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title: "The Longest Free Ride — EV Backroads"
description: "See what an EV can do on 98 long descents. Regenerative braking can return energy to the battery. A lower speed reduces energy use."
canonical_url: "https://www.evbackroads.com/stories/the-longest-free-ride"
last_updated: "2026-08-09"
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![A shaded-relief view of Sierra Negra and the road descending toward Veracruz](/media/stories/longest-free-ride-hero.jpg)

EV BACKROADS SPECIAL REPORT · REGENERATIVE DESCENTS

# The Longest Free Ride

See what an EV can do on 98 long descents. Regenerative braking can return energy to the battery. A lower speed reduces energy use.

Roads screened

3,600+

Reference EVs

3

Routes mapped

98

A SIMPLE FIRST LESSON

A long downhill is a simple first lesson. Regenerative braking can return energy to the battery. A lower safe speed reduces energy use.

A long paved descent is a simple way to learn how an EV works. The drive motor helps slow the vehicle. It also returns some energy to the battery. A lower speed reduces aerodynamic drag. The energy graph can stay level or go up while the vehicle moves.

We mapped 98 examples across North America with three 2026 EVs. Do not use these roads as a challenge. Use them to see how the road grade and speed change energy use. Apply this lesson when you plan a simple first off-road trip. “Free miles” is the distance where the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge. “EPA-equivalent miles banked” shows the highest energy surplus at the vehicle’s EPA energy rate. These values compare routes. They do not promise range.

Reference EVs 2026 EVs Tesla Model Y + Cybertruck · Rivian R1S Terrain data 19–30 m samples along each road Energy recovery 75% 65–80% range · warm battery with space for more energy

CHOOSE A VEHICLE AND REGION

## Choose an EV. See how a downhill changes its range.

Vehicle weight changes how much energy the EV can recover. Speed and road resistance change how much energy it uses. Select a vehicle or region to update the list.

REFERENCE EV 2026 Model Y Premium AWD 4,473 lb · 327-mile EPA range REFERENCE EV 2026 Cybertruck Premium AWD 6,634 lb · 325-mile EPA range REFERENCE EV 2026 Rivian R1S Dual Large 7,000 lb EPA test weight · 329-mile EPA range All North America Mexico, Canada, the Lower 48, and Hawaiʻi 98 roads CONUS Continental U.S. The Lower 48, ranked on their own 50 roads Canada Canada A focused Canadian mountain-road chapter 20 roads [See all regenerative descents on the map](/map?coast=all)

LEARN ACROSS NORTH AMERICA · 98 ROADS

## See how hills and speed change EV range.

Compare 98 descents across Mexico, Canada, the Lower 48, and Hawaiʻi. Select a vehicle to see how weight and energy use change the results.

The list uses the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. “EPA-eq. banked” shows the highest battery surplus at the vehicle's EPA energy rate. These values compare routes. They do not promise range.

