Exclusive Footage of the Record-Setting Cross-Country Tesla Drive
Alex Roy’s team sets the transcontinental record for a semi-autonomous vehicle; watches cat videos, sleeps behind wheel.


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Three weeks ago, on Oct. 21, Alex Roy arrived in Manhattan, exhausted. He, and his team, Carl Reese and Deena Mastracci, had just done something incredible: Set the record for fastest drive across America in a semi-autonomous vehicle. That’d be 2,995 miles in 57 hours and 48 minutes. Roy, Reese and Mastracci invited The Drive to come along for the ride for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look.
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