TM rep informed me that there is one floating around with 400,000 + miles on it, and so far all it needed was a battery replacement.
Woah.
Napkin calculation...
Except for Founders vehicles, there are very Model S over a year old.
1 yr * 365d/yr * 24hr/d = 8670 hr
400,000 mi / 8670 hr = 46 mph
I find it difficult to believe there is a Model S vehicle that has been
averaging 46mph, especially since it has to stop to charge at least some of the time.
Edit: Ok, I couldn't let this go.
Let's make some simplifying assumptions....
- 55mph in "ideal" conditions, and thus you get 300mph range
- 300mph uses (made-available-by-Tesla-portion of) the full "85 kWh"
- no geographic obstacles
- no traffic obstacles
- no weather obstacles
- no human delays (eating, restroom use, sleeping, etc.)
- supercharger is at the perfect 300 mi separated locations along your route
- the battery was a prototype that supports 120 kW supercharging by some miracle
- the battery is somehow immune to tapering and high/low battery charging rate limitations
300mi / 55mph = 5.45 hr
120 kW / 85 kW = 1.41 hr
5.45 hr + 1.41 hr = 6.86 hr for each 300 mi cycle
or...
43 mph
Ok so basically it's not even theoretically possible for a Tesla Model S to already have travelled 400,000 miles unless it was attached to a stationary power source and on a treadmill-like device.
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arjun said:
model S with ... 40,000 + miles on it, and so far all it needed was a battery replacement.
We have at least 2 forum members with this many miles and probably more like a half-dozen or more. 40k seems early for a battery replacement though.