It’s coming!

Original battery?

My god, going strong!

There’s no way that’s the original battery

OB?

I’ve got 140,000 on my 2017 MX. I hope I can get to this point.

What’s the secret?

What's your estimated range at 100?

Awesome

Absolutely there’s a way it is! You take care of it and it takes care of you!

Very impressive indeed!! Congratulations 🎉

How do you take care of it?

My original model s battery has 235k miles on it. I wouldn’t be surprised if I could last another 60k

Can you explain on how to take care? By charging minimal recommended?

My guess is keep the charge at 20-80% almost all of the time of it’s life. Like all batteries (phone, laptop, etc)

I did quick math and found it you have consumed 35,714 kWh x $0.16 = $5,714 And if you convert it to regular gas price and gallons with avg 22 mpg it comes out to be **Estimated Total Cost:** **$37,363.64**

$0.23 here in VT. Some places as much as $0.25.

Yessir! Trying to catch up with you in my 2017 model S as well! Free charging makes it a fun race!

.06 off peak in Phoenix AZ

It’s 0.075p for off peak in the UK. Creeping up to 0.08 and 0.085 for newer contracts.

That would depend entirely on temperature, driving style. It’s quite a variable metric.

But if you add in the roughly $1,500 / year in additional coats charged by Insurance, you need to deduct roughly $15,000. Still better than the gas cost, but Insutance kills that savings... and for no legit reason in all honesty, just Greedy Insurance Companies.

So 35714 kWh got you 299,686 miles? That’s 8.4 miles/kWh. Based on this math, your range is double of what Tesla claims. What am I missing here?

My insurance is no more expensive than my ICE car was.

thats what I thought

There’s zero chance that’s all of the energy used to drive almost 300k miles. That would be over 8 mi/kWh of lifetime efficiency

Avoided maintenance is probably another net $6000-10000. Just dropped $2400 on front and rear brake job + engine oil + transmission fluid + other as it approached 100k miles. Most of which would be avoided with an EV. The SUV has been very reliable up to this point too.

My Tesla is $20 more per month to insure than my wife's minivan...

In SoCal, at home charging is $0.32 per kWh. Supercharging is usually $0.45-0.65.

It’s not just about state of charge and how long it sits there, Trying keep the cycling of the battery for 90 percent of its use right in the middle of the pack will limit microcrackjng to almost nothing. I only charge to 60 percent for daily use. I also live in a colder climate half the year so lower temperatures very much help limit degradation. When it’s very cold it practically stops entirely - at least with respect to calendar aging.

Yeah that’s more than double what I’m actually getting so there is definitely something wrong there. Idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ideas? Anyone?

I’m the second owner and he took his charging to his next car :(

Somebody else pointed out there is no way in hell it’s only 35k, so all derivatives are wrong :(

Agreed. No idea why. Sorry.

Well done 👍

Yes I understand, but what does it show at 100%

Ah. That’s “Trip B”

Shows 272. I treat it like 250, sometimes a little lower because I drive like an asshole.

Drive all over the country for work.

Just replaced the camera and radar. Brakes replaced twice.

That's really good, space 269. 60k miles though!

Yes

20-80 almost always, limit instances below 5%.

Yes

agree, mine is 70% higher insurance plus over $220 higher per year registration fees.....I'd buy another as a commuter vehicle but that needs to be factored in to the cost of ownership

SRP charge me .10 off peak. Maybe cos I’m on a solar plan. May I ask what plan you’re on?

This is all you replaced for 300k miles? Im guessing tires too obviously every 50k miles? Anything else?

Some front end suspension parts got damaged in an accident, so they got replaced “free” Boatloads of body work and a new roof (hail). The cable that runs the window up and down broke its plastic joint, that was expensive ($600 a couple years ago).

I’m thinking that the batteries used in 2017 and 2018 were special because I’ve seen a lot of people post high mileage on their 2017-2018 models. Including my own 2018 m3 which is at 171k miles.

Hey OP just curious, do you know how much battery degradation you have had? 300K is a huge milestone, congrats!! I’m hoping to ride mine til the wheels fall off as well lol!

The ignorance of some people who think everyone pays 16 cents per kW. On long island it is about 28 cents. It's even higher in CA, MA, HI and RI. Maybe you were going by the average in the USA, but that is just not valid with such a wide range. Tesla also uses 28 mpg for their comparison.

I use best guess when I get down to 25 miles left. Absolutely unscientific.

I have had several technicians tell me the same thing.

Don’t live in California

COL is definitely high. But I have lived in multiple different states in my lifetime, and also have traveled to a ton of different US cities/states/countries and I can say without a doubt that SoCal is the absolutely best place to live. Bar none. Not even close. I'm fortunate to be able to afford living here comfortably. It's literally 70-80deg year round. I'm 15mins from the beach, 2hrs from the mountains, live next to 3 costcos within a 10mins drive of each other, have access to absolute best restaurants of every single type of cuisines and ethnic foods, all the school districts are top tier in the nation, all the roads are nice paved and fixed constantly, general population of people here are educated and hard working, and tons more of little nuances and conveniences that you don't realize until you move away to some bumfuck town in the middle of nowhere.

I haven’t paid to charge since 2019 so basically my 2015 Model S with unlimited lifetime supercharging pays me to drive it.

It’s gonna come!

I want 16 cent kWh electricity ☠️

Is there an off-peak rate? I charge off-peak (90% of the time), and it costs $0.098 per kWh - 7pm-7am, M-F. Weekends and holidays are treated as off-peak as well. $0.32 is crazy.

For me in AZ its in the tens. Electricity is cheap for me.

Damn my 2017 S has like 92,500 miles.  Great comfy driving car for sure though.

100 D? How much you want for it?

Where do you live that the schools are top tier? LAUSD is notorious for being horrible…

Orange County. Irvine, Laguna Beach, Los Alamitos, Cypress are like top tier school districts. Even Garden Grove, Fountain Valley is amazing as well.

Was going to ask if it was orange county, LOL. Good job 👍

We’re spoiled up in quebec $0.08CAD :)

$0.16? Wowza. Here in Arizona I pay $0.03 half the year.

.03 super off peak Flagstaff October to May 10a-3p

Northern California: off peak is 36¢/kWh

I lived in palm springs for a while… there’s no debate, Southern California has the best weather in the nation and it’s not even close

Have you had to do any major maintenance?

Idk what Major means :) We replaced the triple camera (almost $1000) and the radar ($350?). Passenger door cable hook broke, $600 (which is a known issue and the new ones are metal instead of plastic).

Electric rates in California are extremely high, but gasoline prices are also extremely high. So EV savings still hold true. I understand off-peak electric rates have often been available, offering even greater savings for EV owners who charge at home.