Posted on 02/21/2020 12:29:37 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Recently sold on the website Only Used Tesla is what is believed to be the highest-mileage Tesla Model X in the world—a 2016 “90D” rental car/shuttle with over 400,000 miles on the odometer. The company that owned it, Tesloop, gave me the vehicle’s full maintenance records, so let’s look at every part that had to be swapped for this electric crossover to reach 400,000 miles in this condition.
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Before we go on, I want to make clear that this story is not a criticism of Tesla, nor is it implying that its cars are less-than-reliable, or that they’re significantly more reliable or easier to maintain than most other vehicles on the road. There isn’t enough info here to draw those conclusions (consider reading Consumer Reports if you’re after that). The article is simply providing a close look at what it took to keep this particular EV on the road and in good condition for over three years and 400,000 miles. It’s fascinating stuff. And yes, there are a decent number of line-items, but I think we’re all well aware of the copious maintenance issues associated with some internal combustion engine cars, so just imagine how long this log would be on, say, a 400,000 mile Mini.
Anyway, here’s the full maintenance log:
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I don’t hate them either but they aren’t a panancea and i don’t worship them like some here and obvious other places do.
Performace goes down in very cold or very hot weather.
They have started on fire while charging.
They have started on fire just parked in a parking spot.
People that have gotten into accidents in them have not been able to get out of the cars and have died.
Neighborhood infrastructures are not built to handle a significant number of people charging ev’s overnight, the transformers are undersized and rely on low overnite electricity usage to cool down.
Ev folks kid themselves that theycdirve clean vehicles when we know where the power comes from - coal and natural gas and nuclear plants.
EVs are not towing and hauling vehicles, and often come with warnings expressing this.
They also kid themselves that they ignore the damaging and dangerous processes and pollution/wastes that are created up front to build the large lithium ion battery packs for these vehicles.
All vehicles have pros and cons, don’t complain that most people don’t gush over ev’s when gas vehicles offer many significant advantages over them, still.
Actually if I had $100,000 and had to spend it on a vehicle it would be a nice 4wd pickup and a some Toyota sedan.
The real problem is lumping hybrids in with straight ev vehicles. Hybrids are the best design especially if the gas engine is there recharging the batteries, then dual drivetrains aren’t required.
You do realize utility companies have never built neighborhoods with ev charging in mind overnight? The transformers they use aren’t set up to handle a significant portion of people in the block charging cars continuously overnight. They have been undersized transformers and the power company designed it so that overnight the transformers will cool down because they count on very little electricity usage overnight. if they never are able to cool down they will overheat and fail relatively quickly.
It is idiotic to equate filling up cars with gas to them all charging overnight in a neighborhood.
Its very quick to fill up a car. Not so charging one.
Each car gets filled up by its own pump. Charging cars all run through the same small, undersized neighborhood transformer.
I can fill up my car anytime. EVs need to be charged overnite at a persons home so they can use it the next day and not run out of power. so location traps them and also traps them into certain hours all peoples cars are charging at the same time.
And if you are smart, you know this. But you make an ignorant attempt at an analogy that is specious.
And not every EV has a long range, and the older they get, their range diminishes.
It’s aging and national security analysis has shown it’s more fragile than people believe it is. And if we lose larger transformers handling high power lines we don’t have spares sitting around to swap in, they take a couple years to build, ship over and replace.
“$29,000 worth of repairs” over 400,000 miles.
That is expensive. I spent $9,500 worth of repairs over 350,000 miles on my 02 Hundai. The Tesla brakes alone were $2,000
$29,000 worth of repairs. That is a lot.
I could buy 2 gas cars.
My newish 2016 Honda Accord Sport has 45,000+ miles on it.
So far just air filters and a oil change.
More expense to come.
Apples and Oranges.
You might as well boast about how little it costs to maintain a $100,000 Double Wide.
Verses a Million Dollar home in the suburbs.
Yes, $29,000 is a lot of expenses.
But upthread - it was mentioned that they DID NOT SPEND $37,500 in gasoline expenses.
And they sold the thing for $30,000
I’m with you two. I’ll stick with Hyundais and Hondas.
But - Buying this Tesla was a far better bargain than if they had spent $110K on a Mercedes or BMW.
But how do you drive an electric car 10,000 miles per month?
was raised in the automotive repair field my entire life and being a former tow truck operator i’ve cleaned up quite a few accidents and automotive fire scenes...
now i restore and build show cars...
all i wanted was the stats he claimed to know so much about...
FTA....
Tesloop is a company that sells a “regional EV mobility network,” meaning it offers rides in Teslas between the cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, Palm Springs, and Las Vegas.
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I don’t know how they did it. Between the time spent charging and the time in the shop.
But it is impressive.
Try affording driving a BMW or Audi or worse yet an italian car for 400k miles.
It gets expensive, quick.
How about mining for the ingtredients of the battery? Mining tailings can be toxic to the environmeent.
We have driven the width of Texas several times. You would be screwed driving an EV through west Texas, especially in the summer.
What happens when we have regular California style blackouts...especially when the power grid is constantly overloaded? When SHTF, good luck driving anywhere.
29000 in repair costs doesn’t impress me.
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