Benjamin Westby (Back Roads EV)
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Cosplay Educator, adoptive father, husband to @amyleewestby , hobby rancher, co-admin @westcoteslaclub , EV coach @DriveElectricCO
Glenwood Springs, CO
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We’re two weeks away from our third season opening for our
@airbnb
glamping experience!
Camp in comfort while in the midst of the White River National Forest!
Experience free ranging sheep and cattle herds grazing on our ranch, incredible views of Mt. Sopris and the West Elk
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What the heck!!!
@elonmusk
the autopilot team has been greatly increasing basic AP skills. 2021.4.18.2 is really smooth and can handle tighter turns than before. Loveland Pass, elevation 12,000 ft. Basic AP handled the entire incline and decline!!
@WholeMarsBlog
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@elonmusk
Hey
@elonmusk
as an elementary school teacher I always stop my lessons to watch the
@SpaceX
and
@Erdayastronaut
feeds with my students. Does spacex offer prints I could hang in my classroom?!
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Picked up my kids from school this afternoon
My daughter: Hey um..dad..is it true that the batteries for our truck are bad?
Me: What?
Daughter: Well..our science teacher told us Tesla batteries explode and put out bad chemicals. And also that it trapped a woman in a pond and
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A little personal news. Just minor.
My wife and I received news that we FINALLY have an adoption date for our girls. My two girls officially become part of the Back Roads Tesla family in two weeks!
#family
#adoption
#fostercare
#backroadsteslacrew
❤️
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@elonmusk
@teslaownersSV
@jgrano305
@TeslaratiTeam
@Teslarati
@elonmusk
is it possible to have a weather radar overlay on the nav screen to help predict storms and wind? That would make a killer connectivity feature!
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I KNEW IT!
@elonmusk
is suffering from demand so badly, he doesn’t have space to hide his vapor ware in California anymore. Now he’s hiding them in the mountains of Colorado! Caught red-handed in Glenwood. Despicable.
@seanmmitchell
@spotted_model
#Q32020
#tslaq
#tsla
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Huh.
Life is so interesting.
Me: I’m helping the EV mission by buying a
@ford
Lightning!
Tesla Bros: F*** YOU! CYBERTRUCK IS GOING TO DEMOLISH YOU HOW DARE YOU THINK THE LIGHTNING IS AS GOOD OR A REAL TRUCK!
Me:..uh…I didn’t say it was better…it’s what I could afford and
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This morning a student came in: Mr. Westby, I found this at Walmart and knew you’d want it! It’s a Tesla truck!
Me: Kid, pack your bags, you just passed 5th grade with flying colors. There’s nothing more I can teach you now 😂.
#cybertruck
#tesla
#teacherspet
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There are only a couple mobile tech workers in Colorado, specifically one for our region. His name is Jack. He is thoughtful, kind, & damn good at his job. He had coloring books for my girls, let them help hold his tools.
@tesla
, you need to do whatever you can to keep this guy.
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3 yrs ago she came in my home. It wasn’t suppose to be forever. Now she’s my daughter.
For real.
Tomorrow I get to take her on a 1st date. We’ll play hooky from school, we’ll go out for lunch, play video games, cruise in the Tesla. I love being dad.
#fostercare
#adoption
#love
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Huh. Just found myself applying for a position with
@Tesla
.
let’s see what happens.
Most likely nothing, but you never know!
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This is why an extended battery won’t matter much: 3 hours in and my kids are begging to stop and pee but our charger is next exit.
Only people with no other humans in their life road trip 500 miles without stopping.
@ford
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Oh yeah!
Paid off my 2020 Model 3 SR+ in 11 months of ownership.
So glad to be debt free and fully own my favorite car.
@tesla
#ownership
#nodebt
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My wife and I were in town on separate errands but came home at the same time. She always gets the
@tesla
because it handles better on our road.
I decided to show you all our current snow pack.
