All current Tesla models feature a cabin camera located above the rearview mirror, which monitors driver attentiveness, especially when Autopilot is in use. The Model X includes components that actively monitor the surrounding area, such as a camera mounted above the rear license plate and ultrasonic sensors (if equipped). All new Tesla vehicles (Model 3, Model Y, and 2021 refresh Model S and Model X) have nine cameras – eight exterior cameras.
The 2024 Model X has quick acceleration and impressive range but lacks the posh interior and build quality that should be standard for the price. All Tesla models have exterior cameras, with the number and location of the cameras varying depending on the model. The Model S and Model X have the same number of cameras as the Model 3 and Model X.
The Model X offers a spacious cabin with the world’s largest panoramic windshield and seating for up to seven. It also features three front cameras at the top of the windshield, consisting of a camera with a typical lens, a wide-angle lens, and a telephoto.
There are several cameras in most models, including three on the windscreen, two on the side, one at the rear, radar, and ultrasonic sensors. The Model X is equipped with a cabin camera located above the rear view mirror and a zoombox showing the rear camera. Current Tesla models typically feature nine cameras – eight exterior cameras for environmental monitoring and a cabin camera for driver. Cameras will be on the front bumper and have some solution to clear cameras when Tesla is getting serious about self-driving.
📹 Tesla Cameras Can See Everything
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📹 How Much Range does a Tesla Model X have after 7 years?
This 2017 Tesla Model X was BRAND NEW when we bought it! Time to do a proper range test to see how much battery I …
Everyone is missing the dark side of this tech. Like our smartphones the technology can be turned on the public. Congratulations on tens of thousands of camera platforms in the wild. I know, I know, I know you have nothing to hide. So a person is out doing nothing wrong, the cell phone puts them near an event, a ring camera places the person near an event and a Tesla camera places a person there. Yet not one device captures a crime in progress. Guilty until proven innocent. Just wait for licence plate reading, facial recognition and bluetooth pinging. Back to the tinfoil in my mommy’s basement.
Tesla’s B-pillar cameras are likely to far aft of the front of the vehicle for fully autonomous nosing out of garages, driveways, perpendicular parking spots (e.g., parking lots), or into cross traffic visually obstructed by buildings, bushes, or trees, safer than a human who can lean forward over the steering wheel. I think Tesla will eventually fix this by making the two fender cameras bi-directional (e.g., a new foward facing camera in addition to the existing rear camera). This would allow their existing fleet to be upgraded by replacing their fender cameras.
The problem with this camera BS is that punk Tesla drivers can do like the punks this morning and cut me off twice, once right as I was going to pass a city bus, get in front of me and drag along, then take the edited article clips to the cops, crying that I harassed them. The articles of people keying the Tesla also conveniently didn’t show the 10 minutes preceding where the Tesla driver did some punk move to piss those people off. Need to start spray painting the lenses.
Why other companies doesn’t do the same????? Are they dumb or what these cameras are very important for the drivers in case of hit and run and accidents!!! Some drivers lie in front of the police officers even if you are not the one who caused the accident they will accuse you falsely!! We need the other companies to install camera too that record 24hrs just like Tesla!!!!
Very interesting, I have a MS 100D that is also 7 years old and, after 160’000 km still can deliver 500km (in summer) or 450km in winter. According to the BMS, I’ve lost only 6% of capacity. I charged 70% at SuC (free SuC) and the rest at home (11kW). Do you have a module that is faulty? I think is worth just let’s check it. We have a great non-Tesla garage that does all these checks and works in Switzerland.
You have to calibrate the battery for sure, I have a smart eq that normally show 170km range but if I pass some time without charge to 100% start to show like 140/145km of range and then when I charge to 100% normally say that is completely charged and show 100% but I see in the app that is still pooling power for like 30/45 minutos
So I have a Chevy Volt which is an electric car with a generator and it has 131000 miles on it. New it gives 45 miles of battery then the generator kicks in and supplies electricity to the batteries. I still get the same range and on days with 70 to 75 degrees and if i keep it between 45 and 55 mph i can get over 50 miles before the generator starts up but ive been extremely disciplined about not charging to full. Now if its 50 degrees outside or anything over 80 that seriously changes the range so driving at 55 to 60 im 💯 percent certain negatively affected your range.
