After five years and 150k miles in his Tesla Model 3 this Utah man explains why he still loves it

This guy in Utah has owned his Tesla Model 3 for six years and 150,000 miles, and he still loves it.

He bought the car new in 2019 and drove it every day for nearly six years.

The battery is in good shape, as is the rest of the car.

There’s only one thing he’s not sure about.

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Why this Tesla owner still loves his Model 3

Fritz Hasler, a scientist at NASA, wrote about his Tesla Model 3 in an online post published on a website for EV owners.

And there was only one bad thing he had to say about the car, and, technically it wasn’t even about the car.

Hasler went to great lengths to keep an extensive record of the car’s condition.

He even created a chart to measure range loss over the years.

By his calculation, the first 90,000 miles did most of the damage, with a battery capacity and range loss of about 10 percent.

As things stand, the battery of his Tesla Model 3 is still 85 percent efficient, which is not bad for 150,000 miles.

He pointed out, though, that using Superchargers can significantly increase your spending.

“Driving cross country using Tesla Superchargers, your electricity cost will be similar to driving a gas car,” he wrote, and he also explained he did most of the charging at home, in Utah, using solar panels.

On average, there are over 230 sunny days in Utah every year, so using solar panels was probably a smart choice.

He’s had to spend $5,700 on maintenance, including tires, in six years, which is not perfect, but not horrible either.

The one thing he sort of dislikes about his car is… Elon Musk.

Hasler conceded he’s not a fan of Musk’s recent political ‘adventures’.

“If I were in the market, I would be among those looking for another brand of EV to purchase,” he admitted.

The verdict is in: EVs can last just as long as their internal combustion counterparts

There’s now a good track record of high-mileage EVs, which might explain why they’re still in demand.

We’ve seen Model 3s with 420,000 miles on the clock, Model Xs with over 300,000 miles that still look new, and then of course there’s the record-breaking Model S with over 1.2 million miles.

One guy bought a used Tesla with 250,000 miles on the clock as an experiment, and the car was in even better condition than he thought.

All in all, it seems that running an EV for 200,000 miles or more is perfectly doable as long as you stay on top of maintenance.

The fact that EVs have fewer components – and therefore fewer things that can break down – helps.