from 37-50% battery in under 5 minutes and had a 20% buffer.