Tesla Owners Get Only 64% Of EPA Range After Just Three Years: Study (Updated)
Tesla Owners Get Only 64% Of EPA Range After Just Three Years: Study (Updated)
The big issue is that Model 3 and Model Y only have 73%ish of the range when brand new, and then after 3 years that drops down to ~64%ish of its advertised range.
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As someone who has been low key looking at used model 3-s it's good to see the battery degradation stopping/slowing after a few years. I've heard new batteries degrade a bit and then settle in but haven't actually seen the data for it. What would the actual range be here at 60-70%?
Just a word of warning to you. There's only two reasons anyone is getting rid of a Tesla. They're having major service problems and the warranty is up, or the warranty is up and they're trading before they have major service issues.
You'll be a lot better off with a Kia/Hyundai, and you won't have to wait a month for service appointments.
I will say, the prices a suspiciously low on some of these. 3-4 year old cars 20-30k miles for basically half price compared to new. Configuration doesn't seem to make much of a difference either. And there seems to be tons of them too.
Nothing depreciates faster than a Tesla, besides a broken Tesla. But yeah, config makes no real difference because they're all econoboxes and new ones are cheaper. I'd choose a better EV, and I'm speaking as a former Tesla owner.
They claim 340 miles on a model 3, which in real life testing goes as low as 190 miles. If you now subtract another 60% it looks really bleak in the worst case scenario
Well the 60% would be from the 340 miles, no? Another ~10% from the 190
I think 190 was on a reasonably new battery. If so, the worst case would be 19 * 6 = 114 for the low end and 32 * 6 = 192 on the high end.
Either way, it's kind of ouch.
Yeah it’s saying the actual range has degraded from 240 miles new down to 215 miles (assuming 340 miles EPA rating). That’s a loss of about 10% total from when it was new.