The Many Charging Options with a Cybertruck

[CyberTruckOne]

I know coming to this site is going into the lions den. I love my F450 super singles pickup with camper. And there are times where diesel and gas trucks make absolutely more sense. And I'm completely against mandates. Let free markets decide. However, with the right circumstances and the right needs and interests. A electric truck can be a fantastic solution. Actually, at times it's the better solution. My intent is to use the weakness of the CT be its greatest asset. When we have enough solar on the camper to actually charge the CT, it will give us the ability to slow walk around the country without having to buy any fuel and at time where we stay for long periods of time (over a week or two) Completely charger the truck 100%... Tesla Super Charging is fantastic and is located about every 40 miles on every big highway in America. Going around the country is a breeze.. It becomes vastly more complicated when you go into very remote areas. These adapters give us the ability to greatly increase our chances of finding a charge.

 

[Shawn686]

Unless you want your cyber truck to do truck stuff or keep all your trim on the truck in the bush


Now I know a lot of what he did is for the video, but a lot of of it was relevant.

Shawn

 

[plainjaneFJC]

I know coming to this site is going into the lions den. I love my F450 super singles pickup with camper. And there are times where diesel and gas trucks make absolutely more sense. And I'm completely against mandates. Let free markets decide. However, with the right circumstances and the right needs and interests. A electric truck can be a fantastic solution. Actually, at times it's the better solution. My intent is to use the weakness of the CT be its greatest asset. When we have enough solar on the camper to actually charge the CT, it will give us the ability to slow walk around the country without having to buy any fuel and at time where we stay for long periods of time (over a week or two) Completely charger the truck 100%... Tesla Super Charging is fantastic and is located about every 40 miles on every big highway in America. Going around the country is a breeze.. It becomes vastly more complicated when you go into very remote areas. These adapters give us the ability to greatly increase our chances of finding a charge.

Do you haul a camper with the cybertruck- where do stay for these extended period of times? I like the idea overall. Thanks

 

[fourfa]

located about every 40 miles on every big highway in America ... It becomes vastly more complicated when you go into very remote areas.

Yep, I think you nailed it. Given this isn't pavement-roadtrip-portal.com you'll probably get more comments about the latter

 

[SimplyAnAdventure]

I know coming to this site is going into the lions den. I love my F450 super singles pickup with camper. And there are times where diesel and gas trucks make absolutely more sense. And I'm completely against mandates. Let free markets decide. However, with the right circumstances and the right needs and interests. A electric truck can be a fantastic solution. Actually, at times it's the better solution. My intent is to use the weakness of the CT be its greatest asset. When we have enough solar on the camper to actually charge the CT, it will give us the ability to slow walk around the country without having to buy any fuel and at time where we stay for long periods of time (over a week or two) Completely charger the truck 100%... Tesla Super Charging is fantastic and is located about every 40 miles on every big highway in America. Going around the country is a breeze.. It becomes vastly more complicated when you go into very remote areas. These adapters give us the ability to greatly increase our chances of finding a charge.

Ok first off, I am an EV enthusiast! I had a Tesla Model Y with every charging adapter known and I now have a Lightening…. That said there is not a Supercharger every 40 miles on any highway lol. Let alone every highway. Superchargers are concentrated in SoCal and around a few cities but as soon as your out of a metropolitan area they are hundreds if miles apart by design…. I think you’ll have a great time traveling the country but fast DC charging isn’t too common in even on highways. I’ve always had campgrounds as my emergency backup plan if I was about to run out, charging at 240V and 30A at a campground is pretty simple and while not fast 7.2kW is a whole lot better than 1.4kW (12A @ 120V). Have fun!

 

[SimplyAnAdventure]

I know coming to this site is going into the lions den. I love my F450 super singles pickup with camper. And there are times where diesel and gas trucks make absolutely more sense. And I'm completely against mandates. Let free markets decide. However, with the right circumstances and the right needs and interests. A electric truck can be a fantastic solution. Actually, at times it's the better solution. My intent is to use the weakness of the CT be its greatest asset. When we have enough solar on the camper to actually charge the CT, it will give us the ability to slow walk around the country without having to buy any fuel and at time where we stay for long periods of time (over a week or two) Completely charger the truck 100%... Tesla Super Charging is fantastic and is located about every 40 miles on every big highway in America. Going around the country is a breeze.. It becomes vastly more complicated when you go into very remote areas. These adapters give us the ability to greatly increase our chances of finding a charge.

Interesting…. Just actually watched your video and since you clearly like adaptors might I recommend an L5-30…. This is one I had and used on a few occasions. My work actually had this outlet outside and it’s fairly common around Marinas.

