Thanks to Tesla....you can review the route taken by the supposedly dead Army guy from the Vegas Trump Hotel.
First stop for recharging after picking up the vehicle? Leaving Denver, he arrives at Monument, Colorado....a 59-mile ride. Yeah, you typically get 340 miles on one charge. So it is awful early in the trip to charge-up.
Second stop? Trinidad, CO. He got 148 miles on this charge-up.
I should note here....a typical complete charge would take 2.5 hours. If you didn't need a full charge....then 60 to 90 minutes would be enough.
Third stop? Las Vegas, NM. 130 miles accomplished on this 'leg'.
Fourth stop? 127 miles 'leg'....arriving in Albuquerque.
Fifth stop? Gallup, NM. 144 mile leg.
Sixth stop? Holbrook, NM. 95 mile leg.
Seventh stop? Flagstaff, AZ. 90 mile leg.
Eighth stop? Kingman, AZ. 146 mile leg.
Finally arriving in Las Vegas and last charge-up. 107 mile leg.
So you do the math here....about every 100 miles of driving (assuming at 70 mph)....he's pausing for 90 minutes minimum....to charge-up.
Was there a more direct route? Yes....but you would avoid that in winter....typically.
Is he charging up a lot? This is a region with limited off-ramps, and limited charging stations. You can't be picky.
Is he sleeping and resting in these pauses? Well....this part of the story....you don't know. FBI says he didn't rent a hotel room....it was go-and-pause for the whole trip.
Using camping gear? Well...he bought the gear prior to the trip....so you assume he was camping in some way.
Most economic vehicle for this drive to Vegas? Back in early 2024, it was in the $225 range (per-day). It's NOT a cheap vehicle to rent.
If you were asking me for a vehicle to rent, then to drive from Denver to Vegas....out of a thousand possibilities.....this would rank near the bottom.
Do I believe any part of the suicide story, the gravitational drones, etc? No....it just all seems faked-up. It could be a paranoid shizophrenic episode, with a drug mixture....with one or two pieces of facts, and the other 70-percent of the story being faked-up....either by this guy, the gov't, or some 'friend'.