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:
(Excerpt) Read more at jalopnik.com ...
350 miles under ideal conditions. Half that if it is very cold.
The electric vehicle has its place, but my F-150 has over 700 miles of range on the highway, and can be refueled in about 5 minutes.
For local commuting, it might make sense, especially if the local utility offers cheap overnight charging rates. My nephew has a Leaf, but he only drives it to and from the base, and Georgia Power does have a reduced overnight charging rate available.
Batteries - well, there’s some environmental concerns with the batteries, but I don’t know the extent of the issue.
Are you dense?
Many of us just can’t see spending the extra bucks 9and having others pay part of it via “government incentives”, and then dealing with the inconvenience of not being able to take a trip that only requires 10 minute rest/gas stops....if we get stuck and run out of gas, a trip to the nearest station and a gallon of gas in a can will have us back in business - if an EV gets stuck, it’s either a tow to a charging station or having a vehicle equipped with charging capabilities coming out and sitting long enough to get the juice to reach a charging station.
The family in the article appears badly to need autopilot.
“I doubt a Mercedes or BMW would do as well.”
You might want to doubt it but BMW does very well. American cars do even better.
“Are highway miles tougher on tires?”
Tesla uses degenerative braking, meaning the tire is under torque when accelerating and under torque when coasting or braking.
“Every business and house has copper already bringing in electricity”
But not at the amperes needed to charge electric cars. The grid is designed for load capacities of average residential use only.
It doesn’t take a genius to observe the brownouts and blackouts on hot days when people use their air conditioners to know this.
“Most ICE cars would have cost much more in repairs, and been scrapped long before that mileage. “
BS.
“The charging stations are “free.””
Crack is also free for the first one. Once they have you by the short and curlies those charging stations will become damned expensive.
“LOL! Ever seen the number of ‘out of gas’ signs at stations just before a hurricane hits!”
Gas cars have gas cans. You’re electric POS couldn’t possibly have enough charging stations for everyone to charge up as they go down the freeways to escape a hurricane.
“Our electrical grid is proven technology.”
Sure, it is proven to go down under heavy use.
Obviously, you’re not that observant when hot days cause electrical outages.
“Will it do 0-60 in 2.8 seconds?”
That’s retarded logic right there. You claim teslas are great for city commuting, yet, where in the freaking world do you get to go that fast in any city??
“Yep. No gas available within 100 miles!”
BS. There was gas, and all those gas powered cars got out too. You’re making ignorantly retarded statements again.
“I can put solar panels on my roof, and drive an EV indefinitely after you’ve run out of stored gas.”
Just how big is that EV car that can mount enough solar panels to drive an EV car? Dumb, just dumb.
“I mean fair road use taxes, not what may or may not be charged. This is another subsidy.”
States are considering electric car taxes because of the gas tax subsidies.
I don’t know what the deal is, but I found this on a Tesla forum:
A tire wears as a result of friction ablating the surface. This ablation rate increases whenever the tire cannot “free roll” with the road surface, which happens both on braking and acceleration. Drive wheels thus wear more because they cannot free-roll when the care is braking AND then the car is accelerating, unlike non-driven wheels which are only impacted during braking.
As for regen vs pads, that’s just silly. Both regen and regular brake pads exert a torque that resists the rotation of the wheel, which translates into a reduction in speed. The effect on the tire is the same regardless of the source of that torque. The only difference is that, in regular brake pads, the speed reduction (kinetic energy) is converted into heat (that in turn ablates that brake pads) vs electricity (that is stored in the battery). In fact, the only difference between regen and regular brakes is that regen ELIMINATES brake pad wear, which means that not only do you recover the energy to the battery, you also do it without brake wear. If the OP switches to using regular brakes he will just end up needing to replace brake pads much faster, and his battery mileage will go down significantly; it won’t alter tire wear to any extent.
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/premature-tire-wear-from-regen-braking-system.176339/page-4
“But upthread - it was mentioned that they DID NOT SPEND $37,500 in gasoline expenses.”
The State legislatures are on to that fact and are working the EV excise taxes to make up for the lost 47 cents per gallon tax. Expect an electric car to have about a $250 per year excise tax attached to license plate renewals.
You show me a Mercedes or BMW with 400,000 miles that sells for $30,000 and I’ll admit I was wrong.
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