Tesla cars battery life Videos

I agree, in fact, after a battery rebalancing, at around 12.5k miles, I was back up to 208ish

Agree, if I had to do it over 85kw for sure

I really do not think so, as some times, I really "beat it" and have 400-500 watts/mile for a entire charge, and still get my normal charge. Check out the app VisableTesla //www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/19975-VisibleTesla  you can even see the estimated rage (based off your actual driving habits) as compared to ideal and rated. I agree, very satisfied with mine as well. As I always say, only regret is not scraping together the extra cash for the 85kw. Especially with my mileage and the unlimited mile warranty. 

Yah, for some reason, it was marked as private video, so I unprivated it. Up to 15,000 miles now 5 months 2 weeks 1 day.

+KmanAuto and that is cool! good job!

I did not buy the car to have it sit in my garage. I bought it to make me money, and that it is. 

I do excessive driving, currently, as of this post, 5 months 2 weeks 1 day = 15,000 miles. And they did not say Range charge alone hurts the battery. Charging to a Range charge and LEAVING it sit at maximum is what does the damage. See response to Eddie Moy for more details. 

The rated range is based on EPA testing. EPA testing rates the Model S 60kW battery version as 208 miles. So the Rated calculation is based on that. Their is a average, and if you have the visual tesla computer application (3rd party program, very nice), it can give you estimated range based on your current driving habits. Example, right now my rated is 176 miles. estimated based on today's driving habits (had a lil fun today) 130 if I continue at current consumption rates. Ideal range based on Tesla's ideal driving conditions is 204. Thats at current battery charge right now. I dont fully charge if I dont absolutely need to. 

+gleb eriksson Vehicles in Europe/UK have slightly different numbers for some reason.

+tombland1 Thanks for the comment. The whole point of my videos like this are to document and raise awareness to the Model S. The degradation of my car is just one data point in the scheme of things.I do not charge to 100% frequently. In fact, I've only charged to 100% maybe a dozen times, during long road trips.

+Eduard Arakelov Interesting, yeah I guess that settles it then, the Ideal range shown in North America (which is absurd) is not the same.I updated to v7 last night. Wow is all I can say. Very cool to have the car steer itself. Once I figure out what kind of video to do, I'll get one up.

+InternetDude Hi my european 85D has never had more than 515km rated(ideal) range! I guess different wh/km are used to calc the range in america and europe. My rated(ideal) is 155 wh/km

+azax456 ha ha, it just came down to time. I didn't have 2 hours to wait for the software to load. Two more days and I can test it out (finally)!