Utah man tests his Tesla Model X's range after seven years and 105,000 miles and the loss isn’t pretty

This Utah man tested his Tesla Model X’s range after seven years and 105,000 miles, and the loss was stunning.

YouTuber What’s Inside? Family wanted to take a closer look at his Tesla Model X.

After seven years of ownership and more than 105,000 miles on the clock, you’d expect the range to be affected.

But it might startle you to see how much it’s been impacted.

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What was Tesla Model X’s range like after 105,000 miles?

The car’s onboard charger indicates a maximum range of 240 miles, suggesting reduced capacity and possibly a built-in buffer to protect battery health.

To put this to the test, he began a highway test, driving at 70mph to get a more controlled, repeatable measure of real-world range on an older battery.

After driving for 111 miles, the estimated remaining range is 107 miles.

This left around 120 miles of ‘fuel’ used for 100 real miles.

They kept pushing the car until the battery ran out, taking care to avoid being stranded on the highway, of course.

By the time the battery ran out, they’d driven 202.8 miles.

For a car advertised with a 295-mile rating, this was quite the drop.

It represented a 32 percent loss in usable range over a span of seven years.

They used 72.3 kWh of energy in total – but this car was powered on a 100D – a dual motor.

This meant that it should have run on 100 kWh.

The fact that it only used 72.3 indicates that there’s been some internal capacity loss.

Despite the degradation, he concluded that the car was still useful.

“Some probably say ‘You’re doing pretty good’,” he said.

“We’ve loved this car, it’s been great.

“Would I upgrade [my wife] to another Model X? I absolutely would.

“She loves this car, even with the limited range and not-so-good suspension.”

Do EVs always lose range?

It’s frequently brought up as a barrier to EV ownership.

People fret that their car will lose range the longer they have it.

It’s not a totally unfounded position, as we’ve seen time and time again.

For example, a bunch of Tesla drivers over 150,000 miles spoke out on how their vehicles were holding up.

On the whole, it was a mixed bag, but one thing kept coming up – a loss of range.

Admittedly, some range loss is inevitable, and how much you find acceptable is at your own discretion.

For four EV haters, the loss of range was a common critique of electric cars that was presented.

To see the What’s Inside? Family’s take on the Tesla Model X’s range, visit their YouTube channel.

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