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by roflyear 1472 days ago
> As far as we know, the original battery pack had an issue after 290,000 km (180,000 miles) and was replaced under warranty. However, Tesla was initially figuring out the issue and installed a loaner battery, which was used for half a year or 150,000 km (93,000 miles). Then, Tesla installed a new, final battery. We don't have any info about any further replacements, so it might be the first 1 million km battery?

Yeah. Still not really impressive.

That is like saying, "My Toyota has gone 1m miles. Oh, I replaced the drivetrain twice. So what?"

Toyotas go 1m and you don't even notice: https://www.toyotaofnorthcharlotte.com/blog/the-million-mile...!

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Great to hear the longevity of a legacy propulsion mechanism that countries are phasing in new sales bans of. Best wishes to Toyota.
My argument isn't that it is good that everyone drives ICEs - just that it is silly to be proud of the current electric drivetrain longevity. Getting upset about that is silly.