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Originally Posted by RagingHawk
You did not answer the question, how many miles have you driven on the Tesla? If you've logged in over 100,000 miles and claim zero battery degradation, that's scientifically impossibly. Every 15,000 miles you will lose 1% battery capacity based on the data available by Tesla, itself. Over time the tech will get better and it will no longer be a big issue.
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My apologies, I don’t drive much, just under 20,000. But still, ZERO, not 1%, zero degradation. My wife’s Volt about 36,000 and ZERO as well.
Most of the reports saying they have this degradation are from people looking at the dash where the car says you can go X more miles and now it shows X - Y miles. But they never drive to see how many miles they can actually get. Mine both still show the full amount and more importantly, drive the same distance.
If you own or live in a house, an EV is absolutely a more convenient vehicle. If you live in an apartment, well, it can still be done, but I would argue it is less convenient.
For degradation, is my Corvette degraded too? When new it got 16 miles to the gallon, now it is closer to 10. I can no longer go as far on one tank.
Edit: I’ve only driven my Model S 2,700 miles over the last year because of COVID and working from home.