> According to Tesla's 2023 Impact Report, the average battery capacity loss of the Model 3 and Model Y Long Range versions after 200,000 miles is 15%.
And this isn’t even LFP, which will get 2-3x the number of cycles.
> Your car is already useless in winter.
Yep, hate my scheduled pre-heated, defrosted car that’s fully charged every morning at 1/5th of the price per mile and does all the journeys I need. Wish I was spending 5x to stand at a pump once a week. Totally useless.
> With reduced capacity the cold hits even harder. And only way to fix it is to buy a new battery for a one-third price of the new car.
Battery prices are falling every year. You will not pay today’s prices when you might need to replace it after 200k miles.
Sorry, the 70% generic capacity was information from bad sources. But currently I personally still consider the battery as too high risk for an used EV vehicle that does not have warranty left. 85%-90% seems to be closer to reality among all brands.
> Yep, hate my scheduled pre-heated, defrosted car that’s fully charged every morning at 1/5th of the price per mile and does all the journeys I need. Wish I was spending 5x to stand at a pump once a week. Totally useless.
This is kinda too big generalization. Not everyone has access to heated garage nor charging station with personal electric plan.
EVs bring out the strangest comments. People who normally buy 3 y/o cars and keep for 3 are worried about 8 year old cars. People who normally couldn’t care less about anyone else start to worry about others people garages, or people who live in flats, despite themselves having a viable charging option. Not saying you fit this personally but I’ve seen this countless times. People find reasons that don’t apply to them as reasons not to like them.
Anyway, I don’t have a heated garage and I couldn’t see evidence of a “high variance” in battery failures in the article.
Are you just making stuff up?
https://insideevs.com/news/723734/tesla-model-3y-battery-cap...
> According to Tesla's 2023 Impact Report, the average battery capacity loss of the Model 3 and Model Y Long Range versions after 200,000 miles is 15%.
And this isn’t even LFP, which will get 2-3x the number of cycles.
> Your car is already useless in winter.
Yep, hate my scheduled pre-heated, defrosted car that’s fully charged every morning at 1/5th of the price per mile and does all the journeys I need. Wish I was spending 5x to stand at a pump once a week. Totally useless.
> With reduced capacity the cold hits even harder. And only way to fix it is to buy a new battery for a one-third price of the new car.
Battery prices are falling every year. You will not pay today’s prices when you might need to replace it after 200k miles.