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We drive a 250,000 mile Tesla Model S. | Electrifying

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What's the one big concern individuals have about buying a used electrical vehicle? We'll tell you – it's life. All of us know that batteries degrade in time (simply as internal combustion engines wear), however considered that the oldest electric cars on our roads are still just 12 years old, there's not a good deal of information when it concerns the length of time batteries in fact last.

However the indications are great. There are now some extremely high mileage electrical automobiles out there, including the car we're driving in this video. Our Tesla Design S has clocked up nearly 260,000 miles in its life-time – method more than many cars and trucks are most likely to manage in a life time.

Question is, does it still drive and how far will it go on a charge? How healthy is the after ten years of mega annual mileages and countless supercharging sessions? To learn, Nicola took the mega-mile Design S on a road trip to visit electrical vehicle professionals EV who service, repair work and offer electrical cars.

Join Nicola as she puts the 250,000 mile Tesla to the test. Would you consider an electric automobile with such a high mileage? Have you bought a mega-mile EV and not regretted it? Let us know in the remarks below.

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38 responses to “We drive a 250,000 mile Tesla Model S. | Electrifying”

  1. @TheEditorify Avatar
    @TheEditorify

    Nicolaaaa! ❤❤❤

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  2. @robsmith1a Avatar
    @robsmith1a

    I tend to buy old cars because they’re cheaper to run. I have to spend a little each year on them but nothing compared to lease or depreciation on a new car.

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  3. @lucaswilson1701 Avatar
    @lucaswilson1701

    Nicola is just the best

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  4. @shreeshsaurya4203 Avatar
    @shreeshsaurya4203

    Agree with a display for battery health. It should be mandatory for EV sellers to display battery health in their adverts.

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    1. @the_lost_navigator7266 Avatar
      @the_lost_navigator7266

      There is talk of a certification scheme, which would provide a report of battery health.

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    2. @Frisian-eh2wm Avatar
      @Frisian-eh2wm

      Requires a standard that is the same across manufacturers and robust for various current and future battery chemistries. In all likelihood the EU will end up developing one, the U.K. voluntarily decides to follow.

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    3. @Brian-om2hh Avatar
      @Brian-om2hh

      The dealers who don’t, still ought to be able to carry out a battery health check using an OBD plugged into the car’s diagnostic socket. It takes all of a few minutes to do….

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    4. @vitspinka1 Avatar
      @vitspinka1

      Battery health is not just one number. Also the BMS can get a bit out of whack about the max/min possible and can lie by a few % unless you do a full cycle. From a dealer I’d expect at least an Aviloo flash test report as a minimum.
      But I understand that for private sales getting at least some data from the infotainment would be useful.

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    5. @stum8374 Avatar
      @stum8374

      Battery health might put some people off,
      manufacturers won’t do ANYTHING to stop selling evs.

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  5. @lewismcnicholas2631 Avatar
    @lewismcnicholas2631

    Great to see Cleevley EV on the channel – James videos have been great for increasing EV knowledge and understanding of best maintenance practice

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    1. @pcr8918 Avatar
      @pcr8918

      Tickled by the Castrol service insignia.

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    2. @jameschapman4824 Avatar
      @jameschapman4824

      @@pcr8918 Just for info; Cleevely also repair and service ICE vehicles

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    3. @hughmarcus1 Avatar
      @hughmarcus1

      @@pcr8918Yes. That was interesting.

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    4. @hughmarcus1 Avatar
      @hughmarcus1

      James’s personal experience with an MG5 (not exactly the darling of the EV world) is interesting.

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  6. @neoanderson7 Avatar
    @neoanderson7

    Absolutely love Nicola! 👏🏻❤️
    Yep, about a year and a half ago I had to change my daily driver due to a mechanical flaw. I made the decision to go electric and was looking at used Model S’s. Here’s the thing, many places/people would not sell it due to liability of certain things. Even if you know how to fix things, they still wouldn’t sell it if there was a tiny but wrong with it. I had 3 deals fall thru due to this.
    In the end I decided to go ever so slightly newer and stretched my budget. Managed to move into a 2021 Model 3. Best decision I made by far!
    I can do all the maintenance myself and it had the latest hardware at the time to help improve its range. At basically half its original price, I couldn’t be happier. 👍🏻

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  7. @OverlordActual Avatar
    @OverlordActual

    6:08 100% agree with the little rant.

