2nd Alaska Adventure - 2025 Version

[Kryptek]

My first adventure was 4 months ago in early December driving the brand new Cyber off the boat in anchorage to fairbanks alaska 360 miles in the dead of winter -20F during a snow storm state-wide. Today was a shorter drive only 57 miles out and 57 more back.

Finally the roads are clearing up and the temperatures are climbing enough to allow me to push the cyber truck in the great north to find its limits off-grid beyond conventional charging locations and dirt road conditions.

• I charged to 100% and departed after-noon today. Really impressed by the range from the start of the trip, I got in 5 miles before it dropped to 99%!
• The interior cabin was 72F without Climate control, the sun was just filling up the interior with wonderful free warmth so I drove without climate on.
• The temperature was at 45F-50F, which is the warmest long spell we have had since I picked up in Seattle from tesla.
• Road conditions were mostly clear, with patches of ice melting into slush that grabs your tires and pulls you into swashes.
• I did take many stops on the way out, maybe 4 to pee and or take photos.

The results were better than I had predicted based on my 4 months of ownership and mostly colder temps. There is some elevation gain and a few downhill sections where i even gained a +1% after sustained regen.

This is about half way the distance I would travel in hunting season, 57 miles. I would normally go about 115+ miles and then go further with a SxS and camp setup. After mile 87 the road is dirt no more pavement with many potholes.

There is even more elevation gain out to final hunting zone but it might be a few degrees warmer then too, If I can keep the pace that will also help offset the trailer/sxs hauling.

30.3 miles @ 91% SoC /// 365 kwh
57.3 miles @ 83% SoC /// 364.4 kwh
85.1 miles @ 76% SoC /// 334.8 kwh
96.1 miles @ 72% SoC /// 350.6 kwh
113 miles @ 68% SoC /// 331.3 kwh

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[hemiarch]

Awesome. I’m jealous. Do you have some kind of solar setup that you carry with you?

 

[Kryptek]

Awesome. I’m jealous. Do you have some kind of solar setup that you carry with you?

Not yet, watching another guys videos on Youtubes he has a CT in high elevation Colorado and used propane and gas generators to fill his up. Based on his calcuations you can get about 10-20% charge from running a generator of 9k on 20lb can or higher at 23amps for 17-20 hours.

So im contemplating cost of material for a mobile solar system vs generator propane or diesel.

 

[Kryptek]

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[hemiarch]

I use an Ecoflow delta pro 3 and 4 allpowers 600w panels on my truck. I live in Arizona and camp with very young children.
FWIW, I get about 5-12miles/hr of charge when the sun is up but that’s in Arizona.
you however also have the advantage of longer daylight times.
one plus is you don’t have to carry the sunshine in your vault.

 

[tmeyer3]

I use an Ecoflow delta pro 3 and 4 allpowers 600w panels on my truck. I live in Arizona and camp with very young children.
FWIW, I get about 5-12miles/hr of charge when the sun is up but that’s in Arizona.
you however also have the advantage of longer daylight times.
one plus is you don’t have to carry the sunshine in your vault.

Interesting. Could you post some pics of this setup?

 

[hemiarch]

Sure. at work right now but quick browse through the photo album found this one. The delta pro 3 is right behind the bed divider on the driver side and the allpowers panels (in this case two, not 4) are leaned up against the back of the vault by the glass on the drivers side. The setup has evolved since then. The 4 panels lay down on top of each other under the cybertent.
These are the panels if you’re interested.

https://a.co/d/45GwPOz

 

[hemiarch]

Here is what it looks like when everything is in there ready to head out.
In this case there is also a
Coody koala 7 air tent in there.
please don’t judge our bougie camp style.
Yes, that’s a wave 2 air conditioner and store bought firewood. And a blower to clean up with.
The whole point is to relax right?

 

[Kryptek]

Good points, by august when hunting starts the sun is starting to become a variable, cloudy days become the normal and Ive even seen snow storms at mile 107 camp by august 8th. Propane and diesel can also be finnicky and dangerous in weather and in general so I have some contemplations to make thank you for the insight

 

[hemiarch]

Sorry for being ill informed on this but how much of a supercharger network is there in Alaska?

 

[stangfish]

Sorry for being ill informed on this but how much of a supercharger network is there in Alaska?

https://supercharge.info/map

 

[hemiarch]

Pretty bleak it looks like.

 

[Kryptek]

Pretty bleak it looks like.

lol yea anchorage area has the most infrastructure and interior only has one public charger but we have many campgrounds w 14-50r that open in summer

 

[tmeyer3]

Here is what it looks like when everything is in there ready to head out.
In this case there is also a
Coody koala 7 air tent in there.
please don’t judge our bougie camp style.
Yes, that’s a wave 2 air conditioner and store bought firewood. And a blower to clean up with.
The whole point is to relax right?

No judgement here! We use a large Panda from the same company and bring an indoor firebox lol. I love the inflatable tents, great family camping option.

I thought about the delta 3 but it seemed too large unless I brought >1kw of solar. Do you regret not going smaller, like the delta 2 max?

Thanks for the breakdown! Love the setup, we have similar thoughts on camping

 

[hemiarch]

I have the delta 2 max and and delta 3 plus but having 240v output is very nice for charging.
It can also be charged with an ev charger or 240v plug st 4kw which is nice.
it is a little big.

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