Rank Descent Battery holds EPA-eq. Total drop Map 01 [Sierra Negra](#ride-1) Large Millimeter Telescope Road → MEX-150D corridor
Puebla / Veracruz, Mexico 90.4 mi 33.2 mi 14,791 ft [View road](/map?coast=1) 02 [Nevado de Toluca](#ride-20) Raíces → Tierra Caliente
Estado de México / Guerrero 84.4 mi 18.7 mi 13,153 ft [View road](/map?coast=20) 03 [Paso de Cortés](#ride-7) Between Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl → Balsas Valley
México / Morelos / Guerrero 77.8 mi 17.6 mi 15,508 ft [View road](/map?coast=7) 04 [Las Vigas Escarpment](#ride-3) MEX-140 · Las Vigas → Nautla plain
Veracruz, Mexico 65.7 mi 16.3 mi 10,863 ft [View road](/map?coast=3) 05 [Sherman Pass](#ride-29) Sherman Pass Road into the Kern River canyon
California, USA 64.6 mi 19.4 mi 10,726 ft [View road](/map?coast=29) 06 [Pikes Peak](#ride-9) Pikes Peak Highway → Fountain Valley
Colorado, USA 63.3 mi 23.8 mi 8,755 ft [View road](/map?coast=9) 07 [San Pedro Mártir](#ride-14) Observatory Road → Pacific slope
Baja California, Mexico 62.3 mi 15.4 mi 9,783 ft [View road](/map?coast=14) 08 [Mil Cumbres](#ride-40) MEX-15 libre, the old Toluca–Morelia highway
Michoacán, Mexico 60.2 mi 15.7 mi 10,164 ft [View road](/map?coast=40) 09 [Sierra de Tacámbaro](#ride-34) the Carretera Virrey toward tierra caliente
Michoacán, Mexico 59.6 mi 13.6 mi 8,064 ft [View road](/map?coast=34) 10 [Lassen](#ride-23) Lassen Peak Highway (CA-89)
California, USA 59.2 mi 15.8 mi 8,755 ft [View road](/map?coast=23) 11 [Zacualtipán](#ride-48) MEX-105 off the Zacualtipán plateau into the Huasteca
Hidalgo, Mexico 59.1 mi 15.6 mi 9,908 ft [View road](/map?coast=48) 12 [Sierra de Tulancingo](#ride-47) off the Agua Blanca highlands toward the Huasteca
Hidalgo, Mexico 58.2 mi 13.1 mi 9,897 ft [View road](/map?coast=47) 13 [Cofre de Perote](#ride-2) Altotonga–Tlapacoyan descent
Veracruz, Mexico 58 mi 22.2 mi 10,486 ft [View road](/map?coast=2) 14 [Sierra del Ajusco](#ride-16) Chichinautzin highlands → Tierra Caliente
México / Morelos / Guerrero 56.1 mi 15.2 mi 20,659 ft [View road](/map?coast=16) 15 [Beartooth](#ride-17) Beartooth Highway · US-212
Montana / Wyoming, USA 52.9 mi 14.1 mi 7,490 ft [View road](/map?coast=17) 16 [Sierra del Mezquital](#ride-41) DGO-23, Mezquital toward Huazamota
Durango, Mexico 51.5 mi 21.5 mi 17,585 ft [View road](/map?coast=41) 17 [Sierra Mixe](#ride-36) the Mixe highlands toward the Papaloapan lowlands
Oaxaca, Mexico 50.8 mi 23.6 mi 10,660 ft [View road](/map?coast=36) 18 [Mount Blue Sky](#ride-13) Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway → Denver Foothills
Colorado, USA 49.8 mi 16.4 mi 9,233 ft [View road](/map?coast=13) 19 [Trail Ridge](#ride-31) Trail Ridge Road (US-34), Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado, USA 49.3 mi 10.3 mi 7,919 ft [View road](/map?coast=31) 20 [Currant Creek](#ride-us-currant-creek) Lake Creek–Currant Creek Road → Utah Valley
Utah, USA 47.9 mi 11.1 mi 5,737 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-currant-creek) 21 [Sierra Madre de Chiapas](#ride-6) Niquivil → Huixtla, MEX-211 corridor
Chiapas, Mexico 47.9 mi 28.9 mi 11,002 ft [View road](/map?coast=6) 22 [Steens Mountain](#ride-26) Steens Mountain Loop Road
Oregon, USA 47.2 mi 13.9 mi 10,077 ft [View road](/map?coast=26) 23 [Mount Lemmon](#ride-us-mount-lemmon) Catalina Highway → Tucson basin
Arizona, USA 47 mi 14.7 mi 6,506 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-mount-lemmon) 24 [Tioga Road](#ride-27) Tioga Road (CA-120) west out of the Yosemite high country
California, USA 45.8 mi 13.6 mi 11,173 ft [View road](/map?coast=27) 25 [Sierra Juárez](#ride-22) the Ixtlán highlands toward the Papaloapan lowlands
Oaxaca, Mexico 45.7 mi 23 mi 11,726 ft [View road](/map?coast=22) 26 [Haleakalā](#ride-4) Haleakalā Highway · Crater Road
Maui, Hawaiʻi 44.8 mi 30.3 mi 9,682 ft [View road](/map?coast=4) 27 [Deadman Hill](#ride-44) Deadman Road toward the Laramie River valley
Colorado, USA 43.9 mi 5.4 mi 5,674 ft [View road](/map?coast=44) 28 [Mauna Kea](#ride-8) Mauna Kea Access Road · Daniel K. Inouye Highway
Island of Hawaiʻi 43.7 mi 19.1 mi 9,102 ft [View road](/map?coast=8) 29 [Wheeler Peak](#ride-21) Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive — Great Basin National Park
Nevada, USA 42.8 mi 14.3 mi 5,270 ft [View road](/map?coast=21) 30 [Sierra de Galeana](#ride-30) off the Galeana high valley toward Linares
Nuevo León, Mexico 42.6 mi 10.1 mi 10,682 ft [View road](/map?coast=30) 31 [Deadwood Road](#ride-us-deadwood-road) Deadwood Road → Payette River country
Idaho, USA 41.7 mi 14.3 mi 5,269 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-deadwood-road) 32 [Skyline Drive](#ride-us-skyline-utah-valley) Skyline Drive → Utah Valley
Utah, USA 41.4 mi 9.5 mi 5,027 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-skyline-utah-valley) 33 [Filo Mayor](#ride-5) Sierra Madre del Sur · toward Atoyac
Guerrero, Mexico 41.2 mi 26.6 mi 12,070 ft [View road](/map?coast=5) 34 [Kaiser Ridge](#ride-28) CA-168 off Huntington Lake
California, USA 40.6 mi 15.1 mi 7,663 ft [View road](/map?coast=28) 35 [San Pedro Mountains](#ride-33) 31 Mile Road off the Jemez highlands
New Mexico, USA 40.4 mi 11.7 mi 7,953 ft [View road](/map?coast=33) 36 [Michoacán Highlands](#ride-10) Paricutín country → Tepalcatepec Valley
Michoacán, Mexico 40 mi 19.1 mi 7,644 ft [View road](/map?coast=10) 37 [Rim of the World](#ride-us-rim-of-the-world) Rim of the World Highway → Orange County
California, USA 38.8 mi 12.2 mi 8,500 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-rim-of-the-world) 38 [Mount Graham](#ride-11) Swift Trail · State Route 366
Pinaleño Mountains, Arizona, USA 38.7 mi 18.4 mi 6,954 ft [View road](/map?coast=11) 39 [Sandia Crest](#ride-us-sandia-crest) Sandia Crest Scenic Byway → Albuquerque
New Mexico, USA 38.6 mi 10.2 mi 5,526 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-sandia-crest) 40 [Cloudcroft](#ride-us-cloudcroft) NM-244 · Cloudcroft → Tularosa Basin
New Mexico, USA 38.4 mi 10.1 mi 4,958 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-cloudcroft) 41 [East Uintas](#ride-19) US-191 · Flaming Gorge–Vernal
Utah, USA 38.4 mi 10.6 mi 5,210 ft [View road](/map?coast=19) 42 [San Sebastián del Oeste](#ride-15) La Bufa grade → Puerto Vallarta
Jalisco, Mexico 38.2 mi 23.3 mi 8,179 ft [View road](/map?coast=15) 43 [Chiricahua Mountains](#ride-49) Rustler Park Road out of the Chiricahuas
Arizona, USA 37.7 mi 9.5 mi 4,388 ft [View road](/map?coast=49) 44 [Navajo Route 30](#ride-us-navajo-route-30) Navajo Route 30 → San Juan County
Navajo Nation, Arizona / Utah, USA 37.2 mi 10.9 mi 6,893 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-navajo-route-30) 45 [Sequoia](#ride-12) Generals Highway → Sierra Foothills
California, USA 37.2 mi 18.3 mi 7,507 ft [View road](/map?coast=12) 46 [Altos de Chiapas](#ride-24) off the San Cristóbal highlands toward the Grijalva depression
Chiapas, Mexico 37 mi 15.1 mi 8,493 ft [View road](/map?coast=24) 47 [Mixteca Alta](#ride-32) the Mixteca back roads toward Putla
Oaxaca, Mexico 36.5 mi 14.7 mi 16,374 ft [View road](/map?coast=32) 48 [Bruin Point](#ride-us-bruin-point) Water Canyon Road → Castle Valley
Utah, USA 36.4 mi 9.8 mi 5,113 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-bruin-point) 49 [Spring Mountains](#ride-us-spring-mountains-death-valley) Deer Creek Road → Death Valley
Nevada / California, USA 36.2 mi 12.2 mi 12,748 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-spring-mountains-death-valley) 50 [Cañón de Bolaños](#ride-50) JAL-711 into the Bolaños canyon
Jalisco, Mexico 36.1 mi 19.5 mi 9,810 ft [View road](/map?coast=50) 51 [Onion Valley](#ride-us-onion-valley-death-valley) Onion Valley Road → Death Valley
California, USA 36 mi 15.8 mi 14,102 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-onion-valley-death-valley) 52 [Powder River Pass](#ride-us-powder-river-pass) US-16 · Powder River Pass → Nowood Basin
Wyoming, USA 36 mi 8.4 mi 5,344 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-powder-river-pass) 53 [Flat Tops](#ride-38) the Buford–New Castle Road off the White River Plateau
Colorado, USA 35.9 mi 8.2 mi 4,960 ft [View road](/map?coast=38) 54 [Baxter Pass](#ride-us-baxter-pass) Baxter Pass Road → Colorado River country
Colorado, USA 35.2 mi 6.3 mi 3,676 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-baxter-pass) 55 [Sierra Sur de Oaxaca](#ride-18) MEX-175 · San José del Pacífico → Pochutla
Oaxaca, Mexico 35 mi 21.4 mi 9,544 ft [View road](/map?coast=18) 56 [South Lake](#ride-us-south-lake-death-valley) South Lake Road → Death Valley
California, USA 34.7 mi 10.5 mi 15,351 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-south-lake-death-valley) 57 [Big White](#ride-ca-big-white-kelowna) Big White Road · Big White → Kelowna
British Columbia, Canada 34.4 mi 5.2 mi 5,125 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-big-white-kelowna) 58 [Uncompahgre Plateau](#ride-43) Divide Road off the Uncompahgre
Colorado, USA 34.2 mi 6.8 mi 4,589 ft [View road](/map?coast=43) 59 [Wasatch Plateau](#ride-35) Ephraim Canyon Road off Skyline Drive
Utah, USA 33.7 mi 16.3 mi 5,511 ft [View road](/map?coast=35) 60 [Sierra de Zongolica](#ride-25) the Zongolica mountain roads above the Orizaba valley
Veracruz, Mexico 33.1 mi 20.8 mi 10,568 ft [View road](/map?coast=25) 61 [Mount Shasta](#ride-us-mount-shasta) Everitt Memorial Highway → Shasta Valley
California, USA 33 mi 8.2 mi 8,314 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-mount-shasta) 62 [Grand Mesa](#ride-39) Grand Mesa Scenic Byway (CO-65)
Colorado, USA 32.9 mi 16.4 mi 6,362 ft [View road](/map?coast=39) 63 [Kolob Terrace](#ride-us-kolob-terrace) Kolob Terrace Road → Hurricane
Utah, USA 32.9 mi 9.9 mi 5,106 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-kolob-terrace) 64 [Mogollon Mountains](#ride-us-mogollon-mountains) Bursum Road → Gila Valley
New Mexico, USA 31.7 mi 10.5 mi 6,163 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-mogollon-mountains) 65 [Sierra Huichola](#ride-46) the Valparaíso–Huejuquilla highway (DGO-44)
Zacatecas / Durango, Mexico 31.6 mi 19.2 mi 16,703 ft [View road](/map?coast=46) 66 [Mount Harrison](#ride-us-mount-harrison) Mount Harrison Road → Snake River Plain
Idaho, USA 31.5 mi 10.2 mi 6,772 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-mount-harrison) 67 [Cumberland Pass](#ride-us-cumberland-pass) Cumberland Pass Road → Arkansas River valley
Colorado, USA 30.9 mi 6.8 mi 11,114 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-cumberland-pass) 68 [Blueberry–Paulson Summit](#ride-ca-blueberry-paulson) Crowsnest Highway · Paulson Summit → Castlegar
British Columbia, Canada 30.3 mi 2.5 mi 4,137 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-blueberry-paulson) 69 [Mixteca de Peñoles](#ride-42) the Santa Catarina Ocotlán road
Oaxaca, Mexico 30 mi 14.2 mi 20,167 ft [View road](/map?coast=42) 70 [La Sal Mountains](#ride-37) Geyser Pass Road toward the Moab valley
Utah, USA 29.8 mi 15.8 mi 5,988 ft [View road](/map?coast=37) 71 [Hinkey Summit](#ride-us-hinkey-summit) Hinkey Summit Road → Paradise Valley
Nevada, USA 29.6 mi 8.9 mi 4,184 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-hinkey-summit) 72 [Greenhorn Mountain](#ride-us-greenhorn-mountain) Greenhorn Highway → Arkansas River
Colorado, USA 29.3 mi 6.9 mi 4,342 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-greenhorn-mountain) 73 [Louis Lake Road](#ride-us-louis-lake) Louis Lake Road → Hudson
Wyoming, USA 29.3 mi 10.2 mi 4,607 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-louis-lake) 74 [Boulder Mountain](#ride-us-boulder-mountain) Scenic Byway 12 → Burr Trail country
Utah, USA 29.2 mi 7 mi 8,390 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-boulder-mountain) 75 [Chuska Mountains](#ride-45) Navajo Route 5034 off the Chuska crest
Navajo Nation, Arizona/New Mexico, USA 29.2 mi 11.1 mi 4,927 ft [View road](/map?coast=45) 76 [Southern Bighorns](#ride-us-southern-bighorns) Slip Road → Sussex Road
Wyoming, USA 28.5 mi 9.7 mi 3,726 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-southern-bighorns) 77 [Peak to Peak](#ride-us-peak-to-peak) Peak to Peak Highway → Boulder plains
Colorado, USA 27.6 mi 8.8 mi 4,779 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-peak-to-peak) 78 [Guardsman Pass](#ride-us-guardsman-pass) Guardsman Pass Road → Salt Lake Valley
Utah, USA 27.1 mi 13.4 mi 5,241 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-guardsman-pass) 79 [Medicine Wheel Passage](#ride-us-medicine-wheel-passage) US-14A · Burgess Junction → Bighorn Basin
Wyoming, USA 26.8 mi 11.7 mi 5,815 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-medicine-wheel-passage) 80 [Fishlake Plateau](#ride-us-fishlake-plateau) Forest Road 640 → US-89
Utah, USA 26.7 mi 11.9 mi 5,099 ft [View road](/map?coast=us-fishlake-plateau) 81 [Kootenay Pass](#ride-ca-kootenay-pass-creston) BC-3 · Kootenay Pass → Creston
British Columbia, Canada 24.1 mi 3.7 mi 4,072 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-kootenay-pass-creston) 82 [Mount Baldy](#ride-ca-mount-baldy-oliver) McKinney Road · Mount Baldy → Oliver
British Columbia, Canada 21.4 mi 11.3 mi 4,829 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-mount-baldy-oliver) 83 [Sunwapta Pass](#ride-ca-sunwapta-saskatchewan-crossing) Icefields Parkway · Sunwapta Pass → Saskatchewan Crossing
Alberta, Canada 19.4 mi 3.6 mi 7,188 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-sunwapta-saskatchewan-crossing) 84 [Apex Mountain](#ride-ca-apex-penticton) Apex Mountain Road · Apex Resort → Penticton
British Columbia, Canada 19.2 mi 12.8 mi 4,557 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-apex-penticton) 85 [Mount Washington](#ride-ca-mount-washington-courtenay) Strathcona Parkway · Mount Washington → Courtenay
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 18.6 mi 10.4 mi 3,835 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-mount-washington-courtenay) 86 [Anarchist Summit](#ride-ca-anarchist-osoyoos) Crowsnest Highway · Anarchist Summit → Osoyoos
British Columbia, Canada 17.6 mi 4.1 mi 3,314 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-anarchist-osoyoos) 87 [Coquihalla Summit](#ride-ca-coquihalla-hope) BC-5 · Coquihalla Summit → Hope
British Columbia, Canada 15.5 mi 1.1 mi 4,180 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-coquihalla-hope) 88 [Meadows in the Sky](#ride-ca-meadows-in-the-sky) Meadows in the Sky Parkway · Balsam Lake → Revelstoke
British Columbia, Canada 14.9 mi 15.4 mi 4,698 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-meadows-in-the-sky) 89 [SilverStar Mountain](#ride-ca-silver-star-vernon) Silver Star Road · SilverStar → Vernon
British Columbia, Canada 13.9 mi 12 mi 4,012 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-silver-star-vernon) 90 [Sasquatch Mountain](#ride-ca-sasquatch-harrison) Hemlock Valley Road · Sasquatch Mountain → Harrison Mills
British Columbia, Canada 12.8 mi 11 mi 3,179 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-sasquatch-harrison) 91 [Red Mountain](#ride-ca-red-mountain-trail) BC-22 / Red Mountain Road · Rossland → Trail
British Columbia, Canada 12.2 mi 17.6 mi 5,003 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-red-mountain-trail) 92 [Cypress Bowl](#ride-ca-cypress-bowl) Cypress Bowl Road · Hollyburn Ridge → West Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada 10.9 mi 6.9 mi 2,638 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-cypress-bowl) 93 [Mount Seymour](#ride-ca-mount-seymour-vancouver) Mount Seymour Parkway · ski area → North Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada 10.4 mi 10.6 mi 3,310 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-mount-seymour-vancouver) 94 [Kicking Horse Mountain](#ride-ca-kicking-horse-resort) Kicking Horse Trail · Resort base → Golden
British Columbia, Canada 7.5 mi 4.2 mi 1,526 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-kicking-horse-resort) 95 [Sun Peaks](#ride-ca-sun-peaks-kamloops) Sun Peaks Road · Sun Peaks → Kamloops
British Columbia, Canada 7.3 mi 3.8 mi 3,904 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-sun-peaks-kamloops) 96 [Pennask Summit](#ride-ca-pennask-merritt) Okanagan Connector · Pennask Summit → Merritt
British Columbia, Canada 6.6 mi 1.4 mi 6,463 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-pennask-merritt) 97 [Rogers Pass](#ride-ca-rogers-pass-revelstoke) Trans-Canada Highway · Rogers Pass → Revelstoke
British Columbia, Canada 5.1 mi 1 mi 3,327 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-rogers-pass-revelstoke) 98 [Mount Norquay](#ride-ca-mount-norquay-banff) Mount Norquay Scenic Drive · Norquay → Banff
Alberta, Canada 3.4 mi 3.5 mi 1,017 ft [View road](/map?coast=ca-mount-norquay-banff)

USE THE MODEL TO LEARN

## Use the lesson, not the number.

This model shows how a long downhill can recover energy. It does not show the exact range that you will get. The model uses a warm battery with space for more energy. It uses 75% recovery and also checks values from 65% to 80%. A cold or nearly full battery can limit regeneration. Wind, traffic, weather, tires, cargo, and the road surface also change the result. Drive at a safe and legal speed. Use the vehicle controls to manage speed.

