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Re: 1.2-Million-Mile Tesla Model S Has Gone Through 13 Motors And Three Battery Pack Replacements
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Dec 8, 2023, 2:25:03 AM12/8/23
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In the U.S., most people typically drive less than 20,000 miles in a
year. Germany’s Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg, however, drives
well over 100,000 miles a year – and in a Tesla Model S. As
InsideEVs reports, his 2014 Model S has officially crossed the
million-mile mark, and currently sitting with just under 1.2 million
miles on the odometer. Which, by any standard, is a lot of miles,
especially for an electric car.
If you do the math, that’s more than 130,000 miles of driving every
year, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that he’s no longer
on the original motor or battery pack. In fact, the rear motor has
been replaced 13 times, and the car is now on its fourth battery
pack. Doing a little more math, that works out to one battery pack
every 300,000 miles or so, which really isn’t bad. The engines in
most gas-powered cars often fail before they hit the 300,000-mile
mark.
Gemmingen-Hornberg hasn’t been as lucky with the rear motor, though.
With the car on its 14th motor, that works out to less than 100,000
miles per motor and more than one motor replacement per year on
average. As InsideEVs points out, that’s a common problem with early
versions of the Tesla Model S, and it took Tesla a while to figure
out what the problem was, so the motors kept failing.
Then again, most Tesla owners don’t drive 130,000 miles a year, so
it’s not like regular people are replacing the motor in their Model
S every year. As for why Gemmingen-Hornberg drives so much, the dude
just likes to go on road trips. Long road trips. Last month, for
example, he visited Morocco. It’s hard to imagine spending that much
time in any car, but clearly he enjoys it, so we say rock on,
Hansjörg. Let’s get this puppy up to two million miles.
https://jalopnik.com/1-2-million-mile-tesla-model-s-has-gone-
through-13-moto-1851081004
In the U.S., most people typically drive less than 20,000 miles in a
year. Germany’s Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg, however, drives
well over 100,000 miles a year – and in a Tesla Model S. As
InsideEVs reports, his 2014 Model S has officially crossed the
million-mile mark, and currently sitting with just under 1.2 million
miles on the odometer. Which, by any standard, is a lot of miles,
especially for an electric car.
If you do the math, that’s more than 130,000 miles of driving every
year, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that he’s no longer
on the original motor or battery pack. In fact, the rear motor has
been replaced 13 times, and the car is now on its fourth battery
pack. Doing a little more math, that works out to one battery pack
every 300,000 miles or so, which really isn’t bad. The engines in
most gas-powered cars often fail before they hit the 300,000-mile
mark.
Gemmingen-Hornberg hasn’t been as lucky with the rear motor, though.
With the car on its 14th motor, that works out to less than 100,000
miles per motor and more than one motor replacement per year on
average. As InsideEVs points out, that’s a common problem with early
versions of the Tesla Model S, and it took Tesla a while to figure
out what the problem was, so the motors kept failing.
Then again, most Tesla owners don’t drive 130,000 miles a year, so
it’s not like regular people are replacing the motor in their Model
S every year. As for why Gemmingen-Hornberg drives so much, the dude
just likes to go on road trips. Long road trips. Last month, for
example, he visited Morocco. It’s hard to imagine spending that much
time in any car, but clearly he enjoys it, so we say rock on,
Hansjörg. Let’s get this puppy up to two million miles.
https://jalopnik.com/1-2-million-mile-tesla-model-s-has-gone-
through-13-moto-1851081004
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