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First long distance trip with the Tesla Model S

I got a Tesla Model S at the beginning of June and we recently took our first long-ish range trip, a visit to my parents house in Connecticut. Electric vehicles are still relatively limited in range and more importantly in locations where you can charge. Normally I charge in the garage each evening after commuting to and from where I work in New Hampshire. I'm still new to trips that require a mid-destination charge. To mitigate some worry about where to charge I did some planning that I wouldn't consider if we were driving a gasoline or diesel fueled car. Tesla Model S P90 Tesla has a series of Supercharger locations  to allow long distance trips with their electric cars. If you do need to charge during your trip you'll want to route through these or other locations where you can charge. Picture by Jeff Cooper (jecoopr) [ CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons There are other options for charging your EV, both free and fee based charging locations, but these typ