Vehicle references: [Tesla Model Y](https://www.tesla.com/modely), [Tesla Cybertruck](https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck), and [Rivian R1S Dual Large](https://rivian.com/configurations/builder/?MODEL=R1S). The R1S model uses the EPA's 7,000 lb equivalent test weight. EPA comparison rates: [Model Y](https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=49744), [Cybertruck](https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=50039), and [R1S Dual Large](https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=49732). See the manufacturers' guidance for [Tesla](https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/modely/en_us/GUID-3DFFB071-C0F6-474D-8A45-17BE1A006365.html) and [Rivian](https://rivian.com/support/article/r1s-owners-guide) regeneration limits.

#01 / PUEBLA / VERACRUZ, MEXICO

## Sierra Negra

Large Millimeter Telescope Road → MEX-150D corridor

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the observatory road high on Sierra Negra, the pavement falls through fir forest, barrancas, and sugarcane before reaching the Veracruz lowlands. Few roads cross so much climate and elevation in one descent.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 90.4 of 90.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 9.1 kWh. This equals about 33.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

90.4

Route length

90.4 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

14,791 ft

Peak surplus

9.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

33.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

The telescope road tops out near 15,000 ft — the highest pavement in North America — beside Pico de Orizaba, the continent’s third-highest summit.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=1)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra Negra descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-1-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra Negra](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-1-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#02 / ESTADO DE MÉXICO / GUERRERO

## Nevado de Toluca

Raíces → Tierra Caliente

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Off the shoulder of the great extinct volcano, the road falls south through successive mountain valleys into the hot country of the Balsas basin.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 84.4 of 89.1 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.1 kWh. This equals about 18.7 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

84.4

Route length

89.1 mi

Share of route

95%

Total descent

13,153 ft

Peak surplus

5.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

18.7 mi

ROAD NOTE

The start near Raíces sits at 11,600 ft — among the highest inhabited places in Mexico, on the flank of the 15,354-ft Nevado.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=20)

![Topographic route plate for the Nevado de Toluca descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-20-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Nevado de Toluca](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-20-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#03 / MÉXICO / MORELOS / GUERRERO

## Paso de Cortés

Between Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl → Balsas Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Starting in the volcanic saddle between Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, this marathon route steps down terrace after terrace into the hot Balsas depression.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 77.8 of 130.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.8 kWh. This equals about 17.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

77.8

Route length

130.2 mi

Share of route

60%

Total descent

15,508 ft

Peak surplus

4.8 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

17.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

Cortés crossed this saddle between the volcanoes in 1519. The route has 19,742 feet of total descent, the most on this list.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=7)

![Topographic route plate for the Paso de Cortés descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-7-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Paso de Cortés](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-7-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#04 / VERACRUZ, MEXICO

## Las Vigas Escarpment

MEX-140 · Las Vigas → Nautla plain

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A parallel plunge to its neighbor at Perote, this road leaves the highland plain at Las Vigas and follows the escarpment toward Misantla and the Gulf coast.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 65.7 of 65.7 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.5 kWh. This equals about 16.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

65.7

Route length

65.7 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

10,863 ft

Peak surplus

4.5 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

16.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

This face of the Sierra Madre Oriental catches the Gulf trade winds, wringing out some of the wettest cloud forest in Mexico on the way down.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=3)

![Topographic route plate for the Las Vigas Escarpment descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-3-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Las Vigas Escarpment](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-3-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#05 / CALIFORNIA, USA

## Sherman Pass

Sherman Pass Road into the Kern River canyon

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The southern Sierra’s quiet crossing. From 9,200 ft the road corkscrews off the Kern Plateau and follows the river’s hot canyon down, 13,300 cumulative feet of it.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 64.6 of 70 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.3 kWh. This equals about 19.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

64.6

Route length

70 mi

Share of route

92%

Total descent

10,726 ft

Peak surplus

5.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

19.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

The overlook near the top sights Mount Whitney thirty-odd miles north — with the two-mile-deep trench of the Kern between.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=29)

![Topographic route plate for the Sherman Pass descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-29-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sherman Pass](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-29-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#06 / COLORADO, USA

## Pikes Peak

Pikes Peak Highway → Fountain Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the summit highway, the road drops past Colorado Springs and follows the Fountain Valley toward Pueblo, carrying the scale of Pikes Peak into the open plains.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 63.3 of 63.3 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 6.5 kWh. This equals about 23.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

63.3

Route length

63.3 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

8,755 ft

Peak surplus

6.5 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

23.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

The same road hosts the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, where an electric car has held the outright record since 2018.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=9)

![Topographic route plate for the Pikes Peak descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-9-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Pikes Peak](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-9-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#07 / BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

## San Pedro Mártir

Observatory Road → Pacific slope

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Baja’s granite spine falls away west from the observatory road, passing through Jeffrey pine and chaparral before reaching the irrigated coastal plain near San Telmo.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 62.3 of 62.3 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.2 kWh. This equals about 15.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

62.3

Route length

62.3 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

9,783 ft

Peak surplus

4.2 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

The ridge above the start carries Mexico’s National Astronomical Observatory — some of the darkest, steadiest skies in North America.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=14)

![Topographic route plate for the San Pedro Mártir descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-14-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for San Pedro Mártir](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-14-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#08 / MICHOACÁN, MEXICO

## Mil Cumbres

MEX-15 libre, the old Toluca–Morelia highway

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Ridge after ridge of pine-covered volcanic highland gives Mil Cumbres its name. Taken westbound, the road follows a long, folded descent toward Morelia.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 60.2 of 73.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.3 kWh. This equals about 15.7 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

60.2

Route length

73.4 mi

Share of route

82%

Total descent

10,164 ft

Peak surplus

4.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.7 mi

ROAD NOTE

The “thousand summits” stretch of old MEX-15 was infamous in the bus-and-truck era; since the autopista bypassed it, the curves belong to locals and cyclists.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=40)

![Topographic route plate for the Mil Cumbres descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-40-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mil Cumbres](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-40-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#09 / MICHOACÁN, MEXICO

## Sierra de Tacámbaro

the Carretera Virrey toward tierra caliente

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Avocado-and-pine highlands ending in a step. Off the volcanic shoulder south of Pátzcuaro the road drops 9,600 cumulative feet toward the hot country.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 59.6 of 59.6 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.7 kWh. This equals about 13.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

59.6

Route length

59.6 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

8,064 ft

Peak surplus

3.7 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

13.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

Tacámbaro is nicknamed the “Balcony of the Tierra Caliente” — its plaza looks straight off the highland edge into the hot lowlands.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=34)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra de Tacámbaro descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-34-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra de Tacámbaro](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-34-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#10 / CALIFORNIA, USA

## Lassen

Lassen Peak Highway (CA-89)

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The southernmost Cascade volcano, and the highest highway pass in the range. From the park’s 8,500-ft rim the descent runs off the volcanic tableland toward the Central Valley’s edge.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 59.2 of 59.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.3 kWh. This equals about 15.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

59.2

Route length

59.2 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

8,755 ft

Peak surplus

4.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

Lassen Peak erupted violently in 1915; the highway over its shoulder is plowed out of snowdrifts that can top thirty feet each spring.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=23)

![Topographic route plate for the Lassen descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-23-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Lassen](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-23-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#11 / HIDALGO, MEXICO

## Zacualtipán

MEX-105 off the Zacualtipán plateau into the Huasteca

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The Pachuca–Huejutla highway is Hidalgo’s great vertical road. This stretch takes the plateau edge in a near-continuous descent, fog belt to tropics.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 59.1 of 59.1 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.3 kWh. This equals about 15.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

59.1

Route length

59.1 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

9,908 ft

Peak surplus

4.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

MEX-105 falls from Zacualtipán’s chilly 8,700-ft plateau to sugar-cane Huasteca lowlands in one sustained staircase of grades.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=48)

![Topographic route plate for the Zacualtipán descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-48-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Zacualtipán](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-48-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#12 / HIDALGO, MEXICO

## Sierra de Tulancingo

off the Agua Blanca highlands toward the Huasteca

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Where the Altiplano breaks toward the Gulf, everything is downhill. From the cool Agua Blanca pines the road sheds 13,500 cumulative feet into the green Huasteca.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 58.2 of 80.8 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.6 kWh. This equals about 13.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

58.2

Route length

80.8 mi

Share of route

72%

Total descent

9,897 ft

Peak surplus

3.6 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

13.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

This rim of the Mexican Plateau wrings fog from Gulf air year-round; the cloud-forest belt it waters is among the country’s wettest.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=47)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra de Tulancingo descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-47-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra de Tulancingo](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-47-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#13 / VERACRUZ, MEXICO

## Cofre de Perote

Altotonga–Tlapacoyan descent

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The road leaves the cold pine forest on the north side of Cofre de Perote. It follows the eastern escarpment toward orange groves on the Gulf plain.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 58 of 58 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 6.1 kWh. This equals about 22.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

58

Route length

58 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

10,486 ft

Peak surplus

6.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

22.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

Cofre de Perote’s square summit block — the "coffer" — is one of the four 14,000-ft volcanoes visible from the city of Xalapa.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=2)

![Topographic route plate for the Cofre de Perote descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-2-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Cofre de Perote](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-2-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#14 / MÉXICO / MORELOS / GUERRERO

## Sierra del Ajusco

Chichinautzin highlands → Tierra Caliente

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the volcanic highlands on Mexico City’s southern rim, this long route descends in stages into the furnace of the Balsas Depression.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 56.1 of 148.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.2 kWh. This equals about 15.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

56.1

Route length

148.9 mi

Share of route

38%

Total descent

20,659 ft

Peak surplus

4.2 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

This run accumulates 27,159 ft of gross descent — a vertical Everest, terrace by terrace, the most total downhill of any route we measured.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=16)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra del Ajusco descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-16-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra del Ajusco](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-16-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#15 / MONTANA / WYOMING, USA

## Beartooth

Beartooth Highway · US-212

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the tundra benches near Beartooth Pass, the highway plunges off the plateau’s eastern escarpment into the Clarks Fork valley, with open switchbacks stacked above the basin.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 52.9 of 52.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.9 kWh. This equals about 14.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

52.9

Route length

52.9 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

7,490 ft

Peak surplus

3.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

14.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

Charles Kuralt called it America's most beautiful drive; snow keeps it open only from roughly Memorial Day to mid-October.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=17)

![Topographic route plate for the Beartooth descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-17-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Beartooth](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-17-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#16 / DURANGO, MEXICO

## Sierra del Mezquital

DGO-23, Mezquital toward Huazamota

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

South of Durango city the sierra shatters into barrancas. The highway to Huazamota rides the grain of that country downward for a hundred and forty miles.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 51.5 of 115.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.9 kWh. This equals about 21.5 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

