Odometer roll call

[Todd Burch]

This all has me thinking that Tesla must have a few Roadsters that they are just driving the bajeezus out of, to test real-world battery/drivetrain durability. Would be nice if they published their data. I'd think they should be able to have over 200k miles at this point.

I'd love to see a real-world (not estimated) plot of battery capacity (ideal miles) vs. miles driven that goes out beyond 150k-200k mi.

 

[loganss]

This all has me thinking that Tesla must have a few Roadsters that they are just driving the bajeezus out of, to test real-world battery/drivetrain durability. Would be nice if they published their data. I'd think they should be able to have over 200k miles at this point.

I'd love to see a real-world (not estimated) plot of battery capacity (ideal miles) vs. miles driven that goes out beyond 150k-200k mi.

I also wish data like this would be published. I think Tesla keeps throwing numbers out for worst case scenario

 

[benji4]

I also wish data like this would be published. I think Tesla keeps throwing numbers out for worst case scenario

I think they have to do this though... if they started saying things like the battery only looses 10% of its capacity over 7 years and somebody gets a car that loses 25%, it opens them up to all sorts of people suing them, etc. to get new batteries or worse. One does get kind of a feel from reading various posts on this forum about range that at least so far the batteries are performing better as they age than Tesla originally stated. Much, much better to have it this way than the opposite!

 

[vfx]

I heard a rumor there was a Roadster near 100K.

It seems unlikely though as many of the early early cars were pretty poorly made (in relation).

 

[qwk]

One of the VP cars has close to 100k, although I forgot which one.

 

[TEG]

VP11...

Higher Mileage Roadsters | Forums | Tesla Motors

 

[vfx]

One of the VP cars has close to 100k, although I forgot which one.

Right, but part of my point is that few critical parts are likely original. Battery included.

 

[Dragon]

The Roadster from Hansjörg von Gemmingen should be way above the 50.000 miles by now. If we could get some battery data from him...

 

[dwegmull]

@dwegmull: I've NEVER got 189-190 miles. Did I get a bad ESS? Best has been 185 achieved twice in a year. On the other hand there is also a known problem with my car where it almost never shows green on the charge port after charging, and it always stops 3-5% below the battery bar being full. How close to full does the battery bar show on yours when you achieve 189-190?

I finally remembered to snap a picture of my display before leaving the house this morning.

 

[AndrewBissell]

^Many thanks. Unfortunately I can't see the picture! Could you please provide an explicit link to it?

 

[dwegmull]

^Many thanks. Unfortunately I can't see the picture! Could you please provide an explicit link to it?

 

[AndrewBissell]

Thanks that is very useful. I will try to post a comparison with my car. What is your firmware version?

 

[bonnie]

That's exactly what I get with my battery, when charged in Standard mode (189 or 190 mi/ideal, showing the battery not quite full). New 2011, just over 1200 miles.

 

[donauker]

After the last firmware update my full charge ideal miles went into rapid decline. I hope it levels off soon! At 23 months and 24000 miles, standard mode charge shows 165 miles and range mode shows 211 miles.

 

[benji4]

That's exactly what I get with my battery, when charged in Standard mode (189 or 190 mi/ideal, showing the battery not quite full). New 2011, just over 1200 miles.

My car always shows 192 miles ideal range on that screen after I charge it (3 weeks old, about 600 miles). How does the car calculate this?

 

[Doug_G]

My car always shows 192 miles ideal range on that screen after I charge it (3 weeks old, about 600 miles). How does the car calculate this?

My car from brand-new has almost always shown 298 or 299 ideal km in standard mode. Now at ~6000 km.

 

[benji4]

My car from brand-new has almost always shown 298 or 299 ideal km in standard mode. Now at ~6000 km.

So that's about 185 miles, 3.5% less than my car is indicating... could it be your relatively cold weather that brings it down? Seems like 192 is closer to what one would expect based on the EPA estimate for the car.

 

[Doug_G]

So that's about 185 miles, 3.5% less than my car is indicating... could it be your relatively cold weather that brings it down? Seems like 192 is closer to what one would expect based on the EPA estimate for the car.

No, it was about the same last summer. The same week the car was delivered, temperature here hit 97F. As I recall, I had the occasional 301 km display.

 

[Todd Burch]

Are any of you keeping logs of ideal miles vs. Time of ownership and total mileage?

Would be useful to plot out some charts so we can see the behavior of the battery over its life cycle. I wonder if many of you are seeing the result of the fairly quick initial range falloff curve, and are starting to get into the more "level" region of the curve.

If you have this info, please post updates periodically!

 

[Jaff]

I'm getting between 298 - 302 kms in standard charge mode.

I've got a little over 3500 kms on the vehicle since mid December.

No, it was about the same last summer. The same week the car was delivered, temperature here hit 97F. As I recall, I had the occasional 301 km display.