This past summer, I drove my kids to camp in the Catskill Mountain area in Upstate New York in the US. Our chariot for the journey was a Tesla.

And not just any Model S, but a P90D with Ludicrous Mode: the baddest, fastest, coolest Tesla in all the land.

The idea was to see if this four-door luxury “family car” with supercar-beating acceleration — 0 to 96km/h in 2.8 seconds, claimed — could handle a journey of decent length (about 386 kms round trip) involving two adults, three kids, and the gear of a pair of campers for two weeks.

Quite a test, eh? And we decided to put the Model S through its charging paces. All of them — including some we didn’t expect!

Read on to learn about all the different ways you can rejuice this most famous of electric cars.

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