I really hope to see Cybertruck soon 😂
@elonmusk
@woodhaus2
@westcoteslaclub
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BREAKING: Class action lawsuit against Tesla for making customer satisfaction so high, that consumers were forced to purchase a second one.
@SawyerMerritt
Haha
@anthonywendt
are you also a part of this?
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Kebler Pass is hands down my favorite drive in Colorado. Seasonal, close to home, Aspen groves, and insanely beautiful.
@tesla
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Took my model 3 for an inspection for Lyft and Uber.
I forgot to put it in valet mode or limit the speed. Someone definitely enjoyed their job.....😮😯😬☠️
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My daughter.
Today she turns 11.
She came into our life at 6.
She was abandoned at age 9.
It kills me to not know her birth story.
Or have any precious memories as a toddler.
But I can journey with her here and now.
#adoptivedad
#fosterdad
#dadlife
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I’m nearly 1,000 miles on the odometer on my nearly 3 week old
@Ford
XLT Standard Range Lightning.
Exact odometer reading: 932 miles
Lifetime mi/kwh: 2.0 miles per kwh
(Tesla world: 500 watt per mile)
This has included towing, driving on unplowed snow roads and in winter
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Hitting the road to Minnesota! Special dad/daughter trip to visit the grandparents!
Over 2,000 miles in a 2020
@tesla
Model 3 SR+!
AMA!
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@Llyr_Crypto
@FedorovMykhailo
@elonmusk
I live off-grid in the mountains. I count every watt my home uses. Starlink uses no more than 80 watts normally. The heat it gives off melts snow to keep it connected. Not anymore heat signature than a human body.
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Coming home today was an adventure.
Blizzard and ice in town, unplowed road into the national forest with depths of 6-9” going uphill with switchbacks.
Standard range.
Stock tires from the factory, normal mode the entire time.
For my last stretch I thought I might need
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Woof.
My
@Ford
Lightning dual motor is only EPA range rated of 240 miles, but at least after incentives it only cost me $37,500……
@itskyleconner
@MaxPatten
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Woof.
Deeply deeply personal post.
Needing to vent.
Anytime someone finds out we were foster parents, we get a few seconds of adulation and praise, and the conversation moves on.
The reality is…it’s the hardest thing we’ve ever done and there are many many days my wife and
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Welp. I just sent a wire transfer to fully pay for a
@ford
Lightning that I will be picking up tomorrow.
That was hard earned, hard saved money, especially on an elementary school teacher’s budget.
The math on all the rebates makes it an absolutely no-brainer, but those come
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Come join me for the last 3 miles of my 16 mile daily commute. From 6k ft elevation to 9k. In a
@tesla
. 15F. RWD SR+ 3
Cue the “good luck with a dead battery” arguments 😂
@elonmusk
@woodhaus2
@WholeMarsBlog
@itskyleconner
@klwtts
@EVDave3
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Patience is paying out!
There have been a lot of XLT’s that I have been called upon from several dealers that are on the lot for purchase, but the truck I’ve placed a deposit on is FINALLY at the dealer.
However, this dealership received 130 Lightnings in the last few days
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Oof.
I just got a phone call, my sister in Minnesota has just been airlifted to a hospital. She had a major stroke. She’s 9 months pregnant.
Two weeks ago, I got a phone call that my dad had massive heart failure.
I could use some encouragement today.
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Hey Ben, what is it like when your daily commute has 120” of snow?
This.
@elonmusk
@Tesla
@westcoteslaclub
@woodhaus2
I..uh..could use a Cybertruck 😂 This is my RWD SR+ 3 with snow tires. I live at 9,000 ft in the Rockies, off-grid.
@WholeMarsBlog
@live_munro
@CorySteuben
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I worked damn hard this year. After teaching, I’d do Uber, do construction, any odd job. My wife was brilliant w/our budget.
Now, 1 year after delivery, our model 3 is ours.
Now that monthly payment can go to investment, our kids, and spoiling my wife.
