Here's the story of when I took a Tesla Model S on a road trip - and almost ran out of electric charge
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The trip went great, so I decided to make our annual camp sojourn to the scenic Catskills in upstate New York a regular EV-paloooza. And what better car to serve as our futuristic chariot this year than ... the Tesla Model S?
And not just any Model S, but a P90D with Ludicrous Mode: at the time, the baddest, fastest, coolest Tesla in all the land (the new P100D has surpassed it).
The idea was to see if this four-door luxury "family car" with supercar-beating acceleration - 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds, claimed - could handle a journey of decent length (about 240 miles round trip) involving two adults, three kids, and the gear of a pair of campers for two weeks.
Quite a test, eh? And with a few scheduled stops to dine, take in the sights - and recharge the battery.
All initially went according to plan
Until it didn't.
Read on to learn what happened:
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