The Tesla Model S that did 320.000 km with almost no wear

Tesla Motors is still a residual company, despite the fact that there is not a day that the media does not talk about its spectacular cars, the reality is that we do not know the direction the company will take, since it hardly declares losses year after year. However, the reality is that it is driving the world of electric vehicles like no other, causing old companies to rethink the way they work. Right now we are going to tell you the story of the Tesla Model S that has covered 320.000 km without suffering hardly any wear, a champion model and that has had much less mechanical maintenance than any combustion car that we can mention. We tell you the story of this fantastic Tesla Model S with more than 320.000 km.

It was the guys from TechCrunch who have published the fantastic story that we wanted to adapt to the Spanish-speaking public. We take the opportunity to link to the original content, since here we are going to condense the content a bit and help you understand it much better by contributing our experience.

Background of this Tesla Model S with 320.000 km

Tesloop is a company that is dedicated to traveling the stretch between Los Angeles and Las Vegas in electric vehicles Tesla Motors, therefore, it is really easy for them to reach a high number of kilometers per year, to be more specific, their vehicles average 400 km per day. This Tesla Model S that we are going to talk about was acquired in July 2015. The lucky driver is Rahul Sonnad, who announces that the vehicle has covered the vast majority of the kilometers on the highway, and also, the automatic pilot of the vehicle is the one who has done most of these kilometers, one more point in favor of the Tesla Motors team. Any experienced driver knows that the kilometers on the highway are much lighter than the kilometers in the city, in terms of performance and wear of the mechanical parts of the vehicle.

According to the Tesloop team, the unit has hardly had any failures, except for a measurement error:

Something was wrong, since it reached 48.000 miles, the car was sending messages to the Tesla Motors server that the engine was running low on power. Tesla called us and discussed the matter with us, however, we did not notice any problems, the car was going as fast as ever. But Tesla rushed to pick up the car and change the front of it, it seems that some sensors were not right.

Only 6% battery wear, surprising

The question most asked to the Tesloop team: How is the battery doing after so many kilometers? The answer is simple and fast. The battery in this Tesla Model S has only worn out about 6%, despite the fact that the car was charged up to 100% daily, and we recall that Tesla recommends to keep the battery even healthier, that the car be charged only to 90% of its capacity.

For daily use you should not fully charge it, unless you make long trips. We make quite long trips, between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, every day, that's why we charged the car 100% each day. We decided that eIt is a nuisance for us to charge it to 90% and we prefer to charge it fully despite battery degradation.

They noticed the wear because the vehicle stopped when it still marked 13 kilometers of autonomy, this began to happen when it already had 320.000 kilometers under its belt.

And the maintenance of such a vehicle?

The Tesloop team ensures that the only thing that has changed since their acquisition is the typical 12-V battery for around $ 200 and GoodYear brand wheels, about $ 2.500 total. Remember that Tesla offers an 8-year warranty, and the car does not have two. They also remember that they have not changed the brake pads despite the 320.000 km under their belt, it is splendid. I can attest that a classic vehicle with that mileage would have eaten a lot more money on maintenance.