Tesla Model 3 Battery Life Proves Doubts Wrong

TapTechNews August 4th news, all along, the battery life of electric vehicles has been the focus of attack by many skeptics, who often claim that the battery will decay quickly and need to be replaced frequently. However, more and more facts prove that these doubts may not be reliable.

Recently, a 2018 Tesla Model 3 Performance has created a new milestone: the mileage exceeded 200,000 miles (TapTechNews note: about 321,900 kilometers), and the battery capacity hardly showed obvious attenuation. The owner said that the vehicle's range and performance have been stable in the past 50,000 miles.

Generally speaking, the attenuation of electric vehicle batteries is the most obvious in the first about 75,000 miles, and then the attenuation rate will slow down significantly. This Model 3 owner also confirmed this point. According to the owner's statement, almost all of his charging is done at the supercharging station, from a low battery state to 95% or 100%. He monitors the battery health status through various methods. Combined with the report of RecurrentAuto, the battery capacity of this car has lost about 11-15%. Assuming that the vehicle has lost about 13% of the battery capacity, this means that this performance version Model 3, which originally had a range of 310 miles (about 498.9 kilometers), can still run about 270 miles (about 434.52 kilometers).

It is worth noting that in addition to the battery, other components of the vehicle will also have problems as time and mileage increase. For example, this owner has repaired the charging hardware after 100,000 miles, and the air conditioning system has also begun to show a decrease in efficiency. However, these problems do not affect the core performance of the vehicle.

This case once again proves that the battery technology of modern electric vehicles has made remarkable progress.