Tesla Taxi FULL HEALTH CHECK: Is The Battery RUINED After 430,000 Miles? [Episode 4]

Rory enlists the help of an expert to give our high mileage Tesla taxi a full health check.

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[jamesengland]

Remember, folks, this car has not been babied. It's run hard, day in and day out, as a business vehicle. 150 miles a day on average

[AlanTov]

Autotrader need to provide a battery health report on all its used EV cars for sale.

[dazzassti]

I bit the bullet as a petrol head, lots of superbikes, Fast cars, Ariel Atom 300 and few tack cars, and I went and got a new 24, Model 3 LR. So far I’ve done 6000 miles and it’s cost me £82.33 in total…
😮 this has shocked me! And I’ve been to a supercharger once for 12 minutes! That’s it! Insane

[Chadevereux]

Matt's a legend. Took my Tesla to him for a few years before I traded it in and he was incredible. Charged so little for his service, and his expertise is second to none. I'd take my Tesla to him over the dealership, any day, and I used to live 2.5 hours away from him and 15 minutes from Tesla.

[blueplanet]

That’s absolutely incredible. It’s almost impossible for a non EV to last this long without major repairs. Let alone a huge amount of savings that non EV’s require for maintenance and fuel ups.

[ElMistroFeroz]

Quick advice for anyone planning on getting one of these bad boys - the wear on the edge of the screen is caused by the earlier version "MCU1" computer. Most 17 and above started getting MCU2, which is a $2000 upgrade. If you're shopping for one, a quick way to check is to put the car in reverse. If you see the 2 side cameras, you got MCU2, which is far superior but way too often overlooked.

[MonCastro]

This guy is amazing. He clearly knows everything there is to know about electric cars/ Teslas. Kudos to him

[deansh]

Remeber this is Tesla's first mass produced car. What a legend of a car it is.

We will see the current generation of Model 3's and Y's easily reaching 500, 000 with alot less issues than what this Model S has experienced.

The future is bright, the future is EV's.

[isaachunt]

had our 2020 leaf from new. replaced one wiper blade. zero servicing. battery is still perfect. never fast charged it. only charged using nissan supplied charger. 10p to travel 100 miles.
best car i've ever owned in 40 years of driving. we have 3 ice cars aswell. we love the leaf.

[dnzry]

The craziest part is that this car has done 430.000 miles while having the free charging from Tesla. The owner did such a fantastic deal on it, probably made a ton of money with this car.

[Piner]

Love the Cleevely guys, I won’t let anyone else touch my EV, including the manufacturer dealership. Total professionals and really clued up.

[MADMAX]

Unreal.. My last 2 BMWs died at 190 and 210k miles.. By died, I mean died.. Catalyst was clogged and melted, head gasket blown and cracked the head with coolant leaks, tones of suspension chunks and slop, 2 clutch replacements and cracks on the subframe.

[GrigoryM-oemt]

I've got P90D ludrcrous 762bhp for £25k with free supercharging across all European and UK tesla suoerchargers for life, autopilot, adaptive air suspension, sunroof and excellent battery with 18 month warranty with 170k miles on clock. Drives like new. First to drive will purchase

[sarasotasun]

I just passed 100k miles on my black 2017 Model S 75D with FSD. Hardware/cameras/MCU all upgraded & I still get to 60mph in 4 seconds flat. It still feels new to me. Yeah, I'd love a new Plaid, but for what?

[garysmith]

To get to this mileage the last VAG 2.0TDi I had would have required 43 oil/filter changes, 21 fuel filters and 14 air filters, 5 timing belts and 5 serpentine belts as the absolute minimum of basic maintenance. At the prices I paid in May 2017 what would be £4170, you can add at least another £1000 for today's prices. That's also 43 visits to the dealer/garage, in effect 2 working months when the car isn't available, and that all assumes no other ICE related failure such as clutch, turbo, radiator, exhaust, DPF, injectors, injection pump, water pump, etc.

[GaryV-ph]

& this is an 8 year old car, EV battery technology has come on a lot in that time & will only get better.

[WildReefer]

Modern LFP batteries are supposed to last much longer than these ones.

I imagine around 3 times as long in terms of cycles.

[Mubbasher-mzhc]

I have hyundai kona Electric 2019 64kw, and battery health is 96.3% after 98k miles very impressive.

[AlexPeka]

I have an average everyday EV, I had to drive my partners average everyday ICE the other day and it was borderline hilarious how much worse it was going "back" to an ICE format. Not to mention being (literally) 10x more expensive to fuel 😮

[menaseven]

It is awesome to see that the Tesla to see that the 2016 Tesla S has a 72% battery capacity and 200 miles of range after 430, 000 miles of use.