I like having something to blog about but really my Tesla Model 3 has been too reliable. After the Coast to Coast trip the car has been down to Nags Head and up to Boston. As usual the car was flawless. In the New England trip I was able to drive from the Southern PA border near Hagerstown MD up to the Darien CT supercharger in one reach - most of the miles at 75mph. The autopilot and Traffic Aware Cruise Control (TACC) were excellent. I really only use Navigate on Autopilot (NOA) while traffic is light. I often find the auto passing on NOA a little aggressive for my taste when traffic is busy. TACC however I use constantly. It slows down when traffic down but keeps me close enough to the speed limit to avoid tickets. Autopilot depends on the situation but I keep it on more than 2/3rds of the travel.
So the biggest point is I have plenty of travel but no special issues. Tesla has day to day news - but it's covered elsewhere. I can tell friends and family how inexpensive operating the Model 3 is - about a third or less the cost of gas. Still the upfront cost - a minimum of $40K and fear of the difference seems to put buyers off. The Model 3 is selling in record numbers for an electric but still most buyers despite having children buy polluting gas cars and years of future carbon emissions.
As always - I keep letting people know the Model 3 is a better, faster, safer, and long term cheaper. It's all I can do. So I may not blog as much as I should. Hope the Model Y and a truck will help in the long run.
