Tesla Model 3 with 238,000 miles finishes 2,500-mile tour and its owner reveals what its range and battery health is like now

With every original part still intact, this plucky Tesla Model 3 with 238,000 miles arrived back from a 2,500-mile tour of the UK and went through a complete health diagnostic that would surprise the biggest EV doubter.

A large consensus of EV skeptics claims that the reason these new cars aren’t as reliable as gas vehicles is due to their shorter longevity.

Much like the batteries in your TV remote, people believe that the battery will be flat within a few years, and you’d be left out of pocket.

But this Tesla Model 3 is proving the doubters wrong, still going strong with its original kit nearly 250,000 miles later.

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The ‘highest mileage’ Tesla Model 3 excels in a 2,500-mile road trip

Owned by UK content creator Richard ‘RSEV’ Symons, this is the ‘highest mileage’ Tesla Model 3 in the UK. In just under four years, it’s racked up 235,000 miles with everything but its original tyres.

Even with its extraordinary miles on the clock, the car is still proving to be incredibly efficient.

In a new trip from the bottom of the UK to the top, battling snowstorms and typically British soggy weather, this Tesla Model 3 showcased why EVs are much more reliable than you think.

Interviewed by another EV fanatic, Tesla Jigsaw, RSEV revealed that his latest test for the car was a 2,500-mile round trip where it performed almost like a brand-new EV.

He revealed that the usual patterns of driving for a few hours and topping back up to 80 percent – using fast charging at Superchargers – worked a treat, and the battery is still working at an exceptional rate.

Despite its heavy usage as a time being a taxi, the battery is still sitting pretty at a maximum capacity of 86 percent, while its brakes have only just started to show signs of around 30 percent degradation.

This EV is proving to be more reliable than gas alternatives

All in all, over its lifetime, RSEV claims that, using Superchargers alone, the total cost of running the vehicle is $33,000, which is a massive saving on the $81,000 it would have cost on fuel.

As it edges over to a quarter of a million miles in just four years, he claimed that combustion cars would have begun to crack by now, with parts like the clutches and DPFs having a limited mileage on them.

Even in the recent road trip, the Tesla Model 3 showed no signs of being weary and tired.

“That proved that even a car with this mileage in these conditions can do it fault-free the whole time,” he said.

Drawing a lot of attention for its exemplary performance, RSEV has often taken to his own channel to answer fans’ biggest questions.

Still going strong, he also claimed that the car will continue to be his daily driver and rack up more and more mileage.

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