The story of the world record Tesla with 1.9 million km and its owner
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- Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg owns the Tesla Model S with the highest mileage in the world, as far as any public records show. His car has 1.9 million km / or 1.18 million miles on the odometer at the time of filming and Hansjorg aims for more.
There is little precise information about him online, mostly based on some older tweets or on assumptions of how he manages to put so many miles on his car. I went to Germany to meet Hansjörg directly and to find out the complete story first-handed from him!
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By the way, 3 days ago Hansjorg reached 2,000,000 km with this Tesla! So, in a little more than 4 months he travelled 100,000 km more with this car.
thats awesome
Too much accent! Please post a version where MS Word reads the text. (!)
My God
this was the wrong guy to give free super charging and unlimited kilometers warranty
;DDDD
want free charge? we have also unlimited km warranty.
this guy: so you have chosen death
🤣
The best AD any company can have! Super super cheap but amazing AD!😂
No, he's the right man. It's a brilliant advertisement for Tesla.
I'm kind of more impressed by the miles that he has driven, rather than the mileage of the car. I mean when you replace major components of the car it kind of stops being the same car. But he is still himself, he has driven nearly 2 million miles and he has travelled to so many wonderful places.
It's nice but nothing in comparison to a career of an average long-haul truck driver.
Wrong on your math, nearly 1.9 km which is 1,180,000 miles. Just over half way to 2M miles
He's averaged 593 kilometres driving a day. Depending on the speed he's travelling he's spent at almost six hours a day driving (he states in video he never drives faster than 100km).
It's actually kinda sad in a way.
Most people with something to do and somewhere to be don't enjoy driving for more than a few hours a day because it's just wasted time in transportation.
Most people that live in their vehicles prefer destinations to getting there.
Being a record holder must be all he's got going to make his life interesting 😐
How many parts you need to replace until it's not considered the same car anymore? :) (Or which parts?)
@@_cloudface_very true. Nonstop driving is extremely boring
Almost 2 million km, that's 50 times around the
world in less than 10 years. Incredible
*on face of the world^ lulz
Also over 500km a day, 7 days a week, for 9 years straight. This guy is lying.
@@Metal0sopherhopefully he is
@@Metal0sopher He can hardly stand let alone drive 500Km a day - LoL
@@Metal0sopher wrong his average is 600km per day, he is rich and driving is his passion ;-)
13 motors? There are many 1+ million km toyotas with orginal engine.
Early tech with a factory defect. Tesla probably had multiple motors made and it just swaps them instead of actually fixing them because they already have them made.
@@alexandruilea915 Yes, that is exactly the situation with these motors, even though they were changed on warranty, often a car would receive a motor that has been previously taken out of another car and have been repaired by Tesla. Later motors are much more reliable.
The interesting part about an EV is the battery rather than the engine(s).
New motors are much better. This ist 1 gen car from a company that really existed for 3-5 years before that
they basically exchanged a set of bearings.... in newer ones, those last.
Almost kinda unbelievable to have an average daily mileage of 578 km for 9 Years.
520km per day since 2013. he lives in germany, autobahns have no speed limit, and may be the reason the motors lasted shorter and why higher km is possible per day. maybe he did cheat on a dyno, impossible to know
He said in the video he drives save and only at a max speed of 100km/h.
That’s because it’s Bs literally impossible to drive that much a day and do anything else
And EVs need time to charge.
@@peter7582 exactly that’s the very questionable part
Rough calculation in miles for my American brain:
1st battery = 357k mi (575k km)
2nd battery = 416k mi (670k km)
3rd battery = 314k mi (505k km)
Current battery = 93k mi (150k km)
Total = 1,180,605mi (1,9000,000km)
All of those are impressive. Motors, not so much. Some only lasted 31-43k mi (50-70k km), but he had a good one that went 485k mi (780k km).
500 000km divided by 500km range = 1000cycles, so i guess pretty decent for NMC chemistry, but my e-bike had already 1000cycles and its still farm from needing to be replaced
and yea the motors seems to be pathetic or he is abusing them a lot
@@faustinpippin9208 he did say the motor that has done more kms than any other is the motor that his man in Zagreb repaired> Doesn't say much for the Tesla factory standard repairs.
Thanks for this. Why I clicked on the vid in the first place. Saved me some time. Appreciated
And as he said the first two batteries are refurbished, which is quite good for the environment. Normally there are only a few bad cells, Tesla switches them out with new ones and then puts the battery into the next car.
Impressive because he’s using them at their best. Batteries want to be charged and discharged every day.