51.5

Route length

115.4 mi

Share of route

45%

Total descent

17,585 ft

Peak surplus

5.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

21.5 mi

ROAD NOTE

The road loses 23,700 ft in total. This is more than four vertical miles through the canyons of the Sierra Madre Occidental.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=41)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra del Mezquital descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-41-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra del Mezquital](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-41-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#17 / OAXACA, MEXICO

## Sierra Mixe

the Mixe highlands toward the Papaloapan lowlands

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

East of the Sierra Juárez the Mixe country falls toward the Gulf in green staircases. Nearly 15,000 cumulative feet of descent through coffee and cloud forest.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 50.8 of 50.8 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 6.5 kWh. This equals about 23.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

50.8

Route length

50.8 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

10,660 ft

Peak surplus

6.5 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

23.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

The range is crowned by Zempoaltépetl — the “mountain of twenty peaks” — sacred to the Mixe, who call themselves the never-conquered people.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=36)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra Mixe descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-36-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra Mixe](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-36-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#18 / COLORADO, USA

## Mount Blue Sky

Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway → Denver Foothills

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The highest paved road in North America leaves alpine tundra, passes Echo Lake, and follows Front Range canyons to the edge of the Denver basin.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 49.8 of 49.8 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.5 kWh. This equals about 16.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

49.8

Route length

49.8 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

9,233 ft

Peak surplus

4.5 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

16.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

At 14,130 ft, this is the highest paved road in North America; it was renamed from Mount Evans in 2023.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=13)

![Topographic route plate for the Mount Blue Sky descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-13-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mount Blue Sky](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-13-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#19 / COLORADO, USA

## Trail Ridge

Trail Ridge Road (US-34), Rocky Mountain National Park

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

America’s rooftop drive. From the alpine tundra above Estes Park the road gives back every foot of its famous climb, 8,700 cumulative feet of descent to the plains apron.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 49.3 of 49.3 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.8 kWh. This equals about 10.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

49.3

Route length

49.3 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

7,919 ft

Peak surplus

2.8 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved highway in the United States, topping out at 12,183 ft above the trees.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=31)

![Topographic route plate for the Trail Ridge descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-31-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Trail Ridge](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-31-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#20 / UTAH, USA

## Currant Creek

Lake Creek–Currant Creek Road → Utah Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The run begins on a quiet forest road east of the Wasatch crest, then links into the broad descent toward Utah Valley. It is less theatrical than a summit byway and longer for exactly that reason.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 47.9 of 48 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3 kWh. This equals about 11.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

47.9

Route length

48 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,737 ft

Peak surplus

3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

11.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

This high Wasatch Back road threads aspen forest and reservoir country before joining the long fall toward the urban Wasatch Front.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-currant-creek)

![Topographic route plate for the Currant Creek descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-currant-creek-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Currant Creek](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-currant-creek-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#21 / CHIAPAS, MEXICO

## Sierra Madre de Chiapas

Niquivil → Huixtla, MEX-211 corridor

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The route leaves the Sierra Madre de Chiapas near Niquivil. It descends to the banana and cacao farms of the Soconusco plain near the Pacific.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 47.9 of 47.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 7.9 kWh. This equals about 28.9 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

47.9

Route length

47.9 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

11,002 ft

Peak surplus

7.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

28.9 mi

ROAD NOTE

This descent ends in the Soconusco — the coastal strip whose cacao financed Aztec tribute lists five centuries ago.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=6)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra Madre de Chiapas descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-6-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra Madre de Chiapas](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-6-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#22 / OREGON, USA

## Steens Mountain

Steens Mountain Loop Road

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A fault-block mountain that tilts out of the Great Basin like a breaking wave. The descent starts at the gorge-cut crest and runs long and lonely through the high desert.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 47.2 of 158.5 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.8 kWh. This equals about 13.9 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

47.2

Route length

158.5 mi

Share of route

30%

Total descent

10,077 ft

Peak surplus

3.8 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

13.9 mi

ROAD NOTE

The loop road is the highest in Oregon, cresting near 9,700 ft directly above the Alvord Desert — a playa almost a vertical mile below the rim.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=26)

![Topographic route plate for the Steens Mountain descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-26-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Steens Mountain](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-26-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#23 / ARIZONA, USA

## Mount Lemmon

Catalina Highway → Tucson basin

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Pines, granite hoodoos, saguaros: the descent changes worlds in a single run. Below the tight mountain curves, Tucson’s gridded basin becomes the destination and the scale of the drop becomes obvious.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 47 of 47 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4 kWh. This equals about 14.7 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

47

Route length

47 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

6,506 ft

Peak surplus

4 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

14.7 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Catalina Highway passes through climatic zones often compared to a drive from Mexico to Canada, compressed into one mountain.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-mount-lemmon)

![Topographic route plate for the Mount Lemmon descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-mount-lemmon-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mount Lemmon](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-mount-lemmon-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#24 / CALIFORNIA, USA

## Tioga Road

Tioga Road (CA-120) west out of the Yosemite high country

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Yosemite’s high road. From the subalpine meadows near the crest the pavement sinks 12,800 cumulative feet through the granite backcountry toward the San Joaquin lowlands.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 45.8 of 91.7 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.7 kWh. This equals about 13.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

45.8

Route length

91.7 mi

Share of route

50%

Total descent

11,173 ft

Peak surplus

3.7 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

13.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

Tioga Pass, at 9,943 ft, is the highest highway crossing in California; the road threads granite domes the glaciers polished.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=27)

![Topographic route plate for the Tioga Road descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-27-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Tioga Road](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-27-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#25 / OAXACA, MEXICO

## Sierra Juárez

the Ixtlán highlands toward the Papaloapan lowlands

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The green wall between Oaxaca’s dry central valleys and the steaming Papaloapan basin. The road drops through cloud forest that wrings water from Gulf air, shedding 15,700 cumulative feet.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 45.7 of 45.7 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 6.3 kWh. This equals about 23 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

45.7

Route length

45.7 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

11,726 ft

Peak surplus

6.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

23 mi

ROAD NOTE

This corridor is legendary among cyclists as one of the longest continuous paved descents in Mexico — pine forest to tropical lowland in a single run.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=22)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra Juárez descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-22-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra Juárez](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-22-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#26 / MAUI, HAWAIʻI

## Haleakalā

Haleakalā Highway · Crater Road

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the national-park road on Haleakalā’s flank, the pavement descends in one sustained sweep from volcanic summit country to the warm Kīhei shore.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 44.8 of 44.8 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 8.3 kWh. This equals about 30.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

44.8

Route length

44.8 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

9,682 ft

Peak surplus

8.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

30.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

The climb it reverses — sea level to the 10,023-ft summit — is often cited as the fastest paved ascent on Earth.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=4)

![Topographic route plate for the Haleakalā descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-4-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Haleakalā](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-4-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#27 / COLORADO, USA

## Deadman Hill

Deadman Road toward the Laramie River valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

No park, no byway sign — just lodgepole country north of Cameron Pass. Off Deadman Hill the road falls to the Laramie River’s hay meadows, 6,400 cumulative feet down.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 43.9 of 48.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.5 kWh. This equals about 5.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

43.9

Route length

48.9 mi

Share of route

90%

Total descent

5,674 ft

Peak surplus

1.5 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

5.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

This is the quiet corner of the Medicine Bow country where Colorado’s Front Range drains north toward Wyoming rather than east to the plains.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=44)

![Topographic route plate for the Deadman Hill descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-44-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Deadman Hill](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-44-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#28 / ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI

## Mauna Kea

Mauna Kea Access Road · Daniel K. Inouye Highway

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The access road drops from the visitor station to the saddle between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. It then crosses lava country toward Waikoloa.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 43.7 of 43.7 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.2 kWh. This equals about 19.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

43.7

Route length

43.7 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

9,102 ft

Peak surplus

5.2 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

19.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

The route crosses the saddle between the world’s tallest mountain measured base-to-peak and its largest active volcano.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=8)

![Topographic route plate for the Mauna Kea descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-8-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mauna Kea](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-8-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#29 / NEVADA, USA

## Wheeler Peak

Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive — Great Basin National Park

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The road leaves the Snake Range above 10,000 feet. It descends across the basin floor. The last dry miles are long and straight.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 42.8 of 42.8 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.9 kWh. This equals about 14.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

42.8

Route length

42.8 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,270 ft

Peak surplus

3.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

14.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

The scenic drive climbs the Snake Range past bristlecone pines nearly 5,000 years old — among the oldest living things on Earth.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=21)

![Topographic route plate for the Wheeler Peak descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-21-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Wheeler Peak](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-21-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#30 / NUEVO LEÓN, MEXICO

## Sierra de Galeana

off the Galeana high valley toward Linares

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The Sierra Madre Oriental stacks range on range here. From Galeana’s cool apple-orchard valley the road steps down the front of the sierra toward the citrus plain of Linares.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 42.6 of 75.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.8 kWh. This equals about 10.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

42.6

Route length

75.2 mi

Share of route

57%

Total descent

10,682 ft

Peak surplus

2.8 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

Cerro El Potosí, crowning this range at over 12,000 ft, is the highest summit in northeastern Mexico.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=30)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra de Galeana descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-30-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra de Galeana](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-30-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#31 / IDAHO, USA

## Deadwood Road

Deadwood Road → Payette River country

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

This descent feels earned: a remote forest road rolls across the divide, then commits west through tighter drainages. The route finally opens toward the farms and dry foothills above the Payette.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 41.7 of 51 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.9 kWh. This equals about 14.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

41.7

Route length

51 mi

Share of route

82%

Total descent

5,269 ft

Peak surplus

3.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

14.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

National Forest Road 555 crosses the Boise Mountains through a sparsely settled mix of burn scars, pine forest, and steep creek valleys.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-deadwood-road)

![Topographic route plate for the Deadwood Road descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-deadwood-road-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Deadwood Road](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-deadwood-road-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#32 / UTAH, USA

## Skyline Drive

Skyline Drive → Utah Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The route leaves a high, exposed ridge and descends northwest through aspen and canyon country. The last leg reaches the Wasatch Front with the mountain’s energy credit still doing work.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 41.4 of 41.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.6 kWh. This equals about 9.5 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

41.4

Route length

41.4 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,027 ft

Peak surplus

2.6 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

9.5 mi

ROAD NOTE

Skyline Drive follows the crest of the Wasatch Plateau for miles above the agricultural valleys on either side.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-skyline-utah-valley)

![Topographic route plate for the Skyline Drive descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-skyline-utah-valley-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Skyline Drive](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-skyline-utah-valley-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#33 / GUERRERO, MEXICO

## Filo Mayor

Sierra Madre del Sur · toward Atoyac

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The road leaves the cold Filo Mayor ridge and descends the Sierra Madre del Sur. It passes through coffee country and reaches the coastal plain northwest of Acapulco.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 41.2 of 41.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 7.3 kWh. This equals about 26.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

41.2

Route length

41.2 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

12,070 ft

Peak surplus

7.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

26.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Sierra Madre del Sur rises straight from the Pacific: coffee country at ten thousand feet sits barely thirty crow-miles from the surf.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=5)

![Topographic route plate for the Filo Mayor descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-5-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Filo Mayor](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-5-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#34 / CALIFORNIA, USA

