Road trip to Moab and Canyonlands National Park, including some light offroading

[Scorpio3d]

Looks like you had a wonderful trip!
Those pictures are incredible!
I have not been out that way in many many years, but now I am tempted!!!

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[SpaceEVDriver]

I gotta try this!

It's one of those trips that kids/teens/young adults remember....

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Updated the OP with the final day.

Final summary:
We left home with 13,311 miles on the odometer.
We arrived home with 14,321 miles on the odometer.
Total distance driven was: 1,010 miles.
Total energy used was: 398 kWh (including the 71% or 93 kWh charged at home after the end of the trip).
Average efficiency over the entire trip: 2.54 miles/kWh.
Total cost of energy: $130.27 (including the 93 kWh charged at home).

 

[Jim Lewis]

The images are great! What camera/smartphone are you using?

 

[Grumpy2]

Great Report! I am amazed your overall average was $0.129/kWh !! Must have been quite a few "free" chargers?

 

[Jamchampnate]

Utah resident checking in. Absolutely LOL at you taking willow springs to skip the entrance line. It’s both more fun and an awesome drive. I know exactly where that gate is where you scraped too!

Moab is a blast with an EV truck. Going there for the billionth time in the next few weeks for some mountain biking with mine:

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Great Report! I am amazed your overall average was $0.129/kWh !! Must have been quite a few "free" chargers?

My apologies if I stated $0.129/kWh. That should have been $0.129/mile.

No free chargers. Average cost per kWh was $0.327/kWh.

Our cost to charge during off-peak at home is $0.035/kWh, so the refill at home offsets the higher dcfc costs. The non-free L2s and ICEing of the L2 chargers in town made it not really worth the effort to book a hotel with L2.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

The images are great! What camera/smartphone are you using?

Thanks!

These were all taken with my Pixel 9 Pro XL. I brought my Nikon Z 7, but was feeling super lazy and never took it out.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Utah resident checking in. Absolutely LOL at you taking willow springs to skip the entrance line. It’s both more fun and an awesome drive. I know exactly where that gate is where you scraped too!

Moab is a blast with an EV truck. Going there for the billionth time in the next few weeks for some mountain biking with mine:

How do you like the RTT? How does it impact range?

We used to go to Moab at least once a year, but that slowed down as it became more busy. The changes are astounding!

 

[Jamchampnate]

How do you like the RTT? How does it impact range?

We used to go to Moab at least once a year, but that slowed down as it became more busy. The changes are astounding!

You just have to go early spring or late fall. Those are the best weather times anyways. I have a flexible work schedule so I go on a weekday and it’s not busy at all.

It’s funny- the RTT honestly doesn’t affect range to a measurable extent at all. I measured before and after a bunch and it just doesn’t.

It’s the tires that do. 10 percent almost exactly for those KO2. But they let me off-road way more confidently so it’s worth it for me.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

@Zprime29 you asked for a trip report.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

You just have to go early spring or late fall. Those are the best weather times anyways. I have a flexible work schedule so I go on a weekday and it’s not busy at all.

It’s funny- the RTT honestly doesn’t affect range to a measurable extent at all. I measured before and after a bunch and it just doesn’t.

It’s the tires that do. 10 percent almost exactly for those KO2. But they let me off-road way more confidently so it’s worth it for me.

We did this trip on our stock Hankook AT2s at 48 PSI. As you can see, we didn't do anything too gnarly. Once these are worn out, I'll probably get a second set of wheels and put some more aggressive tires on one and touring tires on the other.

 

[Zprime29]

@Zprime29 you asked for a trip report.

Love the roads less traveled report. That's exactly the kind of thing I want to do. I drove up the back way to the top of Mt Lemmon a year ago. Easy off-roading, great views, was a lot of fun. I'm bookmarking this to help plan a trip in the future.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Looks like you had a wonderful trip!
Those pictures are incredible!
I have not been out that way in many many years, but now I am tempted!!!

This area of the country is probably my favorite. I do like green, but being able to see the geology is just my kind of mental health reset.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Love the roads less traveled report. That's exactly the kind of thing I want to do. I drove up the back way to the top of Mt Lemmon a year ago. Easy off-roading, great views, was a lot of fun. I'm bookmarking this to help plan a trip in the future.

We used to go up the back way of Mt Lemmon at least once a year. Such a great, mostly empty, and gorgeous drive. There's a similar back way up our mountain, but I don't know if the Lightning can make it. Certainly not with the shoes it's wearing right now. We could make it in the Tundra, but I had a 1.5" lift on it. Not going to lift the Lightning.

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