The Tesla Model S has covered over 3,000,000 kilometers. The engine repaired by EV Clinic has been used for over 1,200,000 kilometers.
The car with the highest mileage in the world is a 1966 Volvo P1800, which covered 4.2 million kilometers three years ago. Hansjorg von Gemmingen-Hornberg seems determined to break this record. He drives several hundred kilometers per day, sometimes over 1,000 kilometers, and his Tesla Model S has just surpassed the 3,000,000-kilometer mark. He used to replace the engines regularly (more often) and batteries less frequently, but it appears he hasn’t done so recently.
Tesla Model S chasing a record
Von Gemmingen, just one day after reaching 3,000,000 kilometers, boasted of a new milestone at 3,001,301 kilometers (source; opening illustration). We do not recommend spending dozens of hours per day in a car just to achieve such figures—it’s harmful to both health and family. Yet it is quite remarkable that we now have concrete evidence showing electric vehicles are long-lasting, with the two most prone to wear components (engine(s) + battery) being separate modules that can be replaced fairly easily.
Von Gemmingen does not spare his car, driving it constantly as he explores the northern edges of the European continent and Africa (c) Hansjorg von Gemmingen-Hornberg / X
The owner of the described Model S does not talk very often about the costs associated with driving the car. His Tesla Model S enjoys free charging at Superchargers. Based on his statements from a few years ago, the battery was initially replaced under warranty every few hundred thousand kilometers (first around 290,000, then 670,000 and 550,000 km). He paid for the last, fourth battery out of his own pocket at around 20,000 euros (equivalent to today’s 87,500 zł) after traveling just under 1.8 million kilometers. If his claim is true, he has driven over 1.2 million kilometers with only about a 16 percent degradation (84 percent of the original capacity remaining).
Regarding the engines, we have more definite information: the early versions that had a manufacturing defect related to coolant leakage often failed due to internal short circuits. This occurred on average every about 140,000 kilometers. However, the Croatian EV Clinic found a solution to the leaks by securing the engine with an additional graphite seal, allowing it to travel about 1.2 million kilometers without requiring any further interventions beyond oil changes every few hundred thousand kilometers. Now only the seal is starting to show signs of wear, meaning moisture appears on it (source; source).
The Tesla was produced in 2013, and von Gemmingen bought it in 2014 with about 30,000 kilometers on the odometer. It was a Tesla Model S P85. Now the car is listed as a Tesla Model S P90, so upgrades were made through repairs and modernizations:
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