We've done that drive a hundred times. When driving north on I-5, we like to stop at Hot City BBQ in Los Banos. It is just past the half way point and the food is fantastic (warning, it is only open on Friday - Sunday). Driving down, we tend to take 99 over I-5. There are more towns for gas and bathroom breaks. That said, if either route has construction, we take the other.
You'll be fine. If you can deal with the beltway at rush hour, you'll be fine in CA at is worst. (We moved to AZ from MD.)
I tend to agree with this. I grew up in and live in the South, and love it's people. But we have the WORST drivers anywhere. I've driven in LA, SF, Diego, NYC, and Boston - almost all over the US without major problems.
I can't not see white Teslas everywhere now!
Living in the heart of Silicon Valley, I had to count the number of Teslas I saw on the 2.5 miles from the grocery store to my home - 15 Teslas of varying colors including white.
Another Silicon Valley resident here. When Teslas first came out and were a novelty, I used to point them out when a friend visited from Napa. Within a year or so, she told me to stop doing that.
If you are going to Disneyland if you stop through Los Banos you can go to the left side of the freeway because when you are departing Los Banos you will see a right freeway exit and a left freeway exit. The right freeway exit leads to Santa Nella Tracy Stockton Sacramento/Truckee/Reno/Carson City NV and the left freeway exit goes to Los Angeles and I know about these freeway exits because when we drove with my great-aunt to take her to Texas we used that freeway exit and when my family drove to Disneyland we also used that same freeway exit to go to Disneyland and it's a pretty useful drive if you go to Disneyland or Los Angeles through that route
Teslas are the Prius of the late 2010s-early 2020s. And I say that as someone whose wife drove a Prius when they were at the height of their popularity.Another Silicon Valley resident here. When Teslas first came out and were a novelty, I used to point them out when a friend visited from Napa. Within a year or so, she told me to stop doing that.
Yeah, she's now driving an Accord and wants to go back to a Prius. She only goes in 3 days a week to the office and it's only a 10 mile commute. An electric would work well for her but she's not a fan.
I see this a lot, and for a lot of people it's a big deal. If someone is doing long road trips 6-12 times a year then it is indeed a huge deal. But for someone who mainly drives to work and back and only exceeds the typical range of an EV maybe 1-2 times a year, on the whole they save a whole lot more time by having an EV (if they can charge at home). The EV driver might lose 30 minutes on those long road trips 1-2 times a year, but they make it back 2-3x in never having to go to a gas station during the entire rest of the year, never having to do oil changes or most other scheduled maintenance, etc. My EV has ~250 miles of range, and it is mildly inconvenient to have to extend charging stops to 30 minutes, but my wife spends wayyyyy more of her life caring for her gas-powered car than I do with my EV.
BC drivers can be horrendous, WA state drivers are even worse. Not really concerned with the drive down, like others said we just need to be aware of our surroundings and be careful when leaving the car that we don't leave our stuff in it. While we've driven in the LA and San Diego areas numerous times, it's been in rental cars for the past few years. We haven't made the drive down all the way in our car since 2013 so it's going to be an interesting trip to say the least 
