Hi Willie, I'm going by some articles that were written around ~2016. Most cited having to use RV connections up the ALCAN Highway.
Here's one where the guy went to the Arctic Circle: https://insideevs.com/news/354792/tesla-model-s-arctic-road-trip/ -- not exactly a trip to Disneyland. https://www.ktoo.org/2014/08/21/touring-tesla/ -- not much detail about his trip. https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/sacramento-anchorage-model-3-possible -- This guy maps out his stops and what to carry. It is an interesting read and similar to a 2016 that may have been taken down. christmy1savior | September 15, 2019 It is definitely possible. I just drove from Gaffney, SC to Fairbanks, AK in July. I know it isn't to Anchorage but you can get there. Edmonton, Canada was the last supercharger and then after that I relied on different charging options It'll take some research and mapping out but you can do it. I'll list all my stops here. Some resources I used was PlugShare....there aren't many typical EV charging spots after Edmonton but there are some. I also used an app called RV Parky. I mapped my drive and then used RV Parky to map RV parks along the route. I tried to stick to 50 amp RV parks but there were a couple that were 30 amp only.....these sucked as I was stuck here for 30+ hours, but ultimately did the job. The trip actually didn't take as long as I expected. You will also need some extra adapters. First you will need the Tesla Nema 14-50 adapter. This is used in any RV park that offers 50amp service. The next adapter is the Nema TT-30 adapter. Tesla does not make this adapter and you do not want to buy a conversion adapter for like RV's because it will not work with the Tesla. What I purchased is the evseadapters adapter. It just works like a normal Tesla adapter. Plug it in and the car does the rest. It can be found here https://www.evseadapters.com/products/tt-30-adapter-for-tesla-model-s-x-... Before I list my stops, I made the trip in a Model 3 Performance and had to drive very conservatively in between certain stops to make it. If you drive in a model that doesn't get the same distance per charge as the Model 3 performance or long range, you'll have to stop more times, meaning it'll take longer. It ultimately only took me 9 days to make the entire trip from SC to Fairbanks, AK. Stops after Edmonton, AB, Canada supercharger. Petro-Canada in Valleyview, AB. The first stop had a J-1772 charger. Here I learned that some J-1772 chargers require the adapter be plugged into the Tesla first, then plug the charger into the already plugged in adapter to start charging. If you attach the adapter onto the charger first, then plug into the car, it won't charge. I had this issue twice on the trip....just plug the adapter into the car first, the the charger into the adapter and charged like a champ. Next stop was the Microtell Inn & Suites in Fort St. John, BC. This hotel has a Tesla Destination Charger. There are other EV chargers in between but I was able to make it all the way here on one full charge, stayed the night and charged to 100%. Next was my first RV park stop. Triple G Hideaway in Fort Nelson, BC. Nice RV Park in a nice little town with some restaurants, museums, visitor center you can walk to. And you will have to because it will take over 30+ hours to fully charge. This is where you will first take advantage of the Nema TT-30 adapter I listed before. My next stop was Liard Hot Spring Lodge in Muncho Lake, BC. I highly recommend this stop. It's out in the middle of nowhere but it's across from Liard Hot Springs. Definitely go to the Hot Springs. Anyways, this will be your second use of the Nema TT-30 adapter. Word of Caution though....I don't know if I got a bad outlet or if it's just a problem with the RV park itself because it is powered by generators, but the outlet couldn't handle the full amperage the car wanted to draw. After a little bit, the car would revert, "charging limited" or something like that. So it will charge slower here...you could slowly drop you charging amp from the touchscreen and see if it won't throw the warning. But it got me charged up nonetheless. The next stop was Baby Nugget RV Park, YT. This park has full 50amp outlets so you can take advantage of your Nema 14-50 adapter here. Nothing much to say about this park except it's right past a small town and right outside of the cell coverage area, but it's full 50amp service. Ah, my next stop was in Whitehorse, YT. In this town they have two J-1772 chargers at two different locations. I used the one at the Transportation Museum here so I had some things to do to help kill the time. This town is basically in the middle of nowhere so it surprised me to come across some EV chargers but it was a good surprise nonetheless and sped up my trip pretty significantly. The next stop was Beaver Creek RV Park in Beaver Creek, YT. Not much to say here either except this is another full 50amp service RV Park. Finally I made it into Alaska and I stopped to charge at a small little spot called Snowed INN RV Park in Delta Junction, AK. This is also a full 50amp service RV Park and is a nice little walk from town. Delta Junction has some restaurants and things to do while you wait. >From there was a small drive into Fairbanks, AK. From here you could drive to Adventure Denali for a J-1772 charger and then on down to Anchorage. You can definitely find a more direct route to Anchorage....my trip was just to show that it is possible. I will probably be making the drive back down in a little less than 3 years once I get stationed somewhere else. I'm hoping by then Tesla will have expanded their supercharger network up and through Alaska. But if not, I'm not worried about being able to make the trip as I know it can be done. Also, I'm not the only one to have done it as several of the RV parks said that it's rare, but they have had other Tesla's stop in to charge on their way up to Alaska. Hope this helps. **** This is not for the faint of heart but it has been done. On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 8:01 PM Willie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > > > States electrically (except Hawaii). Yes, I can reach Alaska as this has > > already been accomplished; several times. I make adjustments to allow for > > Please elaborate on your Alaska trips, please. > > I assume you mean up the Alaska Highway. Last summer, I went as far as > Ft St John. I looked into going on to Fort Nelson but could only find > "30amp" RV park charging there. After that, things looked even worse. > I turned around. I had intended to give it another try this summer. > But, that hasn't worked out. Maybe summer of 2021. > > OTOH, I hear the frozen roads are nicer than summer travel. I did find > some pretty nasty summer roads but out from Edson, not on the Alaska > Highway. > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