One flaw in your calculation of range is that the 295 miles of range is for the base 20in wheels. The drop in range from 20 to 22in wheels for the Model X is massive. For example a brand new Model X Plaid on Teslas website loses 26 miles of range when you opt for the 22in wheels instead of the 20s (drops from 326 to 300). Older Model X like yours had even less efficient 22in wheels and tires. So I’d guess your real range when new for 22in wheels was closer to 270. I’d bet if you swapped in new Model X 20in wheels and more eco tires your range would go up 10%. Also another flaw with this test is you did not drive both ways in order to cancel out head/tail wind and elevation. Either way, IMO 200 miles is pretty solid considering it was a bit cooler conditions. So the real drop in range was more like 25% which is still quite high. Also it seems your battery must have degraded quite a bit if it only used 74kwh. You might be eligible for a battery replacement.
I have a 2016 Model X 90D with 22″ wheels and 118,000 miles on my car. I just changed my brake pads and rotors just in the front for the first time since the purchase. Probably, my maximum range is 180 miles. It was 259 miles max when I got this car, so I lost around 31% as well. If I had 20″ wheels, I assume I would get 190-200 miles. That is still around 25% loss. I still love my car. I still do road trips with this car since I have free supercharging. However, I would not get another model X. We do need a better battery system. Lithium ion battery is the current choice, but we probably need a different battery system for the future.
I thought tesla had a 100,000 miles 8 year warranty. They say 70% or less and you get a new replacement. My question is how do you test for that? 70 mph might be considered to fast a test, but I never heard what speed tesla considers the speed for the test on a battery warranty. I have 2 months left to find out for sure to test our model x
What as waist of money! 100 big ones and 100,000 miles? This golf cart only goes 68% of its original range and it’s worth 25% of its original value. I’d say 75000 dollars in 7 years buys a lot of gas? Next year that car will be worth less than my 21 year old diesel. By the way my 25 year old diesel has a range of 475 miles on 25.5 gallons at 80 mph. I don’t know what you think is a good deal but it scares me?😂 just the price of the car for 7 years bought more fuel than I’ve used in 20 years of owning it. These EVs are junk and people need to be emotionally strong enough to admit that they made a horrible decision. I’m grateful that you were willing to gamble and show the rest of us chicken shits what not to do. I’m am very grateful for your information dude! Be safe be happy and I wish you and your family a wonderful life. Thank you again and God bless you.
Interesting.. have you tried to charge back to 100%? I have a 2018 M3 midrange i bought used in 2022 at 37k miles. Im at 56k now. I dont drive a ton and mostly charge at home on a 110.. lately I have been getting free charging the a level 2 chargepoint a few blocks away from me when I walk my dog… The point im trying to make is I took my car down to zero twice and noticed when I deliberately charged back up to 100% the battery went from showing a top end of 222-223miles to now showing 237. Pretty big difference in my opinion. Try some battery optimization
Are you intentionally trying to misrepresent your degradation? The battery is called a 100, but that is gross, usable was never 100 kwh. Also, You cant compare EPA rated range when new to your current 70 MPH highway range test.. Thats two different tests. If you did a 70 MPH highway range test when new you could compare that.
You took the real range and compared it to the Guess-o-meter range (Which in Teslas is always very optimistic). So this isn’t a valid test. Most Teslas at that mileage and age have around 10-20% degradation. Though if it’s truly over 30%, you can get the battery replaced under the warranty. There’s also a more accurate degradation test built into the car. Go into Service Mode (Look it up!) and in the HV menu you’ll see it. It completely drains and recharges the battery to find the actual capacity.
I can’t help but to wonder if one of the Battery repair guys, like Gruber Motors or Electrified Garage, could recondition your old batter pack to increase longevity without hitting a need for repair. Probably a cell or two are causing losses from the entire pack. If they could replace those cells, you might be sweet for a while. Just a thought.
Wow. My wife’s 2016 model X 75 D only started with 220 miles of range, and it still gets about 215. We normally only charge it to ~180 in town. We’ll see how it does on this year’s drive all the way from Florida to Maine after 8 years and 5 or 6 such road trips. Hooray for being grandfathered in to free supercharging.
