Cybertruck FSD 14.3.10 drove 78.5% of my 558.6-mile trip to the Zero Emission Run in Las Vegas, and the whole thing cost $131.46 to charge. I did not hit 100%, and I will tell you exactly why. This is the annual SoCal EVs run, 81 people registered this year, and it is the one weekend where I get to see many of these friends in person.
Baker to Primm: why the Cybertruck is not a Model Y
I left with 83% and tracked everything. My rule is to never pass Baker below 50%. In the Model Y, Baker to Primm costs me about 25% of the battery. The Cybertruck has the bigger battery but is the less efficient vehicle, and I did not know which effect would win.
I passed Baker at 42%. The car predicted 14% at Jean, so I planned to stop at Primm if it got ugly. It did not: I rolled past Primm at 18%, which is 24 points from Baker, and arrived at Jean with 13%. For a truck that size, that is almost the same drain as the Model Y.
The first leg to Aria came to 231.0 miles at 440 Wh/mi and 101.6 kWh. On my last Cybertruck Vegas run I averaged 522 Wh/mi, but that was a different route and a different pace, so I would not read too much into the gap.
Cybertruck FSD 14.3.10 and the Hurry profile
I ran the Hurry profile on a three-lane highway at 76 mph. It got out of the slow lane when it needed to and, once I was in the middle lane, it stayed away from the fast lane. That is the opposite of what I have been seeing in the Model Y on this version, where it makes unnecessary lane changes, hangs in the new lane for a few seconds and goes back. Other owners have been reporting the same thing on X.
Where FSD 14.3.10 got it wrong at Barstow
The weak spot showed up at the Barstow outlets Supercharger on the way home. At the entrance FSD took a right-turn-only lane and turned left, then rolled through a stop sign. A Model Y behind me and a Cybertruck ahead of me did the same thing, which I took to be FSD as well. It is the same spot where my Model Y misbehaved a few weeks earlier. The funny part is that FSD knew several chargers there were out of order, because the map drew circles through them.
My verdict: it feels like .9 or .8. The extra lane changes I noticed on my commute did not show up on this trip, but if you are on .10, tell me whether you see them. I wrote up the Model Y run on 14.3.8 and my Cybertruck run on 14.3.3 if you want to compare versions.
What the Cybertruck cost to charge
Seven stops, 283.7 kWh and 152 minutes in total: $131.46, or $0.24 a mile at an average of $0.46 per kWh. The biggest bite was Jean, where I added 80.1 kWh for $35.23 on the 325 kW chargers. The slowest was Eddie World in Yermo, at about 54 kW, because those stalls share power. I charged a little, we grabbed jerky, and I unplugged.
One more thing I noticed. Aria’s parking structure now has Tesla Wall Connectors, and they blinked red three times and cut the charge in half, to 24 amps instead of 48. That is the same thing my wall connector does at home when it gets hot, so I suspect heat, but I did not confirm the cause with Tesla.
Parking overnight: 6 to 7% gone, even in Aria
I parked at 67% and woke up at 61%. That is the normal 6 to 7% I see when a Tesla sits overnight with Sentry Mode on, and sometimes it is closer to 4%. The second night it went from 67% to 60%, and Sentry logged 38 events at a corner spot. If you are staying at a hotel, charge a bit higher before you park, or turn Sentry off. I leave it on.
The meetup: a Cyberbeast, an awning and a Model 3 build
Brian showed up in his third Cybertruck, a Cyberbeast he calls the Beast. He built the wrap by asking Grok for a Cybertruck that looks like it is moving fast, then adding beast, lightning bolts and circuit boards. The MOLLE panel catches the light in three dimensions, and the bead locks are powder coated with a flake to match.
At Mount Charleston it was about 73 degrees and windy, a nice break from the heat, and there were roughly 80 vehicles. That is also where my FSD number took its hit: everybody drove way faster than I do, and I had to keep up.
On the last morning at the Cars and Coffee, Leonard walked me around his Model 3 Performance: coilovers, a W2 Body Kits front lip, Signature wheels and about an inch and a half of drop. Across the lot was an IONNA site advertising $0.39 per kWh at any hour, 24/7, and $0.20 per kWh on that one day. I will probably check it out.
The numbers for the whole trip
Over 558.6 miles I used 261.3 kWh at 467.8 Wh/mi, with 438.7 miles on FSD and 119.9 by hand. I drove the truck in Chill mode, and when I flipped to Sport I was reminded how quick even a dual-motor Cybertruck is. My Cybertruck FSD 14.3.3 run hit 95%, so 78.5% is lower, and most of that gap came from the drive to Mount Charleston, where I took over to keep up with everyone. I share my trip spreadsheet for every road trip, and you can compare this one with the 2025 Zero Emissions Run to Valley of Fire. The event itself is run by SoCal EVs, and if you are ordering a Tesla, my referral link is the one I use.
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