Problem comes when regular customers drive much less or less frequently. They won’t see the same mileage out of their systems for sure
A thumbs up from Elon?? Was that all??? Man, this gentleman deserves absolute lifetime VIP treatment from Tesla…
the first tesla models s got free supercharging. that is a kind of vip treatment. those 1,9m km were mostly driven by elons pockets. if i calculate correctly, then it must be something around 150-200k euro for chargin fees from tesla. the car was cheaper then the charging fees.
His car had multiple problems, Tesla always tried to keep things quiet with the early Model S problems. Once it came out and media talked about it they even dropped support for this man here. No support from Tesla anymore.
@@BlacKi-nd4uy that is not vip treatment. The cost of supercharging is insignificant and taking into account the damage done to the battery through supercharging is a detriment.
The person that drove a record distance in a Volvo, received a brand new car from Volvo. But I guess a thumbs up is an equal measure of gratitude in Elmo world.
Why?
At first I thought that this is a bit of a strange thing to achieve and the kind of lifestyle one must have however throughout the video I realised this lad is living the dream! Driving a great car at no cost all over the world, best of luck getting the 2mil km.
65% he supercharged, so he basically driven over 1mil KM for free, thats crazy, he really took full advantage of early ModelS free supercharging forever 😅
In Sweden they used them as Taxis and the TCO was pretty much the same as Mercedes E klass.
For free? He replaced battery 13 times and motor 3. Hardly free
@@Gommes88 I obviously meant free in terms of fuel... every car will have maintenance costs, same as petrol car would have on top of all the fuel plus 200 oil changes or so which you don't have here
@@ATICrossX sorry but what petrol car requires motor change every 130k for 6k? Or battery replacement for 20k every 600k?
every tesla driver knows this guy from germany. befor the model s, he had a roadster with more then 600tkm
He still has that Roadster, but was out on a repair after a small accident on the day when we filmed.
I remember I’ve seen this car in my city Ouarzazate in Morocco, and literally I was blown away by the amount of kilometers he did on that thing!
immer schön vorsichtig fahren. 😀
Kind of puts the whole "your battery will need replacing every three years" into perspective - yes, he's replaced his battery every 3 or so years but he's averaging about 583,000 kms a battery. Or if you take his average range @ about 400km that's nearly 1500 cycles.
Yeah but it's consistent use. Batteries degrade over time. Good job ignoring the worst enemy of batteries - sitting. Even old phones struggle with a charge and those batteries are usually a couple bucks.
People are complaining about 13 motors becoming a pain.
@@bldontmatter5319 Well time is a factor in battery degradation but less so for most lithium ion chemistries. Quite often you get some fairly large deg in the first 6 months - 1 year, say 4 or 5%. Then it flattens out dramatically to average about 0.5% over longer periods (including the initial degradation). We just haven't had EVs on the road long enough to make any kind of informed estimate. But we do know you don't need a new battery every 5 years pr even 10 years - even though a lot of those early batts weren't as great. Next we'll find out if 15 years is the limit. But as always, quality of the original pack will be a factor.
@@sujeewarathnaweera Well that drive unit in the original Model S was prone to failure. The drive unit in the current Model 3 is designed to run a million kilometres without being opened. We don't hear of many of them failing.
@@mondotv4216 you sound like you can read a brochure for a billion dollar company.
1 million with one of teslas first model s and all the early flaws and old battery tech. Impressive. And since then Tesla has gotten so much better
Tech update: pillows are extra.
I don't understand how he has driven so far. 2,000,000 km in 10 years... at 100 km/h that's 20,000 hours of driving. 2000 hours per year? 38 hours per week?
And 1900000 with range at about 400 km. So around 4500 recharges for 3-4hours? Another 16000 hours xD no much time left for changing batteries, motors, wheels and other repairs ;)
Maybe it's his full time job... 😂
Sounds unbelievable and at his age as well - more EV fantasy stories.
If he needed to pay for those replacement batteries and motors
He would have been better off buying a new Tesla each time
With full charging averaging 5.25hrs and requiring 10 charges a week to do the near 4000km that's another 50hrs on top of the 38hrs. So over 12hrs a day dedicated to driving and charging 7 days a week?
😂😂 Pull the other one
I would love to see his service data, parts changed tyres etc etc) and costs associated with the milage, now that would tell a complete story.. free charging.. fantastic
His maintenance cost overall should be around 300-400k. The purchase price was around 100k and charging cost if it wasn't free for him around 150-200k.
So overall the car has cost him 500 to 700k. That would be my estimate, but honestly it's very difficult to guess
@@gregorkluth2857 You are insanely wrong on your amounts here. Maintenance on tesla cars is very low, the most expensive is changing tyres. He's probably spent no more than 20-30k on maintenance. Charging costs are difficult to estimate because he says he does most of his charging at home and he has solar panels. But assuming the entire thing was on supercharger it would be no more than 50k.
