It's great to hear that you do NYC to UT in your Tesla right now without much drama. We drive to the Wasatch every ski season from the Philly area and my biggest worry about an EV are the charging deserts in the Plains states. It looks like you overcome that obstacle by detouring, but driving in the winter will eat into range, and I'd worry that without something like the Max battery pack, the trip could become an almost insurmountable range challenge. Though I'm not looking forward to shelling out $10k for the Max package, until the charging network is more built out, I can't see much of an alternative.
I also plan to retire this year, and hope to haul my
[email protected] Boondock both north (as in to Canada) and west during non-ski season. The trailer is light and relatively aerodynamic, but will still reduce range. The stretches in Canada without chargers are larger and more numerous than in the States, so again, no real alternative to the Max pack.