#tesla
#teacherbudget
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@TheWizardsQuest
My EV only lost 8% charge while unplugged for two weeks while 60” of snow fell on us and temps have been in negative. My F150 couldn’t start after our 3rd day of snow. I powered on my EV from my phone, got in a preheated cabin, and drove downhill like nothing happened.
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@sane_opinion
@Tesla
@klwtts
@DriveElectricCO
@WillToor
@TESLORD1
@elonmusk
@EVDave3
@DBurkland
@itskyleconner
@Out_of_Spec
@brian_riebe
@live_munro
Well someone should have told me that 3 years and 75k miles ago 😂.
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@SpaceX
And also with you 😂!
My students and I will be cheering you on with SN15 attempt!!!
No matter the class I’m teaching, we stop to watch the launches!
#futuremartians
#starwars
#teachergottateach
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I placed an order for a
@Ford
F150 Lightning Pro trim when it was opened for public order a few weeks back.
Turns out I fully qualify for this program, both in income limits and age of my Ford Flex. Stackable, this means:
Ford Pro with Pro Power: $53,000
CO Tax Rebate -$5000
Have a car that’s old or fails a
#Colorado
emissions test? Looking to replace it with an
#ElectricVehicle
? Vehicle Exchange Colorado is offering up to $6,000 to qualified Coloradans to purchase/lease an EV. Apply starting 8/31. See how it works:
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My wife & I have seriously talked about my quitting education, drive uber full time. I’m paid annual salary, but if put in terms of per hour, I could make $8 more per hour. $15k more per year.
Driving people A->B.
Instead of teaching future generations.
Our economy is weird.
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These ladies could not contain themselves, they so desperately wanted to prove that
#frunkpuppyfriday
could be more than puppies and more than Tesla.
Please give them a chance!
@28delayslater
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Just saw my first
@Rivian
in person. The driver wasn’t there for me to ask questions but it’s bigger in person than I anticipated. Looks great!!
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Oh just charging my
@EGOPowerPlus
batteries to prepare for another snowstorm, using zone lighting to be my street lamp, and Pro Power to run space heaters in my kids’ rooms.
You know, truck stuff.
EV truck stuff.
@ford
@FordTrucks
@jimfarley98
@electric_jake
@tedcannis
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@WholeMarsBlog
Really wish I could invest in
@spacex
after my experience with
#starlink
. My whole valley community’s Facebook groups know service is now in the region. So many ranches and mountain homes making the switch.
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@NatlParkService
What happens if you live off grid within a national forest and the snow is so high I can’t see over the snow pack?
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No exhaust or fumes means I can strap my daughter’s sled and pull her back up our sledding hill without blasting her with pollution 😂
Also my wife: you did what?! Ugh. Dads.
@ford
@electric_jake
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Here are some stats coming ahead of an upcoming video of our spring break trip using 2023 Standard Range
@ford
Lightning
Total miles driven— 2,200 miles
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@ElectrifyAm
stops averaging $28
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@TeslaCharging
stops averaging $25
Total Charging Cost: $398
$0.18 per mile
Cheapest
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Just got a call from my admin.
Test scores came in.
2nd year in a row my students outperformed the district with the highest test scores of any of the elementary schools in literacy.
But in science…we blew the district scores out of the water.
I’ll take one Cybertruck as a
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@MilMileBattery
@Tesla
I will humbly submit that RWD paired with snow tires can handle just about anything. I’ve owned one since 2019 in the heart of the Rockies at high elevation. Last year we had 8-9’ of snow on our property and I never was stuck once.
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Living off grid doesn’t mean solar always works.
One absolutely requires redundancy for full time living. Ours is a home battery storage and a propane generator.
Thanks to the
@Ford
Lighting we can get it set up to completely replace our back up propane generator, which is
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First major snowfall and we needed to run into town to pick up some pups we are boarding.
Unplowed roads were no issue for the
@ford
Lightning!
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My friend called me today. He and his wife went back to do a second test drive on a Lightning.
He pulled the trigger! A new EV owner!
