How my laziness almost left me stranded with 0% charge in my Tesla

Tesla has a reserve beyond 0% similar to gas cars. I understand you can drive almost up to -10% battery or 30 miles.

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Last week, I forgot to charge my car and it was 30% when I left home I knew, I would need 12% each way so was feeling comfortable that I could make it back home without having to charge.

However, I had to step out of the office for a couple of meetings and when I was driving back home, it showed that I would reach home with just 4% battery left.

Due to heavy traffic, it dropped to 6% and I knew would reach home at 0% battery and I didn't want to take my chances.

I took a detour (in the other direction) of 10 miles to a supercharger and when I reached there it was just 2% battery left.

By mistake, I cancelled the navigation and was surprised to see it took the next supercharger which was 20 miles away and it would reach there at (-5%) battery life.

However, I charged the car at this location and spent exactly 7 mins to juice up from 2% to 30% before heading home.

Lessons learned.

• Never be lazy and always keep the car fully charged.
• In such events, Tesla has a reserve beyond 0% similar to gas cars. I understand you can drive almost up to -10% battery or 30 miles even after 0% battery which is phenomenal and a huge saving grace for situations like this.
• Cheers to Tesla

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