A Tesla Model S runs nearly 2 million km, replaces up to 13 engines and 3 battery packs.

To achieve this number, the Tesla Model S had to replace 13 engines and 4 sets of batteries. Sharing his experience with the durable car, Hansjörg said he never drove over 100 km/h, even though he lived in a country known for having no speed limits on some roads, and often charged the battery between 15-70%.

This conscious driving has helped the current battery on Hansjörg’s Tesla Model S only degrade by 8% after 150,000 km, allowing it to travel about 400 km on a full charge. Before it was replaced, the previous battery could only provide enough energy for the car to run 260 km.

In some instances, the engine only lasted for 50,000 km or 70,000 km, but there was also an engine that lasted up to 780,000 km. However, since engine issues were often detected early and replaced free of charge, Hansjörg has not experienced any inconvenience. He mentioned that Tesla only replaced the engine without specifying the problem. All 3 battery replacements were done by Tesla for free, but not all of them were new replacements. In some cases, Tesla would reuse repaired old batteries and engines to replace the faulty parts.

Hansjörg bought the Tesla Model S from someone else in 2014 with an odometer of only about 30,000 km. Throughout the 9 years of ownership, this German man has taken the electric sedan on trips to various places around the world, including Morocco, China, and even the Sahara Desert in Africa.