If you’re not a fan of visiting service centres, the Tesla Model 3 is the perfect car for you. According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the latest electric vehicle from Palo Alto will almost never require any servicing.
“The next generation powertrains are designed to be a million miles between services,” Musk said during the global launch of the Model 3 recently. However, this is in reference to the car’s electric motor, battery cells and drivetrain, all of which are newer to those in the Model S and Model X.
Therefore, consumables such as battery coolant, wiper fluids, tyres and brake pads would still require regular servicing and/or replacement. In the report by CarAdvice, Musk also revealed the company is looking to expand its aftersales services, despite the bold claim made.
“As far as service is concerned, we’re adding a tonne more service centres, as well as…the ability to service cars at people’s homes. Service wait times are very low,” Musk said. The Model 3 in the United States comes standard with a four-year warranty and an eight-year battery warranty.
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In short, Mr Elon is saying – buy my model-3, U will almost never need to buy another car(literally speaking).
Meanwhile, expect the fuel price to go up again tomorrow as the world Brent Oil price shows steady up trend since last week.
Date Price Open High Low Change %
Aug 01 52.88 52.70 52.88 52.66 0.46%
Jul 31 52.64 52.38 52.90 51.80 0.23%
Jul 28 52.52 51.60 52.70 51.31 2.00%
Jul 27 51.49 50.86 51.64 50.50 1.02%
Jul 26 50.97 50.63 51.06 50.07 1.53%
Jul 25 50.20 48.64 50.91 48.63 3.29%
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Tayar no need tukar until 1mil mile? Wah, powderful wei!
Read properly uncle john
How stupid can u be? Do you understand what is consumables?
“Therefore, consumables such as battery coolant, wiper fluids, tyres and brake pads would still require regular servicing and/or replacement.”
Tesla is migrating to the 2170 battery design, from the 18650 – there’s been detailed analysis of remaining range after 5 years/150k km use that shows 10 to 15% loss with some outliers. The 2170 should show better performance, but can’t be certain. The air-cooled Nissan Leaf packs showed major degradation that caused Nissan to replace some packs. Hard to be confident. But what I am confident of is that electric drivetrains are nearing full commodisation, which means any one with access to capital will be able to produce cars overnight using off the shelf drivetrains. You see it happening in China. Ride sharing has eroded the concept of inefficient ownership. The entire car market will be half it’s size in 10 years once people start realising that ownership is a waste with the few old men who will stick to their petrol guzzling antiques.
IF the engine stays put till then !
dumb ass, there aint no engine in an electric car
wear and tear items must change.
Full-electric range & charging time, and even cost of batteries(for mass market product/model), are all more important than service interval.
Then say no need service, after that say consumable need service….. So still million time lie…. Awaiting boyue by p1