Appreciate the articles. Just subscribed. Isn’t it a bit of apples and oranges comparing the original displayed max range vs your current real world results to come with a degradation percentage? FWIW, I also have a 2017 X100D with just under 80K miles. I use the Tessie app to monitor degradation. It currently claims I have 7.3% degradation.
what i want to know is, that range test is like standard “normal” mode driving, does the tesla cars have like different modes? i know there is like racing mode or something but like i just bought a new car a few months ago and it has an Eco mode, that makes it not as powerful but it saves on gas mileage, does the teslas have that same kind of feature? and if it does would love to see a test of that
My 2017 MX100D with 22″ wheels says the car can do 270miles with full battery (6.5years in my possession – heavily supercharged in the beginning but then tapered off after the first year or two). Range held steady for the first 3 years but then the range started to drop at a higher rate for some reason (maybe there’s a buffer built in which maintained the higher number for a few years?). Looked at the new MX but a 400 mile R1S seems more enticing – if the cybertruck wasn’t so close to being ordered/delivered this year, I would likely have switched over.
I see a lot of people sort of defending this abysmal loss of range. Tesla needs to be held accountable for not making it way more easy/accessible/cheaper to change/test the battery pack. All has to be done In House. Why would anybody risk buying a used 6 or more year old EV? 2018 model x’s still go for 30k. Seems like Nio has the right idea with battery swapping stations.
To me, the expectation is 200,000-300,000 miles on a vehicle… this isn’t very satisfying. I have a 2007 Lexus with 180,000 miles on it and it still very much gets the same range that it got when it was new for each tank of gas. So I don’t understand the benefit to be honest. I would also imagine after 16 years there would be degradation just from age too, so I’d probably be in pretty bad shape if my 2007 was an electric vehicle.
Tesla Model X 2016 P90D 98K only says it would give me 213 miles at 100% charge but in reality only gives me 150 at best going 70 on the highway in the city would give me 85-100 miles max. I have a loaner from tesla while they repair my car and I am in love with the refresh. So much better… Charges faster and give me wayyyyy more miles.
ok so IMO for a 7 year old battery its holding out pretty good! but if you are going to sell it why not buy the Tesla 3Long Range? for 46k USD and 341 miles est. its a banger! or if you want a bigger car try the Model Y Long Range instead, 49k USD with 310 miles st. tip: in 2020 Tesla introduced the new 4680 battery pack, new technology so it SHOULD hold better than yours did in the future.
Would be more interesting if you drove the car until it physically wouldn’t drive. (IE, on a track or rural road.) The articles that I watched in the past showed Teslas going a little further when they were at zero. My 2018 Model 3 doesn’t have much degradation, but it’s only 65k miles and I only supercharge it a few times a year. I’ve also never pushed it to zero.
Until the technology is there, full electric is not great. This helps to prove it. 8 years before they become “green” and by 8 years, it wont do 200 miles. Batteries are what, 15-20K? for a 100K car, they’re just not there yet. When they can charge in 15 minutes to a full charge, go 400 miles on a charge consistently, and last more than 10 years, then maybe…. Cool article, glad you did it. I had anxiety perusal it!
Dan, you must be a very wealthy husband to want to continue owning a vehicle that will continue to have battery degradation and when the warranty expires any repairs on that car will be very expensive. My wife loves her 2022 Camry SXE I bought brand new for her. So far no issue with this car. It has a full sunroof similar to the Tesla, but she can close the inner liner when it gets hot outside to keep the sun out. We’ve only had to change the oil so far with 20,000 miles. I guess we can drive this for over 500,000 miles and never have range anxiety.
Check your warranty details for the model X. On the model Y, if the battery charge level goes down below 70% of original autonomy before 8 years or 120,000 miles, Tesla will replace your battery. Expected loss should be 15% as per Tesla. “Model 3 and Model Y Long Range or Performance – 8 years or 120,000 miles, whichever comes first, with minimum 70% retention of Battery capacity over the warranty period.”
When I do a long drive I start off just over 70mph and end up at about 65mph with the trucks. It’s just so much easier not constantly overtaking and pulling back in, as you need to look around. In the inside lan just follow the truck in front of you at a safe distance, and then you can relax and not worry about needing to break suddenly. You will arrive much fresher and what you lost on time will be recovered not needing to go to bed early.
i have one and i paid like half, used from tesla, make you feel anxiety to think you can have a property or investment and make money forever in place to loose ir, but it is what it is, enjoy life if you love nice cars hahaha same thing happens if you buy a bmw m4 convertible, lose the value pretty fast ( i had one also) same value the x or s depending the extras
Man, so forget about being the second owner, your gauretteed to have a battery failure that isnt covered by warranty. Litterally the biggest money pit. I have a 2004 buick rainier with 160k miles and can easily get another 100k miles and I bought it for 200 bucks and EVERYTHING works and its in great shape.
