Tesla Model S: (almost) no maintenance required
The Tesla Model S 产补迟迟别谤测-别濒别肠迟谤颈肠听聽is a remarkable car, and it's elevated the public perception of electric cars to a new level.
It's won awards, thrilled thousands of buyers, and demolished a lot of stereotypes.
But among the聽聽is this: The Model S requires almost no maintenance.
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Without the valves, camshafts,a crankshaft, connecting rods, gears, clutches, and more found in a gasoline car, the Tesla Model S, like any battery-electric car, needs almost no almost no regular adjustment.
About the only parts that need regular replacement are four tires and two windshield wiper blades.
Even brake pads, which you might expect to need regular replacement on such a high-performance car, last many times longer than those on comparable gasoline cars.
That's because the bulk of a Tesla's slowing power comes from regrenerative braking, or turning the motor into a generator to recharge the battery pack, slowing the car in the process.
The friction brakes are still there for hard or panic braking, of course, but they're used only a fraction as much.
(The same is true for hybrids, by the way. Ask your nearest Prius owner how long their brake pads last.)
A German study found that over eight years, battery-electric cars will be聽--and many analysts view that as conservative.
Under its $600 annual service and update program, Teslas technicians will inspect the cooling systems for the battery pack, drive motor, and power electronics to ensure that everything's in good working order.
And they'll make any running updates that Tesla has decided older Model S cars should be retrofitted with.
Otherwise, there just aren't that many moving parts in a Model S to go wrong.
In fact, Ford compiled a聽, showing just how little maintenance the car needs.
That fact has a number of forward-thinking聽.
But we tend to think they'll have lots of work left for decades keeping older German luxury cars on the road.
Ask anyone who's ever tried to keep an older Audi, BMW, or Mercedes-Benz in full working order, and they'll know exactly what we're talking about here.
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