Day 1 - Thursday December 17th, 2009

Los Angeles to Palm Springs

Los Angeles to Palm Springs

Roadster #750 will be ready to start the road trip from our store in West Los Angeles mid-morning. We will head east on 10  towards Palm Springs. We’ll stop a few times for some great photo ops by the dinosaurs of Cabazon and the San Gorgonio windmills. We’ll arrive at Parker Palm Springs in the afternoon for a small reception and test drives.

Drivers: Laurel Fullerton and Emily Ritter

Laruel Emily

Learn more about Laurel & Emily here.

December 17th Itinerary

On Day 1, the Roadster will travel 140 miles between Los Angeles & Palm Springs.

The Roadster Road Trip starts at our Los Angeles Store at 10 AM. Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen will be there to help kick off the trip. All are welcome – we hope to see you there.

We’ll arrive at Le Parker Meridan, Palm Springs, at about 3 PM. Le Parker Meridian is dedicated to supporting electric vehicles and has four NEMA 14-50 outlets for charging Tesla Roadsters. Emily and Laurel, accompanied by members of the Tesla Store Los Angeles team, will be available to answer questions about the car all afternoon. Address: 4200 East Palm Canyon Drive

Performance Details

Distance Traveled: 129.1 miles
Range Left: 76 miles
Energy Used: 36 kWh
Energy Regenerated: 2.3 kWh