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    1. @mteifke Avatar
      @mteifke

      even something like the 1st gen leaf would do

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    2. @stevon103 Avatar
      @stevon103

      Service mode on any tesla shows battery health.

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  8. @vhol93 Avatar
    @vhol93

    Agree with your rant on 6min mark!

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  9. @michelebm Avatar
    @michelebm

    You’re the best, Nicola!
    Great review.

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  10. @KennethPaul Avatar
    @KennethPaul

    Battery Health should absolutely be built into the car or companion app, great vid 👏

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    1. @NoName-md5zb Avatar
      @NoName-md5zb

      Cells are poor in evs, people wouldnt buy evs as they loose 10% after 40-60000 km. Not telling this info is marketing advantage.

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  11. @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214 Avatar
    @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214

    Always good to see Nicola’s cake hole !!
    I love my 2022 Kona ultimate it’s an amazing car all round.

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  12. @dalroth10 Avatar
    @dalroth10

    Absolutely agree with the point about having the battery state of health stats available to display from within the car’s infotainment system software without having to buy an OBD device

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    1. @Brian-om2hh Avatar
      @Brian-om2hh

      Most dealers who intend to sell used EV’s ought to have an OBD….

      Reply
  13. @WagnerGimenes Avatar
    @WagnerGimenes

    LOL. And she said 3 times that she made the cake 😂😂😂😂 Love these videos.

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  14. @BHBeckenbauer Avatar
    @BHBeckenbauer

    I worked for a car brand, and we started advertising a battery health percentage on our used cars. But as no one else did, it made our cars look bad, so management decided to stop showing it.

    Completely agree with your video – a standard test and measurement report should be shown for all used EV’s to reassure people

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    1. @AlanTov Avatar
      @AlanTov

      Absolutely correct !

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  15. @sargfowler9603 Avatar
    @sargfowler9603

    The EVM channel recently bought a Tesla Model S with 186K miles, so a similar comparison. His Tesla had 90% battery, but……
    He had to spend £4k having the suspension rebuilt and aligned, wiper unit, etc. etc.
    Conclusion? The battery and motor will be fine, but it’s a car at the end of the day and suffers the same wear as an ICE car.

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    1. @hughmarcus1 Avatar
      @hughmarcus1

      Actually as Nichola points out, the Model S is a heavy beast & in that regard is like a lot of Land Rover & Range Rover models. They too, wear out suspension components quickly. Once you accept that, you can enjoy the ride the air suspension gives you.

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    2. @TheVedabuss Avatar
      @TheVedabuss

      Yeah they aren’t infallible but £4k to put a 186k miles car right is great value- compare that to any ICE car and the amount of spare parts and maintenance to keep that legacy machine on the road, it would be so much more expensive.

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    3. @geoffhaylock6848 Avatar
      @geoffhaylock6848

      @@TheVedabuss “Legacy machine” biased much?

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    4. @sargfowler9603 Avatar
      @sargfowler9603

      @@TheVedabuss Did Nicola say what the service/maintenance history was?

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  16. @jpdj2715 Avatar
    @jpdj2715

    250,000 miles is a bit over 400,000 kilometres. That’s awesome. 10 trips around the earth at equator distance.
    I would have loved to see what the interior looks like at the point of the video.
    Maybe the driver’s seat would look very different had it been driven all that time by a Nicola or a JayEmm.

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  17. @jeffreycooper8408 Avatar
    @jeffreycooper8408

    And there go all the bargain high mileage evs I was able to afford. Cheers electrifying !!!

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  18. @martingill6996 Avatar
    @martingill6996

    Great rant nic and so right 👍🏼

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  19. @BryanSeigneur0 Avatar
    @BryanSeigneur0

    6:00 The fact that you can tell the kwhr being used over time (and from full to empty) is the same thing. It’s what I use for ground truth in my Bolt every time my better half says “I used an impossible number of miles of range today!”

    If I can say I used 25kwhr from 90% to 45% in my 17 Bolt, for example, a car with a nominal 55kwhr usable capacity…well, that’s great. It’s got 180kmi on the clock!

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  20. @officialyasir Avatar
    @officialyasir

    Newer Teslas have service mode which has a battery health test. It can take up to 12-24 hours and you have to leave the car plugged it. Not sure if the older ones have it.

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