I bring this up on the heels of our story about the Uber driver whose Tesla Model 3 battery gave up the ghost after just 15 months and 120,000 miles. We can all agree that driving an EV for Uber is an extreme use case; that’s a car that will do a lot of miles, pretty much daily, over all kinds of roads with all sorts of people in the back seat. It’s a hard life for any car.<\/p>\n
Moreover, this Uber driver admitted he did two Supercharging stops a day, often beyond 80%, neither of which is advisable for battery health long-term. So while it’s curious that this car would die as suddenly as the driver claimed, it’s clear that his charging habits were suboptimal here.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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But most EV drivers don’t operate that way. (At least, I hope not.) The vast majority of charging is done at home and most owners, even if they’re new at this, are cognizant of battery health. And there have been enough older Teslas, Nissan Leafs, Chevrolet Bolts and other models on the road for a while now for us to have a better sense of how older, higher-mileage EVs hold up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I bet some of you have owned EVs with a lot of miles, or have encountered people with those experiences. What has that been like for you? What have you seen? Have you had to get any battery replacements, and what have you done to keep your EV running long-term? I’d be curious what the PHEV crowd has to say here too.\u00a0<\/p>\n