---
title: "Tesla Model 3 Sets New EV Cannonball Run Record of 50 Hours, 16 Minutes"
description: "Alex Roy joined owner Dan Zorrilla in one of the first customer cars off the assembly line."
date: "2018-01-02"
modified: "2018-01-02"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/17312/tesla-model-3-sets-new-ev-cannonball-run-record-of-50-hours-16-minutes"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Tesla News"
tags:
  - "Autopilot"
  - "Cannonball Run"
  - "compact"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "model 3"
  - "sedan"
  - "Tesla"
---

# Tesla Model 3 Sets New EV Cannonball Run Record of 50 Hours, 16 Minutes

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Approximately one hundred years ago, Erwin "Cannonball" Baker began driving cross-country, as quickly as possible, in anything he could get his hands on. His point: to demonstrate the reliability, range, and ease of refueling internal combustion cars.

On Thursday, December 28th, 2017, Alex Roy joined Daniel Zorrilla, a Tesla Model 3 owner, to test the range and reliability of that vehicle—which happens to be one of the first delivered Model 3 customer cars. The pair departed the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, California; their final destination was the Red Ball garage in New York City. The two completed the cross-country drive in 50 hours and 16 minutes, setting a new electric Cannonball Run record.

Total time: 50 hours, 16 minutes, 32 seconds

Total mileage: 2860 miles

Charging cost: $100.95

![message-editor%2F1514931372860-img\_3264.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1514931372860-img_3264.jpg>)
**Alex Roy**

Here's the timelapse and GPS track of their journey:

https://youtube.com/embed/Ylh0QyfmaYc

A detailed article will follow soon.

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