Temerarius
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Chase
- Joined
- May 26, 2021
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- Location
- Kirkland, WA
- Vehicles
- 2017 Tesla Model X, 2018 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel
- Occupation
- Sr. Program Manager
I'm not worried about the battery much. Good care and driving, and I'd expect it to clear 300k.
The crap that will break is the stuff you interact with most... like your drivers seat will get loose and squeaky, the air bags/compressor will have issues... etc.
The actual battery and drive train (such as it is) will probably out live your ownership.
That said, manufacturers like Tesla are smart... load the car with all the hardware to all of the things (and then just use software to enable/disable features, or add net new ones). Make the hardware easily upgradable to support changes.
They can then resell that same vehicle over and over again and resell those features (FSD for example). It turns a car into a subscription (longer term revenue).
Thus, it behooves them to make them as durable as possible.
The crap that will break is the stuff you interact with most... like your drivers seat will get loose and squeaky, the air bags/compressor will have issues... etc.
The actual battery and drive train (such as it is) will probably out live your ownership.
That said, manufacturers like Tesla are smart... load the car with all the hardware to all of the things (and then just use software to enable/disable features, or add net new ones). Make the hardware easily upgradable to support changes.
They can then resell that same vehicle over and over again and resell those features (FSD for example). It turns a car into a subscription (longer term revenue).
Thus, it behooves them to make them as durable as possible.
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