## Kaiser Ridge

CA-168 off Huntington Lake

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The western Sierra falls away in one continuous shelf here. From Huntington Lake the highway drops 8,700 cumulative feet to the foothill oaks above Fresno.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 40.6 of 40.6 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.1 kWh. This equals about 15.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

40.6

Route length

40.6 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

7,663 ft

Peak surplus

4.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

Locals call CA-168 “the Four-Lane” — a wide-cut grade built for logging trucks, now a favorite gravity run off the Sierra shelf.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=28)

![Topographic route plate for the Kaiser Ridge descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-28-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Kaiser Ridge](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-28-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#35 / NEW MEXICO, USA

## San Pedro Mountains

31 Mile Road off the Jemez highlands

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

North of the Valles Caldera the Jemez country rolls at 10,000 ft in meadowed domes. The road works down through ponderosa benches toward the red Chama basin.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 40.4 of 85.5 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.2 kWh. This equals about 11.7 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

40.4

Route length

85.5 mi

Share of route

47%

Total descent

7,953 ft

Peak surplus

3.2 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

11.7 mi

ROAD NOTE

The descent aims toward the Chama badlands around Abiquiú — the painted-desert country Georgia O’Keeffe made famous.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=33)

![Topographic route plate for the San Pedro Mountains descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-33-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for San Pedro Mountains](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-33-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#36 / MICHOACÁN, MEXICO

## Michoacán Highlands

Paricutín country → Tepalcatepec Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the cool avocado highlands west of Uruapan, the road falls off the edge of the volcanic plateau into the heat of the Tierra Caliente.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 40 of 40 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.2 kWh. This equals about 19.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

40

Route length

40 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

7,644 ft

Peak surplus

5.2 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

19.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

The start sits in the volcanic field that produced Paricutín in 1943 — the volcano that famously grew out of a farmer’s cornfield.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=10)

![Topographic route plate for the Michoacán Highlands descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-10-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Michoacán Highlands](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-10-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#37 / CALIFORNIA, USA

## Rim of the World

Rim of the World Highway → Orange County

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The highway leaves the mountain rim in long, exposed curves, trades conifers for chaparral, and then continues across the inland plain. The free run survives well beyond the obvious mountain grade.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 38.8 of 77.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.3 kWh. This equals about 12.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

38.8

Route length

77.4 mi

Share of route

50%

Total descent

8,500 ft

Peak surplus

3.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

12.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

California 18 traces the edge of the San Bernardino Mountains, with the Inland Empire spread thousands of feet below its guardrails.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-rim-of-the-world)

![Topographic route plate for the Rim of the World descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-rim-of-the-world-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Rim of the World](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-rim-of-the-world-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#38 / PINALEÑO MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA, USA

## Mount Graham

Swift Trail · State Route 366

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The Pinaleños rise abruptly from the Gila Valley. The Swift Trail reverses that climb through switchbacks and sky-island forest before reaching the cotton fields near Safford.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 38.7 of 38.7 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.1 kWh. This equals about 18.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

38.7

Route length

38.7 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

6,954 ft

Peak surplus

5.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

18.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Pinaleños rise about 7,000 feet above the Gila Valley. This is one of the largest vertical rises in the U.S. The summit has the Large Binocular Telescope.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=11)

![Topographic route plate for the Mount Graham descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-11-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mount Graham](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-11-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#39 / NEW MEXICO, USA

## Sandia Crest

Sandia Crest Scenic Byway → Albuquerque

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The road leaves spruce and fir near the crest, loops around the mountain’s east shoulder, then pays out its elevation toward the Rio Grande. Albuquerque spreads across the basin long before the descent is finished.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 38.6 of 38.6 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.8 kWh. This equals about 10.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

38.6

Route length

38.6 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,526 ft

Peak surplus

2.8 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Sandias rise more than a vertical mile above Albuquerque; their granite face turns watermelon-pink in the last light.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-sandia-crest)

![Topographic route plate for the Sandia Crest descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-sandia-crest-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sandia Crest](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-sandia-crest-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#40 / NEW MEXICO, USA

## Cloudcroft

NM-244 · Cloudcroft → Tularosa Basin

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The road leaves cool fir forest and drops toward a desert bright enough to fill the windshield. Few routes make the boundary between mountain and basin feel this abrupt.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 38.4 of 41.5 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.8 kWh. This equals about 10.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

38.4

Route length

41.5 mi

Share of route

93%

Total descent

4,958 ft

Peak surplus

2.8 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

Cloudcroft sits near 8,700 feet in the Sacramento Mountains, directly above the white gypsum flats and missile-range basin below.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-cloudcroft)

![Topographic route plate for the Cloudcroft descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-cloudcroft-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Cloudcroft](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-cloudcroft-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#41 / UTAH, USA

## East Uintas

US-191 · Flaming Gorge–Vernal

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

US-191 crests the eastern Uintas and then unwinds through tilted red rock to the Ashley Valley floor at Vernal—a quiet road with a remarkably steady grade.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 38.4 of 38.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.9 kWh. This equals about 10.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

38.4

Route length

38.4 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,210 ft

Peak surplus

2.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

US-191's 'Drive Through the Ages' descends a billion years of signposted rock strata off the only major east-west range in the lower 48.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=19)

![Topographic route plate for the East Uintas descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-19-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for East Uintas](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-19-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#42 / JALISCO, MEXICO

## San Sebastián del Oeste

La Bufa grade → Puerto Vallarta

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The highway leaves cloud forest above San Sebastián del Oeste. It descends toward Banderas Bay and the warm air of Puerto Vallarta.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 38.2 of 38.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 6.4 kWh. This equals about 23.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

38.2

Route length

38.2 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

8,179 ft

Peak surplus

6.4 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

23.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

San Sebastián was a silver town founded in 1605; the road down to Banderas Bay was paved only in the 2000s.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=15)

![Topographic route plate for the San Sebastián del Oeste descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-15-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for San Sebastián del Oeste](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-15-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#43 / ARIZONA, USA

## Chiricahua Mountains

Rustler Park Road out of the Chiricahuas

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The Chiricahuas rise alone out of southeastern Arizona’s grass seas. From Rustler Park the road spirals down through five life zones to the valley floor.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 37.7 of 54.8 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.6 kWh. This equals about 9.5 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

37.7

Route length

54.8 mi

Share of route

69%

Total descent

4,388 ft

Peak surplus

2.6 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

9.5 mi

ROAD NOTE

A classic “sky island”: spruce-fir forest at the crest gives way to Chihuahuan desert grassland at the base within a single descent.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=49)

![Topographic route plate for the Chiricahua Mountains descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-49-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Chiricahua Mountains](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-49-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#44 / NAVAJO NATION, ARIZONA / UTAH, USA

## Navajo Route 30

Navajo Route 30 → San Juan County

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Forest and broken sandstone benches give way to a long northbound release. The route is remote, lightly marked, and defined less by one cliff than by miles of patient elevation loss.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 37.2 of 80.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3 kWh. This equals about 10.9 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

37.2

Route length

80.2 mi

Share of route

46%

Total descent

6,893 ft

Peak surplus

3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.9 mi

ROAD NOTE

The road crosses Diné high country toward the broad mesas and open plateau near the Arizona–Utah line.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-navajo-route-30)

![Topographic route plate for the Navajo Route 30 descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-navajo-route-30-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Navajo Route 30](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-navajo-route-30-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#45 / CALIFORNIA, USA

## Sequoia

Generals Highway → Sierra Foothills

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Leaving the Giant Forest, the Generals Highway descends the western slope of the Sierra in one continuous run toward the orange groves of the Central Valley.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 37.2 of 37.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5 kWh. This equals about 18.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

37.2

Route length

37.2 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

7,507 ft

Peak surplus

5 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

18.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

The start is minutes from the General Sherman tree, the largest living tree on Earth; the descent trades sequoia groves for citrus orchards.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=12)

![Topographic route plate for the Sequoia descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-12-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sequoia](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-12-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#46 / CHIAPAS, MEXICO

## Altos de Chiapas

off the San Cristóbal highlands toward the Grijalva depression

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Maya highland country. The route leaves the misty plateau of Los Altos and falls toward the hot Grijalva valley, trading pine and fog for tropical scrub in under an hour.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 37 of 37 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.1 kWh. This equals about 15.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

37

Route length

37 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

8,493 ft

Peak surplus

4.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

San Cristóbal sits near 7,000 ft in cool pine highlands while Tuxtla Gutiérrez, forty road miles on, bakes nearly 5,000 ft lower.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=24)

![Topographic route plate for the Altos de Chiapas descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-24-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Altos de Chiapas](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-24-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#47 / OAXACA, MEXICO

## Mixteca Alta

the Mixteca back roads toward Putla

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The high Mixteca is a country of eroded ridgelines and deep barrancas. No single plunge: the road loses, regains, and loses altitude again all the way to the tropical southwest.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 36.5 of 78.5 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4 kWh. This equals about 14.7 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

36.5

Route length

78.5 mi

Share of route

46%

Total descent

16,374 ft

Peak surplus

4 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

14.7 mi

ROAD NOTE

The route accumulates 20,500 ft of downgrade — more than double its starting altitude — across terrain that rises and falls like a sawblade.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=32)

![Topographic route plate for the Mixteca Alta descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-32-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mixteca Alta](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-32-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#48 / UTAH, USA

## Bruin Point

Water Canyon Road → Castle Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The road drops from cool forest into the bare, folded country north of the San Rafael Swell. Mining roads and canyon rims carry the line toward the desert floor.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 36.4 of 36.5 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.7 kWh. This equals about 9.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

36.4

Route length

36.5 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,113 ft

Peak surplus

2.7 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

9.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

Bruin Point stands on the Tavaputs Plateau above the Book Cliffs, one of the least-traveled high plateaus in the Lower 48.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-bruin-point)

![Topographic route plate for the Bruin Point descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-bruin-point-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Bruin Point](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-bruin-point-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#49 / NEVADA / CALIFORNIA, USA

## Spring Mountains

Deer Creek Road → Death Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A high forest island gives way to Mojave basin after basin. The route drops from the Spring Mountains, crosses the desert west of Las Vegas, and keeps spending altitude toward one of the lowest landscapes in North America.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 36.2 of 155.7 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.3 kWh. This equals about 12.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

36.2

Route length

155.7 mi

Share of route

23%

Total descent

12,748 ft

Peak surplus

3.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

12.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

The run begins in bristlecone-pine country above Las Vegas and ends across the state line in the floor of Death Valley.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-spring-mountains-death-valley)

![Topographic route plate for the Spring Mountains descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-spring-mountains-death-valley-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Spring Mountains](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-spring-mountains-death-valley-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#50 / JALISCO, MEXICO

## Cañón de Bolaños

JAL-711 into the Bolaños canyon

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A plunge into one of Mexico’s great forgotten canyons. Off the plateau the highway drops toward the river town of San Martín de Bolaños, heat rising to meet it.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 36.1 of 52.3 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.3 kWh. This equals about 19.5 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

36.1

Route length

52.3 mi

Share of route

69%

Total descent

9,810 ft

Peak surplus

5.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

19.5 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Bolaños gorge is one of the Sierra Madre Occidental’s deep silver-mining canyons, worked since the 1740s; the road in still loses 14,000 cumulative feet.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=50)

![Topographic route plate for the Cañón de Bolaños descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-50-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Cañón de Bolaños](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-50-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#51 / CALIFORNIA, USA

