Man who bought Tesla Model X in 2017 does ‘proper range test’ to see how much battery it has after 7 years and 100k miles

Electric vehicles are great, but they come with a humongous question mark about how the advertised range lasts after several years of use, so this man with a Tesla Model X conducted his own ‘proper range test’ to give us an answer.

There’s undoubtedly not a shortage of owners sharing their experience, but if you had any questions about the Model X, this will likely be of help.

The Tesla in question here has been on the road for nearly seven years and was an AWD dual-motor trim.

It also has just over 100,000 miles on the odometer, so it wasn’t ‘abused’ in any way.

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Man performs ‘proper range test’ on Tesla Model X

A host from the YouTube channel ‘WHAT’S INSIDE? FAMILY’ used his wife’s Tesla Model X to see how it fairs in a range test after seven years and posted a video about it.

The duo bought it in 2017 and mostly drove it locally with some occasional road trips.

If you have range anxiety, be sure to hold onto your seat while watching their video.

Anyhow, this Model X initially came with an advertised range of 295 miles back then.

However, the EV showed 240 miles of estimated mileage at the start of the test.

The host then unplugged it and began the drive to Las Vegas, Nevada.

He also had a straightforward ruleset — he would only drive it at a fixed speed of 70mph on the freeway.

You can modify your EV to get more range — like this guy did with his Model S — but this was a stock test, sort of.

After 100 miles on the freeway, the estimated range had dropped to 120 miles.

Things certainly weren’t looking that good because it was 20 miles fewer than the car estimated, but it wasn’t over yet.

Not bad for a seven-year-old EV

When the host finally reached Las Vegas, he had 5 miles of estimated range left, and the nearest Tesla Supercharger was 13 miles away.

Normally, most EVs can go for another 10 miles after the estimated number hits zero, but we do not recommend doing that because it can significantly harm the battery in the long run.

Further, the driver eventually reached the Supercharger with zero miles of estimated range left.

The final results were that the Tesla Model X pulled off to drive for 202.8 miles on a full charge.

Although that was quite far off from the 240-mile estimation, it wasn’t all that bad.

There was a catch to this entire test, which was only revealed after a Tesla engineer commented on the YouTube video.

He mentioned that this Model X had a set of 22-inch Turbine wheels installed, which reduced the actual range by almost 10%.

He also pointed out that the Battery Management System (BMS) on the Tesla wasn’t calibrated, so the numbers might have been slightly off.

However, looking at this from a broader perspective, the Model X wasn’t all that bad after seven years of use.

Your mileage will definitely vary, and this Model S with 1.2 million miles clocked is proof.