L5-30 120V Twist-Lock Adapter for Tesla Gen 2

Our NEMA L5-30 Gen 2 adapter lets you charge your Tesla vehicle at L5-30 twist-locking 120V 30A outlets. For your safety, this adapter has an internal circuit that monitors the plug temperature and communicates with the car to automatically set the appropriate 24 amp charging current. No need to...

evseadapters.com

I had this one…. This site has a ton of great resources for charging…. Ohhhhhh I have another one for you!!!!!

Heavy-duty 50A RV extension cord, NEMA 14-50, 50 ft.

This extension cord is made with heavy-duty weatherproof 6/2+8/2 AWG cable, to easily handle 50 amps continuous and is suitable for indoor/outdoor use. Length is 50 ft. Will plug in to NEMA 14-50 outlets, commonly found at RV parks and campgrounds with “50 amp” service. Features lighted plugs...

evseadapters.com

Not sure why this link is showing a dryer adaptor but links to an HD 50ft extension cord for Nema 14-50

I carried this in my Tesla and still carry it in my Lightning. You’re definitely going to want a way to extend your reach at times trust me.

 

[crazysccrmd]

Ok first off, I am an EV enthusiast! I had a Tesla Model Y with every charging adapter known and I now have a Lightening…. That said there is not a Supercharger every 40 miles on any highway lol. Let alone every highway. Superchargers are concentrated in SoCal and around a few cities but as soon as your out of a metropolitan area they are hundreds if miles apar I think you’ll have a great time traveling the country but fast DC charging isn’t too common in even on highways.

Typically there's a DCFC every 100 miles or so on major roads. Coverage is more limited the further you go from major roads and population centers of course but it's not as concentrated as you seem to think. If you limit to just Tesla branded Supercharger stations there are some larger gaps but there's no reason to artificially limit to that. The screenshots below shows every CCS and NACS charger greater than 100kw along a section of I70 and I80 and another one of I94 in North Dakota. Even in middle of nothing ND the chargers are only 100 miles apart.

 

[SimplyAnAdventure]

Typically there's a DCFC every 100 miles or so on major roads. Coverage is more limited the further you go from major roads and population centers of course but it's not as concentrated as you seem to think. If you limit to just Tesla branded Supercharger stations there are some larger gaps but there's no reason to artificially limit to that. The screenshots below shows every CCS and NACS charger greater than 100kw along a section of I70 and I80 and another one of I94 in North Dakota. Even in middle of nothing ND the chargers are only 100 miles apart.

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Idk if you meant to quote me…. I was responding to the OP thinking there are Superchargers every 40 miles, which we all know there are not. I had the CCS adapter with my Tesla and used CCS charging along the thruway quite often since it didn’t require getting off an exit, they are right on the highway at rest areas. My Lightning is STILL WAITING for Ford to get off their asses and get my NACS Adapter…. I ordered it the day it became available and it was supposed to arrive in July, it’s still not here of course….

Anyway I have EV’s so I’m familiar with the locations of DC fast chargers. I will say even though the may “exist” the CCS DC fast chargers in my experience are maybe slightly better than 50% reliable.

I’ve very curious about the OP’s charging plans since he claims to be attempting to be “off grid” and charging using solar. I think it’s an interesting idea and Idk enough about the CT to comment on it but on my similarly sized Lightning I get about 2.2 miles per kW so if you wanted to drive 100 miles in a day you’d need 45kW of energy collected that day…. That’s a pretty substantial amount of solar to carry with you to only go 100 miles. It’s not impossible but the math isn’t in his favor.

 

[crazysccrmd]

Idk if you meant to quote me….

Looks like I misunderstood what you wrote. I took this as you thinking there were only chargers every couple hundred miles and only in populated areas.

Superchargers are concentrated in SoCal and around a few cities but as soon as your out of a metropolitan area they are hundreds if miles apart by design…. I think you’ll have a great time traveling the country but fast DC charging isn’t too common in even on highways.

 

[cricketwagon]

A thing to remember is that when going off highway you're probably not going to be traveling at 60+MPH. Range estimates for EVs factor in and significantly depend on the travel speed. I wouldn't be surprised if CT can yield over 500mi (compared to ~300mi EPA) on a charge if the speed is maintained below 35MPH.

 

[hemifoot]

my wife owns a model y and has been eligible to buy a CT since Aug. but she doesn't want to get it till there are a couple more around.we live in Central British Columbia.no issues with finding chargers around here.I really like driving the tesla but have zero plans to give up my Ram power wagon any time soon.when I built the new garage I had 3 chargers installed and am considering the tesla powerwall.our 3 kids all drive teslas.

 

[Gravelette]

OP hasn't been back? Looks to be a big change coming in Cybertruck buyer demographics.