1,181,268 Miles

[KJSS4]

I just found this interesting article about a guy who put 1,181,268 over 1 million miles on his Tesla model S. Very Impressive.

The Highest-Mileage Tesla In The World In 2024

This man drove his Tesla Model S over one million miles. Here's how he did it.

www.topspeed.com

 

[sorka]

Yea, but 3 battery replacements and 13 motor replacements!!!

 

[LoudMusic]

Yea, but 3 battery replacements and 13 motor replacements!!!

The motor replacement is no good, but that's an average of more than 295,000 miles per battery pack. I believe the modern motors are wildly more reliable as well.

 

[livesmith]

The motor replacement is no good, but that's an average of more than 295,000 miles per battery pack. I believe the modern motors are wildly more reliable as well.

Or just the AWD non performance motors. Not sure I've heard of one of those failing yet.

 

[evo9rs]

quick back of the napkin: a Prius getting 43mpg @ $5.00 gallon, doing 1.18M miles = -$209k in gas cost. probably need at least one complete drivetraain replacement, let's say that's -$6k. approx -$215k in operating costs for a very efficient, low to no maintenance ICE hybrid.

if that dude driving a Model S did 1.1M miles all on FUSC, that's approx $140,000 in free electricity (at my PGE EV Time of Use rate of $0.35/kwh).

- if each battery replacement was approx -$20k (Tesla prices), that's -$60k in battery replacements. (generally people replace entire ICE cars at intervals <300k miles, for more than $20k for each car).

- not sure how much a Large Drive Unit costs, but let's say $5k each. that's -$65k for 13 x DUs.

so, +$140k in free electricity / charging. and -$125k in component replacements. For a net of + $15k for this guy. I'd say that's winning.

plus he has a Roadster.

 

[Ostrichsak]

quick back of the napkin: a Prius getting 43mpg @ $5.00 gallon, doing 1.18M miles = -$209k in gas cost. probably need at least one complete drivetraain replacement, let's say that's -$6k. approx -$215k in operating costs for a very efficient, low to no maintenance ICE hybrid.

if that dude driving a Model S did 1.1M miles all on FUSC, that's approx $140,000 in free electricity (at my PGE EV Time of Use rate of $0.35/kwh).

- if each battery replacement was approx -$20k (Tesla prices), that's -$60k in battery replacements. (generally people replace entire ICE cars at intervals <300k miles, for more than $20k for each car).

- not sure how much a Large Drive Unit costs, but let's say $5k each. that's -$65k for 13 x DUs.

so, +$140k in free electricity / charging. and -$125k in component replacements. For a net of + $15k for this guy. I'd say that's winning.

plus he has a Roadster.

Plus he's not driving a Prius.

 

[sorka]

quick back of the napkin: a Prius getting 43mpg @ $5.00 gallon, doing 1.18M miles = -$209k in gas cost. probably need at least one complete drivetraain replacement, let's say that's -$6k. approx -$215k in operating costs for a very efficient, low to no maintenance ICE hybrid.

if that dude driving a Model S did 1.1M miles all on FUSC, that's approx $140,000 in free electricity (at my PGE EV Time of Use rate of $0.35/kwh).

- if each battery replacement was approx -$20k (Tesla prices), that's -$60k in battery replacements. (generally people replace entire ICE cars at intervals <300k miles, for more than $20k for each car).

- not sure how much a Large Drive Unit costs, but let's say $5k each. that's -$65k for 13 x DUs.

so, +$140k in free electricity / charging. and -$125k in component replacements. For a net of + $15k for this guy. I'd say that's winning.

plus he has a Roadster.

He may not have paid for any batteries with the 8 year unlimited mileage warranty and likely only paid for 1 or 2 du replacements.