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Tell that to the people facing 5-digit battery replacement bills at mileages that are far short of what a good ICE car or truck can deliver. (I know several pe

by dublin 6y ago

Tell that to the people facing 5-digit battery replacement bills at mileages that are far short of what a good ICE car or truck can deliver. (I know several people here in Texas with old pickups that have 300-400K miles on them. One has only changed the oil and replaced accessories like alternators and pumps.)

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xedeon 6y ago
400k miles is nothing to batteries (with good BMS and temp control like Tesla) and electric motors. Compilation of 300-450k mile Teslas. https://www.tesloop.com/blog/2019/2/6/tesloops-high-mileage-teslas https://www.tesloop.com/blog/2019/2/6/tesloops-high-mileage-... 900,000 km (559,350 miles) https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-record-mileage-900000-kilometers https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-record-mileage-900000-ki... 1 million km (621,000 miles) https://electrek.co/2019/11/30/tesla-model-s-1-million-km/ https://electrek.co/2019/11/30/tesla-model-s-1-million-km/
headmelted 6y ago
Maybe in Texas. They salt the roads where I am and the winters tend to bounce between frigid and just cold - so there's often consistent freeze/thaw cycles from December to March. The amount of wear that puts on exhausts and piston rings would blow your mind. It's also conducive to EVs - my Leaf is pushing 70k and hasn't lost more than 2% of battery capacity (and possibly less - it's capacity loss is a rounding error) in the time that I've had it. It's active cooling is just how blooming cold it is here for a lot of the year. The other issue is that here diesels are much more popular than petrol/gasoline. And diesels are just an unreliable nightmare of sunk costs. The amount that can and does fail on a modern diesel and costs four figures to get fixed is scandalous (and that's not even counting DPFs and flywheels). The most that's ever gone wrong with this car is a bulb going out. I fully expect to get 100k out of the car while I have it, and I'd be astonished if it doesn't do 200k or more in it's lifespan.

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xedeon 6y ago

400k miles is nothing to batteries (with good BMS and temp control like Tesla) and electric motors. Compilation of 300-450k mile Teslas. https://www.tesloop.com/blog/2019/2/6/tesloops-high-mileage-teslas https://www.tesloop.com/blog/2019/2/6/tesloops-high-mileage-... 900,000 km (559,350 miles) https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-record-mileage-900000-kilometers https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-record-mileage-900000-ki... 1 million km (621,000 miles) https://electrek.co/2019/11/30/tesla-model-s-1-million-km/ https://electrek.co/2019/11/30/tesla-model-s-1-million-km/

headmelted 6y ago

Maybe in Texas. They salt the roads where I am and the winters tend to bounce between frigid and just cold - so there's often consistent freeze/thaw cycles from December to March. The amount of wear that puts on exhausts and piston rings would blow your mind. It's also conducive to EVs - my Leaf is pushing 70k and hasn't lost more than 2% of battery capacity (and possibly less - it's capacity loss is a rounding error) in the time that I've had it. It's active cooling is just how blooming cold it is here for a lot of the year. The other issue is that here diesels are much more popular than petrol/gasoline. And diesels are just an unreliable nightmare of sunk costs. The amount that can and does fail on a modern diesel and costs four figures to get fixed is scandalous (and that's not even counting DPFs and flywheels). The most that's ever gone wrong with this car is a bulb going out. I fully expect to get 100k out of the car while I have it, and I'd be astonished if it doesn't do 200k or more in it's lifespan.