## Onion Valley

Onion Valley Road → Death Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The first plunge reaches the Owens Valley in a rush of switchbacks. The road then turns across the rain shadow and spends the remaining elevation on the approach to Stovepipe Wells.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 36 of 105.1 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.3 kWh. This equals about 15.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

36

Route length

105.1 mi

Share of route

34%

Total descent

14,102 ft

Peak surplus

4.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

Onion Valley Road starts below the Kearsarge Pass trailhead on the steep eastern wall of the Sierra Nevada.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-onion-valley-death-valley)

![Topographic route plate for the Onion Valley descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-onion-valley-death-valley-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Onion Valley](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-onion-valley-death-valley-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#52 / WYOMING, USA

## Powder River Pass

US-16 · Powder River Pass → Nowood Basin

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From open alpine ground, the highway descends through lodgepole and limestone walls into the dry country west of the range. The grade eases near the basin, but the road continues downhill for miles.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 36 of 36 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.3 kWh. This equals about 8.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

36

Route length

36 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,344 ft

Peak surplus

2.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

8.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

US-16 crosses the Bighorn Mountains at 9,666 feet before dropping toward the ranch country of the Bighorn Basin.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-powder-river-pass)

![Topographic route plate for the Powder River Pass descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-powder-river-pass-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Powder River Pass](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-powder-river-pass-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#53 / COLORADO, USA

## Flat Tops

the Buford–New Castle Road off the White River Plateau

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Colorado’s Flat Tops are a lava-capped plateau of meadow and spruce. The old Buford road slides off the south rim and follows Elk Creek down to the Colorado River valley.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 35.9 of 35.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.2 kWh. This equals about 8.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

35.9

Route length

35.9 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,960 ft

Peak surplus

2.2 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

8.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

Trappers Lake, just over this plateau, is where forester Arthur Carhart’s 1919 survey helped spark the American wilderness-area idea.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=38)

![Topographic route plate for the Flat Tops descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-38-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Flat Tops](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-38-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#54 / COLORADO, USA

## Baxter Pass

Baxter Pass Road → Colorado River country

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

This is a backroad descent rather than a polished scenic byway. The track leaves the high Book Cliffs, follows dry washes and benches, and eventually reaches the broad Colorado River valley.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 35.2 of 35.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.7 kWh. This equals about 6.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

35.2

Route length

35.2 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

3,676 ft

Peak surplus

1.7 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

6.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

Baxter Pass crosses the Book Cliffs through oil-shale country where roads still follow the grain of long, isolated ridges.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-baxter-pass)

![Topographic route plate for the Baxter Pass descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-baxter-pass-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Baxter Pass](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-baxter-pass-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#55 / OAXACA, MEXICO

## Sierra Sur de Oaxaca

MEX-175 · San José del Pacífico → Pochutla

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Out of the fog belt at San José del Pacífico, Highway 175 corkscrews off the Sierra Sur toward the coastal junction at Pochutla.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 35 of 35 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.9 kWh. This equals about 21.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

35

Route length

35 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

9,544 ft

Peak surplus

5.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

21.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

MEX-175 is one of Mexico’s storied mountain roads: mushrooms and mezcal at the top, Pacific surf at Puerto Ángel two hours below.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=18)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra Sur de Oaxaca descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-18-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra Sur de Oaxaca](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-18-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#56 / CALIFORNIA, USA

## South Lake

South Lake Road → Death Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Bishop Creek supplies the first steep descent. After the canyon opens, the route runs the length of the Owens Valley and turns east, carrying its early energy credit toward the desert floor.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 34.7 of 170.1 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.9 kWh. This equals about 10.5 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

34.7

Route length

170.1 mi

Share of route

20%

Total descent

15,351 ft

Peak surplus

2.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.5 mi

ROAD NOTE

South Lake sits in a glacier-cut Sierra basin above Bishop; the route ends across the Owens Valley in Death Valley’s desert interior.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-south-lake-death-valley)

![Topographic route plate for the South Lake descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-south-lake-death-valley-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for South Lake](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-south-lake-death-valley-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#57 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Big White

Big White Road · Big White → Kelowna

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The resort road descends from the alpine area in long steps. It joins Highway 33 and continues through Joe Rich to the Okanagan Valley at Kelowna.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 34.4 of 34.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.4 kWh. This equals about 5.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

34.4

Route length

34.4 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,125 ft

Peak surplus

1.4 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

5.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

Big White’s village sits above the cloud-prone Monashee foothills east of Kelowna.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-big-white-kelowna)

![Topographic route plate for the Big White descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-big-white-kelowna-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Big White](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-big-white-kelowna-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#58 / COLORADO, USA

## Uncompahgre Plateau

Divide Road off the Uncompahgre

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A long wooded ramp in western Colorado. Divide Road runs the spine, then the descent breaks off the rim toward the adobe badlands of the Uncompahgre Valley.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 34.2 of 34.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.9 kWh. This equals about 6.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

34.2

Route length

34.2 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,589 ft

Peak surplus

1.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

6.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

The plateau is a ninety-mile forested tableland tilted between canyon systems; its name comes from the Ute for “dirty water spring.”

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=43)

![Topographic route plate for the Uncompahgre Plateau descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-43-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Uncompahgre Plateau](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-43-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#59 / UTAH, USA

## Wasatch Plateau

Ephraim Canyon Road off Skyline Drive

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A tableland, not a peak: the Wasatch Plateau holds its altitude for miles before Ephraim Canyon cuts the exit. Short, steep, and efficient — 5,700 ft down to the Sanpete Valley floor.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 33.7 of 33.7 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.5 kWh. This equals about 16.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

33.7

Route length

33.7 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,511 ft

Peak surplus

4.5 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

16.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

Skyline Drive rides the plateau rim above 10,000 ft for some ninety miles — one of the highest sustained road crests in the country.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=35)

![Topographic route plate for the Wasatch Plateau descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-35-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Wasatch Plateau](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-35-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#60 / VERACRUZ, MEXICO

## Sierra de Zongolica

the Zongolica mountain roads above the Orizaba valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A crumpled Nahua highland south of Orizaba where every road is a grade. This one sheds 13,000 cumulative feet working down toward the sugar country of the valley floor.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 33.1 of 33.1 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.7 kWh. This equals about 20.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

33.1

Route length

33.1 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

10,568 ft

Peak surplus

5.7 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

20.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

These ridges live in the weather shadow of Pico de Orizaba, North America’s highest volcano, whose summit ice fields feed the valleys below.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=25)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra de Zongolica descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-25-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra de Zongolica](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-25-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#61 / CALIFORNIA, USA

## Mount Shasta

Everitt Memorial Highway → Shasta Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The road falls through red fir and volcanic clearings to the town of Mount Shasta, then continues south along the mountain’s long apron. The peak stays in the mirrors while the elevation keeps unwinding.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 33 of 77 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.2 kWh. This equals about 8.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

33

Route length

77 mi

Share of route

43%

Total descent

8,314 ft

Peak surplus

2.2 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

8.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

Everitt Memorial Highway climbs the south flank of the 14,179-foot volcano to the old ski-bowl trailheads.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-mount-shasta)

![Topographic route plate for the Mount Shasta descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-mount-shasta-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mount Shasta](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-mount-shasta-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#62 / COLORADO, USA

## Grand Mesa

Grand Mesa Scenic Byway (CO-65)

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A mile-high basalt table between two river valleys. The byway rolls off the lake-dotted summit and descends 7,200 cumulative feet to the adobe hills of the Gunnison.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 32.9 of 32.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.5 kWh. This equals about 16.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

32.9

Route length

32.9 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

6,362 ft

Peak surplus

4.5 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

16.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

Grand Mesa is often called the largest flat-topped mountain in the world — a basalt lid holding some 300 lakes above the desert.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=39)

![Topographic route plate for the Grand Mesa descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-39-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Grand Mesa](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-39-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#63 / UTAH, USA

## Kolob Terrace

Kolob Terrace Road → Hurricane

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The pavement rolls off Zion’s western plateau and follows a staircase of mesas toward Hurricane. Red cliffs gather around the road while the horizon opens toward the Mojave.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 32.9 of 32.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.7 kWh. This equals about 9.9 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

32.9

Route length

32.9 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,106 ft

Peak surplus

2.7 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

9.9 mi

ROAD NOTE

Kolob Terrace Road reaches the quiet high country above Zion’s main canyon, crossing lava fields, ponderosa forest, and open slickrock benches.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-kolob-terrace)

![Topographic route plate for the Kolob Terrace descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-kolob-terrace-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Kolob Terrace](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-kolob-terrace-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#64 / NEW MEXICO, USA

## Mogollon Mountains

Bursum Road → Gila Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The road begins among ponderosa and volcanic ridges, then follows a succession of canyons toward the Gila. Pavement is not the point here; remoteness and vertical scale are.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 31.7 of 56.3 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.9 kWh. This equals about 10.5 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

31.7

Route length

56.3 mi

Share of route

56%

Total descent

6,163 ft

Peak surplus

2.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.5 mi

ROAD NOTE

Bursum Road crosses the Mogollon high country near the Gila Wilderness before descending toward New Mexico’s warmer southwest valleys.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-mogollon-mountains)

![Topographic route plate for the Mogollon Mountains descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-mogollon-mountains-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mogollon Mountains](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-mogollon-mountains-profile.png)

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#65 / ZACATECAS / DURANGO, MEXICO

## Sierra Huichola

the Valparaíso–Huejuquilla highway (DGO-44)

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

West of Valparaíso the plateau ends and the great barranca country begins. The highway to Huejuquilla descends through it in long, patient switchback flights.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 31.6 of 110 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 5.3 kWh. This equals about 19.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

31.6

Route length

110 mi

Share of route

29%

Total descent

16,703 ft

Peak surplus

5.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

19.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

This is the road into the Wixárika (Huichol) sierra — 20,800 cumulative feet of downgrade threading canyon rims most maps barely name.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=46)

![Topographic route plate for the Sierra Huichola descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-46-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sierra Huichola](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-46-profile.png)

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#66 / IDAHO, USA

## Mount Harrison

Mount Harrison Road → Snake River Plain

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From an alpine island above southern Idaho, the road drops through ski slopes and sage. The route then stretches west across the plain, preserving enough early descent to keep the modeled run free.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 31.5 of 99.5 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.8 kWh. This equals about 10.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

31.5

Route length

99.5 mi

Share of route

32%

Total descent

6,772 ft

Peak surplus

2.8 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

Mount Harrison crowns the Albion Mountains above the Snake River Plain and carries a seasonal road to its high lookout country.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-mount-harrison)

![Topographic route plate for the Mount Harrison descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-mount-harrison-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mount Harrison](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-mount-harrison-profile.png)

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#67 / COLORADO, USA

## Cumberland Pass

Cumberland Pass Road → Arkansas River valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The first miles drop quickly from tundra into timber. From there the route keeps finding lower country—past old mining valleys, through the upper Arkansas corridor, and east toward the plains-facing edge of the Rockies.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 30.9 of 144.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.9 kWh. This equals about 6.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

30.9

Route length

144.9 mi

Share of route

21%

Total descent

11,114 ft

Peak surplus

1.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

6.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

The unpaved pass tops 12,000 feet between Tin Cup and Pitkin, surrounded by the mining country of the central Sawatch.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-cumberland-pass)

![Topographic route plate for the Cumberland Pass descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-cumberland-pass-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Cumberland Pass](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-cumberland-pass-profile.png)