In my opinion it doesn’t worth what you paid for what you got. 100k for a car that 7 years later will lose ~30% of it’s autonomy is not a good thing. Anyways, with that money you could buy a Ford F-150 or a Ford Explorer? I really don’t like Tesla, the value for what you paid is overpriced. I’m sorry but I don’t like it. Good luck throwing away money on cars.
I have 2019 Jeep Cherokee Overland 4×4 2.0 liter 4 cylinder engine 25 m.p.g full tank of fuel (18 gallons) is 320 miles range. I.C.E. Vehicle keep range even after years (oil changes must) With E.V. battery replacement and resale lost vs (I.C.E. Vehicle). Where is savings on E.V.? Time to charge, who has 1 hour to stand around and wait for car to charge. Fill my 18 gallon fuel tank in few minutes. Cost of Charging a E.V. at public Charging station?.
I agree about keeping it. I have a gas pickup truck with 226,000 miles on it. I can put a new engine in it and have 535hp vs current 320, for about $20k. Then drive it for anther ten years. Or I can spend $70K on another truck. I only paid $38k for it in 2015 and it’s worth about $20k now. But still not buying a new one.
Don’t understand why he’s not angry, especially if it’s your wife’s car. I drove a used 1971 Hornet Sportabout for 8 years and ALWAYS got the mileage AMC promised. Why on earth would I buy something that NEVER delivered anything near its promised mileage, even when drafting trucks and going slower than surrounding traffic?
I was interested in your article but immediately shut it off when I saw you using your phone and camera while driving. Even on auto pilot the law doesn’t change. My daughter was in a horrific wreck because a person was manipulating their cell phone rather than full attention on the job of driving. I won’t be helping your monetization. 😮
Seems pretty good to me an ice driver my whole life. 30 mpg is really good in the vehicles I have driven for the last 200,000 miles. The car I currently have has about 400 mile range and is a Dodge Journey 2013. Have been seriously considering a Cyber Truck. When they put a 500 mile battery at 70mph I will probably get one. I want good charging speed no matter the weather. So how much does it cost me to drive 400 miles? 80 dollars. How much would it cost me to drive 400 miles in a Cyber Truck? Probably times 5 to 400. Including the cost of car plus no standard battery does that at this time, so a 5 year wait cost.
No, I was in the market but after all the issues with EV, such as we buy 75% of batteries from China, looks like our enemy, destruction of our environment to et the minerals. Now Gasoline is $2.57 in Lake Geneva, Wi. in dead of winter. still way to expensive for vehicle, purchased a brand new XT5 premium luxury for under 60k with a dealer disc of 4,200. Oh I forgot they wanted 3,800.00 to install a 220V charger in garage. I truely believe EV will be the future but we need ranges of 500plus, produces batteries that are much more efficient. Buy the way both porsche and Ford have new engines in development stage that are so clean and gasoline. The electrical grid isn’t there to support the numbers of future EVs. Calif wants people to not change their electrics during peak hours, that’s insane. There are other issues to numerous in this little review. For your wife, its perfect, but most people use their cars for everything.
I don’t think you’ve lost anywhere near 30%. Need to compare apples with apples. Firstly, the range Tesla quotes isn’t realistic. Secondly, you tested it now basically doing a road trip, everyone knows EVs prefer city driving where you regenerate the engine from braking. Driving around the city would have given you I’m thinking at least 20% more range. I’m thinking that after 7 years you’ve more likely lost closer to 10% which is acceptable
Thanks for sharing. For my personal opinion, EV is great for 1st owners because they will get all benefits such as tax credit, warranty cover, better battery capacity/MPG, insurance, battery life, and etc. BUT the next owners are very suffer because lack of benefits that i mentioned. In addition, the fix EV cost or battery are so expensive, didn’t even hold the valve, and etc.
What??? are you nuts??? 100 thousand $ new; now only 25 thousand $ worth after three years? 75 thousand in three years? My gasoline BMW has three years and still about 75 to 80% value and I intend to keep it for another ten years before I give it to my son or daughter. One day it might become a collector’s item (X2 M35i). Thank you: you convinced me that quality has eternal value.
