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Tesla needs to figure out the post sales service and parts. Right now it seems they are cranking out cars like phones; with the intent of disposal after a few years.

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He did say the battery was rated for 1500 cycles. At two cycles a week that 14 years. Longer than most people keep a car. That is also with virtually zero engine maintenance.

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-battery-module-repla...

Do people only charge their car twice a week? We have charging stations at work and they are packed each day and each car has a scheduled time.

1500 / 5 per week is still 6 years. The tesla home pack is made from refurbed car packs, so perhaps they'll have a generous buyback in place.

People only charge enough for the amount they drive. If the car has 250 miles of range and the commute is 25 miles then charging once a week is reasonable.

Eh? I thought they backed up their cars pretty well. Of course, opening up and fostering postmarket service would make people significantly less wary of a less established car company.

They do back them up pretty well...but the queue to get serviced is extremely long. Or so I’ve heard.

A friend had a problem with theirs. They pulled over and pressed a button to connect to techs. The tech ran a series of remote diagnostics and cycled potentially faulty actuators (e.g. brakes in this case). They were on their merry way in half an hour with a full report of health.

It's a bimodal distribution; if you have mechanical or electrical issues, they are generally quite good with service.

God help you if you need body work, however.

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