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#68 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Blueberry–Paulson Summit

Crowsnest Highway · Paulson Summit → Castlegar

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The Crowsnest Highway leaves the pass in dense forest. It crosses the Paulson Bridge and continues downhill toward the Columbia River near Castlegar.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 30.3 of 30.3 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 0.7 kWh. This equals about 2.5 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

30.3

Route length

30.3 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,137 ft

Peak surplus

0.7 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

2.5 mi

ROAD NOTE

Highway 3 crosses the Monashee Mountains here between the Boundary Country and the Columbia River valley.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-blueberry-paulson)

![Topographic route plate for the Blueberry–Paulson Summit descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-blueberry-paulson-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Blueberry–Paulson Summit](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-blueberry-paulson-profile.png)

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#69 / OAXACA, MEXICO

## Mixteca de Peñoles

the Santa Catarina Ocotlán road

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Deep Mixteca: eroded gold-and-green highlands cut by gorge after gorge. The road gives up its altitude a canyon at a time, all the way down to the Pacific slope.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 30 of 79.3 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.9 kWh. This equals about 14.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

30

Route length

79.3 mi

Share of route

38%

Total descent

20,167 ft

Peak surplus

3.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

14.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

No route in this ranking descends more in total: 26,300 cumulative feet — nearly an Everest of accumulated downgrade — over 117 miles of mountain road.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=42)

![Topographic route plate for the Mixteca de Peñoles descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-42-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mixteca de Peñoles](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-42-profile.png)

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#70 / UTAH, USA

## La Sal Mountains

Geyser Pass Road toward the Moab valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A laccolithic island range floating over redrock. The descent leaves the cool aspen belt and lands in the canyon country of the Colorado, 6,900 cumulative feet below.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 29.8 of 29.8 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.3 kWh. This equals about 15.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

29.8

Route length

29.8 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,988 ft

Peak surplus

4.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

From alpine aspen at the pass to Moab’s slickrock desert is barely thirty-five road miles — one of the sharpest biome drops in the Southwest.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=37)

![Topographic route plate for the La Sal Mountains descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-37-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for La Sal Mountains](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-37-profile.png)

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#71 / NEVADA, USA

## Hinkey Summit

Hinkey Summit Road → Paradise Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The road leaves open mountain slopes and points west into an immense basin. There are few landmarks and almost no traffic—just a steady loss of height beneath the Santa Rosas.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 29.6 of 61.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.4 kWh. This equals about 8.9 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

29.6

Route length

61.4 mi

Share of route

48%

Total descent

4,184 ft

Peak surplus

2.4 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

8.9 mi

ROAD NOTE

Hinkey Summit crosses the Santa Rosa Range above Paradise Valley, a remote agricultural basin in northern Nevada.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-hinkey-summit)

![Topographic route plate for the Hinkey Summit descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-hinkey-summit-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Hinkey Summit](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-hinkey-summit-profile.png)

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#72 / COLORADO, USA

## Greenhorn Mountain

Greenhorn Highway → Arkansas River

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The highway leaves the shoulder of Greenhorn Mountain, threads ranch country, and descends toward the broad river valley near Florence. It is a quiet eastern-slope run with a long, clean finish.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 29.3 of 29.3 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.9 kWh. This equals about 6.9 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

29.3

Route length

29.3 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,342 ft

Peak surplus

1.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

6.9 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Wet Mountains rise as a wooded wall between Colorado’s high valleys and the Arkansas River corridor.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-greenhorn-mountain)

![Topographic route plate for the Greenhorn Mountain descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-greenhorn-mountain-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Greenhorn Mountain](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-greenhorn-mountain-profile.png)

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#73 / WYOMING, USA

## Louis Lake Road

Louis Lake Road → Hudson

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A narrow mountain road unwinds from the Wind River high country toward the sage basin. By the time the route reaches Hudson, granite walls have given way to a wide Wyoming sky.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 29.3 of 29.3 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.8 kWh. This equals about 10.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

29.3

Route length

29.3 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,607 ft

Peak surplus

2.8 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Loop Road crosses the southern Wind River Range through granite, lodgepole forest, and small high-country lakes above Lander.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-louis-lake)

![Topographic route plate for the Louis Lake Road descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-louis-lake-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Louis Lake Road](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-louis-lake-profile.png)

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#74 / UTAH, USA

## Boulder Mountain

Scenic Byway 12 → Burr Trail country

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The descent starts in spruce and aspen, then the world turns red. Long bends reveal the Henry Mountains and canyon country before the route reaches the open rock around Boulder and the Burr Trail.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 29.2 of 72.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.9 kWh. This equals about 7 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

29.2

Route length

72.4 mi

Share of route

40%

Total descent

8,390 ft

Peak surplus

1.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

7 mi

ROAD NOTE

Utah 12 crosses the forested shoulder of Boulder Mountain above a maze of slickrock canyons and the Waterpocket Fold.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-boulder-mountain)

![Topographic route plate for the Boulder Mountain descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-boulder-mountain-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Boulder Mountain](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-boulder-mountain-profile.png)

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#75 / NAVAJO NATION, ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO, USA

## Chuska Mountains

Navajo Route 5034 off the Chuska crest

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A sandstone-capped forest range on the Navajo Nation. The route drops off the crest into the red valley country toward Canyon de Chelly’s drainage.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 29.2 of 29.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.1 kWh. This equals about 11.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

29.2

Route length

29.2 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,927 ft

Peak surplus

3.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

11.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

In Diné geography the Chuskas form the body of the male deity Goods-of-Value Mountain; their forests stand above red-rock valleys on either side.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=45)

![Topographic route plate for the Chuska Mountains descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-45-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Chuska Mountains](/media/stories/coast-routes/route-45-profile.png)

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#76 / WYOMING, USA

## Southern Bighorns

Slip Road → Sussex Road

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

There is no single postcard switchback here. The route works down from open mountain pasture through rolling foothills until the high country is only a line on the western horizon.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 28.5 of 28.5 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.7 kWh. This equals about 9.7 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

28.5

Route length

28.5 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

3,726 ft

Peak surplus

2.7 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

9.7 mi

ROAD NOTE

The southern end of the Bighorn Mountains dissolves into long sage ridges above the Powder River country.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-southern-bighorns)

![Topographic route plate for the Southern Bighorns descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-southern-bighorns-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Southern Bighorns](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-southern-bighorns-profile.png)

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#77 / COLORADO, USA

## Peak to Peak

Peak to Peak Highway → Boulder plains

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the high road near Ward, the route leaves the Front Range in a sequence of forested shelves. Boulder County’s plains appear early and stay in view as the road gives back the last mountain miles.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 27.6 of 27.6 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.4 kWh. This equals about 8.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

27.6

Route length

27.6 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,779 ft

Peak surplus

2.4 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

8.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

Colorado’s Peak to Peak route was established in 1918 and remains the state’s oldest scenic byway.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-peak-to-peak)

![Topographic route plate for the Peak to Peak descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-peak-to-peak-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Peak to Peak](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-peak-to-peak-profile.png)

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#78 / UTAH, USA

## Guardsman Pass

Guardsman Pass Road → Salt Lake Valley

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Aspen groves close around the road at the saddle, then Big Cottonwood Canyon takes over. The descent follows the creek out of the Wasatch and keeps rolling into the Salt Lake Valley.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 27.1 of 27.1 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.7 kWh. This equals about 13.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

27.1

Route length

27.1 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,241 ft

Peak surplus

3.7 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

13.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

The pass links the Wasatch Back to Big Cottonwood Canyon, crossing the high saddle between Park City and Brighton.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-guardsman-pass)

![Topographic route plate for the Guardsman Pass descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-guardsman-pass-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Guardsman Pass](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-guardsman-pass-profile.png)

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#79 / WYOMING, USA

## Medicine Wheel Passage

US-14A · Burgess Junction → Bighorn Basin

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The alpine shelf ends almost at once. Below it, the highway draws broad switchbacks down a pale limestone wall and aims across the open Bighorn Basin.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 26.8 of 26.8 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.2 kWh. This equals about 11.7 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

26.8

Route length

26.8 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,815 ft

Peak surplus

3.2 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

11.7 mi

ROAD NOTE

US-14A passes near the ancient Bighorn Medicine Wheel before dropping off the west face of the range.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-medicine-wheel-passage)

![Topographic route plate for the Medicine Wheel Passage descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-medicine-wheel-passage-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Medicine Wheel Passage](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-medicine-wheel-passage-profile.png)

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#80 / UTAH, USA

## Fishlake Plateau

Forest Road 640 → US-89

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A forest road finds the edge of the plateau and follows drainage after drainage toward US-89. The grade is broken, but the accumulated drop keeps the energy ledger in gravity’s favor.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 26.7 of 26.7 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.3 kWh. This equals about 11.9 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

26.7

Route length

26.7 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,099 ft

Peak surplus

3.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

11.9 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Fishlake high country is a volcanic plateau of aspen, meadow, and spruce above central Utah’s dry valleys.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=us-fishlake-plateau)

![Topographic route plate for the Fishlake Plateau descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-fishlake-plateau-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Fishlake Plateau](/media/stories/coast-routes/us-fishlake-plateau-profile.png)

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#81 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Kootenay Pass

BC-3 · Kootenay Pass → Creston

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Highway 3 breaks east from the Kootenay Pass snow belt, drops beside fast creeks, and eventually opens onto the farms and wetlands of the Creston Valley. The grade relaxes, but gravity keeps paying for mile after mile.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 24.1 of 28.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1 kWh. This equals about 3.7 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

24.1

Route length

28.2 mi

Share of route

85%

Total descent

4,072 ft

Peak surplus

1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

3.7 mi

ROAD NOTE

At roughly 1,775 metres, Kootenay Pass is among Canada’s highest highway passes and stays open through the deep-snow winter season.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-kootenay-pass-creston)

![Topographic route plate for the Kootenay Pass descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-kootenay-pass-creston-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Kootenay Pass](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-kootenay-pass-creston-profile.png)

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#82 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Mount Baldy

McKinney Road · Mount Baldy → Oliver

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

McKinney Road leaves the ski hill in forest and crosses a high bench. It then descends toward the grass, orchards, and vineyards near Oliver.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 21.4 of 21.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.1 kWh. This equals about 11.3 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

21.4

Route length

21.4 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,829 ft

Peak surplus

3.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

11.3 mi

ROAD NOTE

The road links a high, snowy shoulder of the Boundary Country to one of Canada’s warmest wine-growing valleys.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-mount-baldy-oliver)

![Topographic route plate for the Mount Baldy descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-mount-baldy-oliver-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mount Baldy](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-mount-baldy-oliver-profile.png)

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#83 / ALBERTA, CANADA

## Sunwapta Pass

Icefields Parkway · Sunwapta Pass → Saskatchewan Crossing

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the icefields, Highway 93 runs south beneath hanging glaciers and the great limestone walls of the Canadian Rockies. Valley after valley opens before the road reaches the North Saskatchewan.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 19.4 of 121.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1 kWh. This equals about 3.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

19.4

Route length

121.9 mi

Share of route

16%

Total descent

7,188 ft

Peak surplus

1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

3.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

Sunwapta Pass marks both the Jasper–Banff boundary and the divide between waters flowing toward the Arctic and Hudson Bay.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-sunwapta-saskatchewan-crossing)