He is a professional pool cleaner and will be able to use Pro Power for a lot of his equipment. We get together every fall so I’m excited to
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FYI: never give nice things to ranchers. It will never be treated gently or in condition to put in a car show. I did a lot of good work today but sometimes work bites you back.
The wind blew one of our pasture gates into the nose of the truck as I parked along the fence line.
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I’ve hit the one month mark of
@Tesla
#model3
ownership! 3000 miles/4800km later I can say I’m a tremendously satisfied customer. For years I’ve wanted one, and the hype has lived up to expectations.
@elonmusk
@thirdrowtesla
@Model3Owners
#coloradoev
#mountaintesla
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Ran pro power first time tonight. 3 hours running a space heater to warm up our bedroom furthest from the wood stove only consumed 2% battery!
This is really going to be a game changer for our off grid living!!
This week we’ll wire in the 240v into the whole home system to see
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Channeling my inner
@DougDeMuro
and
@itskyleconner
with the delivery of my brand new
@ford
Lightning!
I made it 215 miles to the Glenwood
@ElectrifyAm
Posts coming later as I’m really exhausted but TLDR the truck is awesome.
@jimfarley98
@mrlevine
@electric_jake
@ebergg
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I love using my frunk. It’s a great talking point. I’ve had several people ask me if I needed a jump start. Others think it’s like an old Volkswagen, motor in the back. It’s easier to get to when in my garage.
Do you ever use it yourself, or do you feel it’s a gimmick?
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My 1st
#FathersDay
as a legit dad. It has been one of the hardest experiences my wife and I have gone through together, but it has been the most good. These girls are so much more than their past, and I devote my all to them.
#adoption
#fostercare
#parenthood
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@TeslaStars
@Ford
@LyftGyft
Uh. Well. I mean. I guess it’s a curve? I dunno, I guess I thought curves were…curvier? Maybe it’s ‘cause I’m a simple mountain folk. But this is what I would consider a “sharp” curve, though I’ve gone through sharper than this.
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Dec 11, 2019. A sub took over my class. I hopped on a bus. Someone from
@DenverTeslaClub
picked me up, dropped off at
@tesla
Littleton. And there it was. My 2020 Model 3 SR+. My first new car ever. And my dream car.
If I can get it, you can get it.
#anniversary
#tesla
#dream
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Whoa,
@tesla
just dropped the price of the SR+ by almost 2,000 USD! I don’t know the prices of other models well enough to know if they had a change too. In Colorado, EV credits bring price down to $34,000 USD!
@seanmmitchell
@spotted_model
@Teslarati
@Model3Owners
@cleantechnica
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No secret I would love to have a
@ford
#f150lightning
; I’ve borrowed a friend’s for a time. But it’s impossible to find a Pro trim, new price hikes priced me out from ordering. Everyone is into the flipping game.
@jimfarley98
@mrlevine
@ebergg
@itskyleconner
@EVDave3
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@Sam_in_Vegas
@Tesla
@klwtts
@DriveElectricCO
@WillToor
@TESLORD1
@elonmusk
@EVDave3
@DBurkland
@itskyleconner
@Out_of_Spec
@brian_riebe
@live_munro
75k miles living on a dirt road in the Rockies will do it 😂
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My 1st ‘first’ date in ~ 14 yrs. Surprised my daughter picked her up at school (surprise bc I also teach there), cruised in the Tesla, sushi & noodles, & hot springs. My joy is to be an example & set bar high for anyone in her future!
#teslasushimafia
#fatherhood
#adoption
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This is absolutely my favorite situation with a
@ford
F150 Lightning:
shooting the breeze with the old ranch hands while we pick up feed.
The old guys see the dirt, see the pick up…but absolutely have their mind blown with the frunk and the fact it’s electric.
When they
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Sorry-not sorry Nevada, I called
@CityofGWS
code enforcement on you. Normally this only bothers me internally but this is
#LaborDayWeekend
. It’s our only place to fast charge in ~200 mile stretch of I-70.