My so basically the car was about 30 percent less efficient on each charge. That would be like an ICE vehicle that went from 40 mpg to 28 mpg in 100k miles. You paid 100k for the car and think the value is around 25k; so the car has lost 75 percent of it’s value in 100k miles. You were driving in near ideal conditions and much of the US is not ideal for EV’s I live in south central Pa and the temperature here right now is 17 degrees. In the clip your back door does not look like it aligns very well, correct me if I am wrong? I put myself through grad school in high end body shops and selling cars at dealers. Yes I own some unique ICE toys. One of my favorite vehicles, a 2001 Honda Insight, I had to sell when I crushed my hand and knew it would be two years until I could drive stick. You are totally battery dependent and Tesla batteries are not cheap; if you need one anytime in the future it will cost more than your car is worth. My Insight I bought at dealer auction for under $400 with 350k miles. I contacted the original owner all he ever did was replace one clutch and three 12 volt batteries, never any service to the hybrid battery. I will say I managed to get it cheap because a tree limb fell on the roof. I sold the car after one set of new tires, oil changes at 470k miles for $1600, same day as I listed it. The car maintain an average of 73 mpg; I was hitting the same mpg as the original owner did. My Insight had far less of an environmental impact than any Tesla I know of.
Electric car are really not for me… Paying 100k$ and loosing 1/3 of range in 7 years it’s outrageous!!! Right at the start you loose 20% by not charging the battery at 100% to protect longivity!!! it’s really a scram!! My present car, a Honda civic 2011 with 200K miles never break and do exactly the same range as new!!! 2 minutes to refill and back on the road!!!
What da heck? Everybody knows EV’s have much more range in CITY driving and much less range on the highway. So this test is basically wrong. Try driving around the city and you will easily get 250+ miles Or drive in the city until you hit 50% and get on the highway for the remaining 50% and you will get a much better idea of how much range you actually lost. Honestly, for constant driving at 70 mph you got a pretty good range!
Poorly analyzed test. Range is completely variable based on driving conditions and all sorts of factors. What truly determines degradation is the energy capacity of the battery itsself. It ended with 72.2kwh used which would be 27.8% degradation assuming you truly had 100 kwh usable when the car was new. It was probably closer to 95kwh usable based on what I can find online, which would be 24% degradation.
I also have a white 2017 X 100D with about 165000 km so close to your 100 k Miles According to ScanmyTesla my Nominal full pack is 87kWh. New I believe it is 97.4 kWh so I lost about 11%. How much did the X say you charged and to what % did you charge? That give a better calculation of your battery capacity.
Ok people! There’s nothing wrong with the battery in this model X. It only lost capacity/range. Dan can drive his model X for 7 more years and still have 180-190 miles of range. So that’s still 50-60% of original capacity left after 15 years! So again there’s nothing wrong with the battery in this X. It’s working as intended.
Keep the car you have; the thing with battery degradation is that it plateaus. In other words, battery-degradation over time becomes less and less. This is why if you buy a short-range EV, you’re just pissing away money; a long range EV, especially a Tesla, is practical for a very, very long time… unless you drive like a teenager in Ludicrous mode all the time.
Lithium batteries underperform about 30% in cold climates. Never mind the 500,000 pounds of material needed to make 1 Tesla battery and the $30K to replace the batteries. Recent data has shown the EV’s are only 20% reliable compared to about 80% for gas vehicles. Hertz is selling all their EV’s and replacing them with gas engine cars.
What a JOKE! Not Green, To expensive to purchase, To expensive to pay for electric, You can buy a much nicer car for 70% less, It will take you 15 years to see any savings maybe more. I rented one 3 months ago, terrible quality, hard to get in and out for both my wife and me. The car is all hype nothing more!
It’s not bad for an electric, some packs are shot after 4-5 yrs, but obviously can’t compare to gas, and batteries are wasteful until they have full life recycling and retro-fitting is mainstream. A gas car generally lasts 15-20 yrs. People who aren’t solid upper middle class or above should not buy EVs🎉
If my calculations are correct 32% decrease over 7 years is either 4% compound decrease per annum, or 4.5% cumulative decrease per annum. Someone please check my maths. Not the spelling, I’m British, it’s maths here. 😂 At 100k miles per annum that is not a high miler by any means (14.3k miles per year). Hmmm, not great. But not terrible either given that car performance (speed and acceleration) should remain largely unchanged, plus there would have been fewer maintenance charges, typically unless involved in an accident. I think I remember reading that with newer battery tech (and this is still a nascent tech and use case) it would be around 2%, so that even over a 10 year lifespan battery capacity and some 200k miles, the battery would still be capable of holding 80% of the original range. Still, the car serves its owner’s purpose for localised driving. Hopefully 3rd party EV service companies (out of warranty anyway, I believe) might be able to refresh, repair or replace the battery pack for less than Tesla’s punitive pricing (the Apple way). Love these longer term reviews! They are really appreciated. It is too easy to be wowed by shiny new stuff, but it’s important to know what the life of the product is likely to be since many of us don’t replace a car every couple of years. Thank you Dan!