![Topographic route plate for the Sunwapta Pass descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-sunwapta-saskatchewan-crossing-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sunwapta Pass](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-sunwapta-saskatchewan-crossing-profile.png)

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#84 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Apex Mountain

Apex Mountain Road · Apex Resort → Penticton

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Apex Mountain Road falls out of lodgepole pine, joins Green Mountain Road, and follows the folds of the valley toward Penticton. The last miles trade forest for wide Okanagan light.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 19.2 of 19.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.5 kWh. This equals about 12.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

19.2

Route length

19.2 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,557 ft

Peak surplus

3.5 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

12.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

The road connects a high Okanagan ski basin to the orchards and vineyards around Okanagan Lake.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-apex-penticton)

![Topographic route plate for the Apex Mountain descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-apex-penticton-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Apex Mountain](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-apex-penticton-profile.png)

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#85 / VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Mount Washington

Strathcona Parkway · Mount Washington → Courtenay

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The parkway leaves the resort and descends through silver fir and hemlock. It ends near the farms and salt air of the Comox Valley.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 18.6 of 18.6 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.9 kWh. This equals about 10.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

18.6

Route length

18.6 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

3,835 ft

Peak surplus

2.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

Strathcona Parkway links the alpine resort to the Comox Valley through one of Vancouver Island’s deepest winter snow belts.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-mount-washington-courtenay)

![Topographic route plate for the Mount Washington descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-mount-washington-courtenay-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mount Washington](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-mount-washington-courtenay-profile.png)

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#86 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Anarchist Summit

Crowsnest Highway · Anarchist Summit → Osoyoos

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The bench falls away quickly. Highway 3 descends almost one kilometre through switchbacks. The road shows Osoyoos Lake, vineyards, and the striped border hills.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 17.6 of 17.6 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.1 kWh. This equals about 4.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

17.6

Route length

17.6 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

3,314 ft

Peak surplus

1.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

4.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

The highway drops from dry upland forest to Canada’s warmest desert landscape in little more than thirty kilometres.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-anarchist-osoyoos)

![Topographic route plate for the Anarchist Summit descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-anarchist-osoyoos-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Anarchist Summit](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-anarchist-osoyoos-profile.png)

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#87 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Coquihalla Summit

BC-5 · Coquihalla Summit → Hope

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the divide, the Coquihalla commits west. Broad freeway curves sweep past avalanche paths and granite shoulders, then follow the Coquihalla River into the wet green walls above Hope.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 15.5 of 30.1 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 0.3 kWh. This equals about 1.1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

15.5

Route length

30.1 mi

Share of route

51%

Total descent

4,180 ft

Peak surplus

0.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

1.1 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Coquihalla crosses the Cascade Mountains on a high, weather-exposed freeway built for long-distance travel rather than sightseeing.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-coquihalla-hope)

![Topographic route plate for the Coquihalla Summit descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-coquihalla-hope-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Coquihalla Summit](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-coquihalla-hope-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#88 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Meadows in the Sky

Meadows in the Sky Parkway · Balsam Lake → Revelstoke

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A narrow park road leaves the flower meadows of Mount Revelstoke. It descends through spruce, fir, and inland rainforest to the Columbia Valley.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 14.9 of 14.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.2 kWh. This equals about 15.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

14.9

Route length

14.9 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,698 ft

Peak surplus

4.2 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

15.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

The paved parkway climbs from the Trans-Canada Highway into subalpine meadows, threading sixteen switchbacks before Balsam Lake.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-meadows-in-the-sky)

![Topographic route plate for the Meadows in the Sky descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-meadows-in-the-sky-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Meadows in the Sky](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-meadows-in-the-sky-profile.png)

The yellow line starts at the high point. The chart shows the elevation and modeled battery energy for the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD. The highlight ends where the battery last returns to its starting charge.

#89 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## SilverStar Mountain

Silver Star Road · SilverStar → Vernon

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Silver Star Road descends steadily from the alpine village. It passes ranchland on the lower bench and ends near Vernon.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 13.9 of 13.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3.3 kWh. This equals about 12 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

13.9

Route length

13.9 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

4,012 ft

Peak surplus

3.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

12 mi

ROAD NOTE

The resort village sits on the shoulder of Silver Star Mountain above the northern Okanagan Valley.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-silver-star-vernon)

![Topographic route plate for the SilverStar Mountain descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-silver-star-vernon-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for SilverStar Mountain](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-silver-star-vernon-profile.png)

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#90 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Sasquatch Mountain

Hemlock Valley Road · Sasquatch Mountain → Harrison Mills

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

Hemlock Valley Road winds down through wet Coast Mountain forest, crosses creek gullies, and finally reaches the broad, low farmland beside the Fraser River.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 12.8 of 12.8 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 3 kWh. This equals about 11 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

12.8

Route length

12.8 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

3,179 ft

Peak surplus

3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

11 mi

ROAD NOTE

The access road descends from the Coast Mountains toward the Fraser Valley near Harrison Bay.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-sasquatch-harrison)

![Topographic route plate for the Sasquatch Mountain descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-sasquatch-harrison-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sasquatch Mountain](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-sasquatch-harrison-profile.png)

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#91 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Red Mountain

BC-22 / Red Mountain Road · Rossland → Trail

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From Rossland, Highway 22 falls through a steep, settled mountain corridor. Houses cling to the grade before the road reaches the Columbia River at Trail.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 12.2 of 12.2 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 4.8 kWh. This equals about 17.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

12.2

Route length

12.2 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

5,003 ft

Peak surplus

4.8 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

17.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

Rossland’s mining-era streets and ski slopes sit high above the Columbia River industrial city of Trail.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-red-mountain-trail)

![Topographic route plate for the Red Mountain descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-red-mountain-trail-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Red Mountain](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-red-mountain-trail-profile.png)

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#92 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Cypress Bowl

Cypress Bowl Road · Hollyburn Ridge → West Vancouver

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A short descent with an enormous view. The road leaves the ski area, rounds the shoulder of Hollyburn Ridge, and repeatedly opens windows onto Vancouver and the Salish Sea before meeting the city grid.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 10.9 of 10.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.9 kWh. This equals about 6.9 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

10.9

Route length

10.9 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

2,638 ft

Peak surplus

1.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

6.9 mi

ROAD NOTE

The upper road served venues for the 2010 Winter Games and overlooks English Bay, Vancouver, and the Strait of Georgia.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-cypress-bowl)

![Topographic route plate for the Cypress Bowl descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-cypress-bowl-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Cypress Bowl](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-cypress-bowl-profile.png)

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#93 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Mount Seymour

Mount Seymour Parkway · ski area → North Vancouver

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

A compact Coast Mountain descent begins among hemlock and ski runs, then drops through deep forest until Burrard Inlet and Vancouver’s street grid appear below.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 10.4 of 10.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 2.9 kWh. This equals about 10.6 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

10.4

Route length

10.4 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

3,310 ft

Peak surplus

2.9 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

10.6 mi

ROAD NOTE

The access road climbs from the edge of metropolitan Vancouver into the snow belt of the North Shore Mountains.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-mount-seymour-vancouver)

![Topographic route plate for the Mount Seymour descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-mount-seymour-vancouver-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mount Seymour](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-mount-seymour-vancouver-profile.png)

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#94 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Kicking Horse Mountain

Kicking Horse Trail · Resort base → Golden

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

This one is brief and decisive: the access road unwinds from the ski base, crosses open benches above the Columbia, and drops directly into Golden.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 7.5 of 7.5 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1.1 kWh. This equals about 4.2 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

7.5

Route length

7.5 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

1,526 ft

Peak surplus

1.1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

4.2 mi

ROAD NOTE

The resort road looks across the Rocky Mountain Trench to the peaks of Yoho National Park.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-kicking-horse-resort)

![Topographic route plate for the Kicking Horse Mountain descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-kicking-horse-resort-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Kicking Horse Mountain](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-kicking-horse-resort-profile.png)

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#95 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Sun Peaks

Sun Peaks Road · Sun Peaks → Kamloops

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

From the village, the road follows the narrow Louis Creek valley, then Highway 5 turns south. Forest thins, grassland takes over, and the Thompson Valley opens below.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 7.3 of 35.9 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1 kWh. This equals about 3.8 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

7.3

Route length

35.9 mi

Share of route

20%

Total descent

3,904 ft

Peak surplus

1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

3.8 mi

ROAD NOTE

The route leaves the high resort basin for the dry Thompson River country around Kamloops.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-sun-peaks-kamloops)

![Topographic route plate for the Sun Peaks descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-sun-peaks-kamloops-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Sun Peaks](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-sun-peaks-kamloops-profile.png)

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#96 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Pennask Summit

Okanagan Connector · Pennask Summit → Merritt

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

BC-97C travels west from the high lakes near Pennask. It crosses open plateau and then descends through the Nicola Valley toward Merritt.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 6.6 of 60 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 0.4 kWh. This equals about 1.4 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

6.6

Route length

60 mi

Share of route

11%

Total descent

6,463 ft

Peak surplus

0.4 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

1.4 mi

ROAD NOTE

The Okanagan Connector was built as a high-speed crossing between Kelowna and Merritt and spends much of its length above 1,200 metres.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-pennask-merritt)

![Topographic route plate for the Pennask Summit descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-pennask-merritt-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Pennask Summit](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-pennask-merritt-profile.png)

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#97 / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

## Rogers Pass

Trans-Canada Highway · Rogers Pass → Revelstoke

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The Trans-Canada leaves the pass beneath avalanche sheds, follows the Illecillewaet through Glacier National Park, and trades icefields for cedar forest on the long run into Revelstoke.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 5.1 of 40.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 0.3 kWh. This equals about 1 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

5.1

Route length

40.4 mi

Share of route

13%

Total descent

3,327 ft

Peak surplus

0.3 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

1 mi

ROAD NOTE

Rogers Pass is both a national historic site and the centre of one of the world’s largest mobile avalanche-control programs.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-rogers-pass-revelstoke)

![Topographic route plate for the Rogers Pass descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-rogers-pass-revelstoke-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Rogers Pass](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-rogers-pass-revelstoke-profile.png)

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#98 / ALBERTA, CANADA

## Mount Norquay

Mount Norquay Scenic Drive · Norquay → Banff

WHAT THIS ROAD SHOWS

The compact park road leaves the ski area, hooks across the face of the mountain, and returns to the Trans-Canada just above Banff. Every bend rearranges the Bow Valley below.

For the 2026 Model Y Premium AWD, the model shows that the battery stays at or above its starting charge for 3.4 of 3.4 road miles . The highest energy surplus is 1 kWh. This equals about 3.5 miles at the EPA energy rate. The result shows how the road grade and speed can reduce net energy use.

Battery-hold miles

3.4

Route length

3.4 mi

Share of route

100%

Total descent

1,017 ft

Peak surplus

1 kWh

EPA-eq. banked

3.5 mi

ROAD NOTE

A famous switchback viewpoint looks across Banff, the Bow Valley, and the sawtooth profile of Mount Rundle.

[Open this road on the map](/map?coast=ca-mount-norquay-banff)

![Topographic route plate for the Mount Norquay descent](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-mount-norquay-banff-map.jpg)

![Elevation and 2026 Model Y Premium AWD battery-energy profile for Mount Norquay](/media/stories/coast-routes/ca-mount-norquay-banff-profile.png)

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