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A huge stress has been removed. We’re cleared to close on our home! After 2pm Tuesday, we’ll have a new home to grow into! My commute will go 5 minutes to 30, but it’ll be worth it! Starting late spring, we’ll host campers and provide rafting, hiking, off-roading adventures!
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BREAKING:
Due to
#TSLA
, a fire was started above the roan plateau near Rifle CO. Obviously this fire was caused by Tesla. Do not park in your garage.
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My neighbor took delivery yesterday of his
#model3
. It’s in great shape: no unusual panel gaps, alignment, paint looks great, and it has the newer interior. His drive from Denver convinces him it is his coolest purchase ever. Good job
#tesla
@seanmmitchell
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Just picked up a
@tesla
powerwall to see if we can make it work for our off-grid home!
And if it doesn’t…well then we’ll have a powerwall for sale 😂
@jessica_kirsh
@MorrisonHiker
@teslainventory
@seanmmitchell
@Amy_Sober
@elonmusk
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Chicken feed? Check
Walmart run? Check
Grocery store? Check
UPS drop off? Check
Hay bales? Next.
@Ford
Lightning frunk is fantastic!
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@TeslaCharging
Kayenta, AZ. For the
@westcoteslaclub
and those in
@TeslaOwnersUtah
heading south to Grand Canyon, it’s a huge gap. Upgrade the Grand Jucntion, CO from the old 6 V2 120kw stalls, Glenwood Springs if you have the chance. Alamosa CO and Durango CO
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9000kwh consumed after 37,611 miles in 16 months of ownership.
Cost to consume 9000kwh
IF only Supercharging: $2,340 (.26 local rate)
IF only at home: $990 (.11 residential)
My actual: ~$600 (home/supercharging/mostly FREE L2)
My Toyota (sold): $6,769
My Jetta(sold): $4,137
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👀
@SpaceX
@elonmusk
Hey
@elonmusk
as an elementary school teacher I always stop my lessons to watch the
@SpaceX
and
@Erdayastronaut
feeds with my students. Does spacex offer prints I could hang in my classroom?!
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SMH
My friend who owns a
@ford
Lightning went to Grand Junction for his daughter’s event. The
@ElectrifyAm
station was down. In his frustration he found a charger at a dealership. It was his only time being stranded but once was enough for him.
He made an emotional decision to
Just in time for me to get a Lightning this fall. Moab is a mere couple hours drive and is a family favorite!
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My wife has a rapidly growing dog boarding business.
An optional add-on fee for her business is door to door doggie transportation and pick up, just enough that would cover the charging and some of her time. I came with her today to pick up a pup because, hey, we like spending
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Everyone at the dealership was trying to be enthusiastic on how clean the new truck was. I warned them: within 6 hours it’ll never be clean in its life ever again.
True to my word, it’s already getting dirty.
Stats coming up on the first drive home.
@ford
@jimfarley98
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One of the fastest ways my daughter melts my heart. First clear sky in two weeks. We got home and she bolted to her room to grab her telescope. “Dad, let’s find Betelgeuse!”
@SpaceX
@NASA
@Erdayastronaut
@elonmusk
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Exactly 2 years ago I had my 1st test drive in a Tesla at a Denver service center. Ordered a few days after that. Since then the charging network has more than doubled in CO, I help lead a club, and I put on 50k electric miles!
@tesla
@westcoteslaclub
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Pulled up local
@ChargePointnet
ready to dial up a friend in the local PD to help me out with an ICE’ing….only to find out it’s an EV/hybrid. Can’t even be mad anymore 😂 Super cool to see more variety EV’s on the road!
@COEnergyOffice
@DriveElectricCO
@Jeep
@WholeMarsBlog
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We’ve been really enjoying the cold weather capabilities so far with the Lightning.
Today we had to be in several places separately so my wife got the Lightning. She felt very safe and confident on the road.
Zone lighting is an underrated feature for us. We live miles away
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