Woman stood at a Tesla supercharger in a car park charging her car.
Gia Mora charges her rented Tesla Model 3 at a Supercharger station in a Santa Barbara, California, parking structure.
  • Gia Mora, an electric-vehicle enthusiast, went on a 1,000-mile road trip in a Tesla Model 3.
  • She rented the car on Turo and wanted to see whether the sedan stood up to her electric ride.
  • Mora said it felt like driving a computer but that the Tesla delivered on the hype.

My friend Amy and I both drive electric cars. But after deciding to drive to our friend's house in Northern California, neither her Nissan Leaf nor my Fiat 500e had the range necessary to conveniently travel 500 miles.