Isn’t there a 8 years (or 120,000 Miles) warranty on the battery? That means if you have 70% or less battery capacity left within this periode, then you are eligible for a replacement/fix. Mostly Teslas with this kind of milage have more than 80% capacity left since new. Maybe you just need a recalibration of the batterypack. That would be a cool article.
Thanks for your article, we’re going to do the same test with my Model X 90D to show Tesla that we’ve lost at least 30% of the battery so that Tesla can change the battery which is still under warranty with us until November 2024. We’ve had the tesla Model X 90D since its release in Europe (we were delivered by Tesla on November 30, 2024 in switzerland) and we’ve logged 169,353 miles / 272,548 km in 7 years and a few months. The Model X at 100% delivery showed 480km / 298Miles and 7 years later it shows 100% … miles / km In the 1st test I did, I didn’t go to 0 but to the remaining 6% and I had already noticed almost 30% loss.
I don’t believe you lost 30%. You wouldn’t have made the 295 miles driving at 70 mph and 55-60 degrees when it was new. Unlike gas cars they get better milage in city versus highway. In addition their highway mileage is based on 65 mph and 72 degrees. Colder weather reduces mileage more than hot weather. I would guess you have actually lost abou 20%.
Did you set the suspension at the lowest? Also, i don’t believe the original 295 estimate was meant for 70mph, rather something less. Window sticker estimates are also based on mixed city/hwy. One more thing is that I recall getting an update years ago, which changed the distance estimate to reflect your driving style. So if you drive very slow for 200 miles the next time you charge your range reads higher.
My 2021 M3 SR+ came with 252 miles of range, fully charged (which I am allowed to do with LFP battery), I am at 237 miles of range already. I was told it should stop after so long, but honestly that has remained to be seen lol I can still drive around fairly decently on a single charge, not too shabby, I wonder if the new refresh Model Y for 2024 will have some better range? I doubt it, but that would be cool, then I would consider trading in potentially, not sure though. I would like more range, but most Tesla’s you charge it around 80%, which around that range, you are in the 280ish range, or less which isn’t too much better then what I have now. Decisions!
30% loss driving below speed limit in perfect weather with no heat or AC on and no headwind…. so 200 miles range left under these conditions if you are willing to drive every last mile out of the battery. Personally I’d be looking for a charging station with 20 or 30 miles of range left. Therefore actual range is about 175 miles. At 70 MPH, I can only drive for 2.5 hours before looking for a charging station. How can anyone be impressed about this
The one and only reason I am glad I got the Bolt. I bought it used with 24k on it for $16,500. My battery was replaced at 72k under recall and the new battery came with a new 100k warranty on it. My battery warranty will expire at 172k. That said the car is vastly inferior to a Tesla in every other way.
Driving over 60 mph will drain your range much faster because it’s not efficient. I drive around all day in my model 3 with 80% (182 miles) keeping it under 60 mph. Also autopilot drains a lot more power when in use so that isn’t actually a fair range test at all. At 100k miles it’s more likely around 10% degradation. You can take it to a service center and have them do a test to see exactly how much range it’s lost. And yes gas cars do lose more range over the years. On average they lose about 40% fuel efficiency over 100k miles which means more frequent fill ups and gas is already only about 40% efficient as it is.
Everyone is making this too complicated. The range displayed at 100 percent is the epa range. The car will always measure the available pack, minus the buffer and use that to give you your epa range. So, if you want to know what your rough degradation is, divide your current 100 percent number by the original 100 percent number. This guy has lost about 18.5 percent of his battery.
My car is 21 years old and runs like new, it has the same range every year 🙂 In my country 7-year-old car, is a new car, it’s probably still under warranty. We have people with 25, 30, even 28-year-old cars here. This mentality of my car is old after three or five years is very funny to me. Make another article if you keep the car for 10 or 15 years, it will be very interesting.
Here’s the real problem. The degradation isn’t the problem if you can replace the battery. Can you get a new battery? How much does it cost? How long is the battery warranty? Can it be replaced before the warranty on the new battery expires? Just like phones, the technology changes, battery format, sizes, etc. My understanding is that the current technology is based on 400 volt and the industry will change to 800 volts for more benefits. Compatibility issues? What about cameras, processor chip differences, etc?