@@Kewickviper he replaced the motors 14 times... So the service cost in this case is very high
@@gregorkluth2857 Didn't he get them covered under warranty though?
@Kewickviper Not Sure. This guy doesn't care about the cost anyway. He got rich with Tesla stock😅
Just to put this into perspective, when Irv Gordon passed 1,000,000 miles in his P1800, Volvo gave him a new Volvo 780. When he passed 2,000,000... Volvo did it again and gave him a C70. People would cheer him on and he was a celebrity, and I believe only had 2 engine rebuilds, one of which was apparently not needed. That Tesla are not giving this gentleman more support is totally insane. He is literally doing prototype work for them. Oh, and when Irv passed 3,000,000 miles, guess what Volvo did...? RIP Irv Gordon! Cool dude!
If i remember correctly they gave S60.
I did meet you in Sweden at SuC many years ago .My Model S cars from 2014 and have been driven only 360.000 KM so far on each still original, motors and batteries.
And I just received a new 2024 Model Y and I took the offer of moving the free supercharging from one of my older Model S cars.
I live in Germany and want to ask for a donation. You have enough cars bro, my country very cold and poor 😢❤
@@marcbeebee6969 get a job asap.
@@marcbeebee6969this is not the place to fund raise
I think I read your comment on TFF too :) so you accepted the Model Y with free SC
@@Cisco568 correct free SuC now follows me and not the car, and as much as still love our Model S cars ( but I will have to sell one ), I must say the Berlin Y is the best Tesla so far and by far. My now soon 10 years old Teslas still are a good competition to all other BEV brand of 2023 year model.
1 900 000 in 9 years (210 000 per year):
- perhaps 30 000 during holidays per year (roadtrips along Europe, China, Africa that he shows us...)
- maybe 2 000 each weekend?? (=104 000 per year)
- about one exceptional business trip of 1000km per week (so 52 000 per year)
=> remaining is 24 000 km for usual week days, so it's about is 120km per business day.
It's a hard use of the car but it's still possible
Why did he not add note about motors and batteries swapping on rear bumper?
So about 500k km before the battery has to be replaced. And 14 engines replaced. So the engine needs replacing around 133k km. Normal price for an engine replacement is around 5-6k. Battery is 20k. So normal costs without tires and other expenses is 160k so around 10ct per kilometer. Normal gas car is around 5 to 7 ct. So it is a little more expensive that ice cars to maintain.
yeap, teoretically electric motors should have really long life, I don't get how tesla can be so unreliable🤷♂️
Well it was a 2014 model. I hope longevity has since been improved
@@alexandruciordas4941 How are the bearings in the motor lubricated? Using circulating gear oil, or are the motor bearings sealed?
And think of the price of the car itself. We're not even forced to electrics yet, but current emission norm (Euro 6d) has driven car prices so high people who could afford to buy new cars a few years ago, now cannot. Eastern part of European Union is just behind Western part, US, Japan or Australia in terms of income and current estimate is that it will not be able to replace the fleet of cars for the next 40 years. I'm myself forced to stick to Euro 3 car. That's nonsense and is going to get worse. Average age of a car in eastern EU is 13-20 years depending on a country and growing. Imagine the level of pollution if people will be forced to stick to the same old cars cars for the next 10, 20, 30 or more years. Inevitably large part of the fleet will constantly have worn out engines, not meeting any emission norms.
@@piotrmalewski8178 pollution from diesel cars is bad only in highly populated areas, gas engines not so much. So old cards are still good enough. Anyways the motor is not the priciest part in cars, is the ridicoulous amount of electronics.
So car is from 2014, thats 10 years old. 1.9mil/10/365=520 km every day. With - lets say - average speed 70km/h its more than 7+ hours daily in car + charging. And i dont count engine swaps and other things like sickness, bad weather conditions, ect. RLY?
Yeah I think it bs
He was written in history books😂
I'm 52 years old now and I have been driving myself my car since I was 16. But I don't think I've reached half a mil km til today. My first car (second hand Honda civic) registered a 185k km before I sold it, 2nd car was around 85k, 3rd was only 45k, then my two present car now has 26k and a 75k both has been driven by me and my son when he visits me.
would love for this to be on teslafi, and see all the trips..
Great interview, enjoyed it a lot.
Unless I missed it, he never really answered what he does to get so much mileage so fast nor why? He mentioned he wants to beat the Volvo world record, is that his motive? Does he only drive around for fun everywhere to rack up KM?
He‘s retired and seems to travel the world for fun in the Model S. He talked about journey in China, to Algeria and all around europe
He lifts the car on jackstands in the garage, sits in the seat, presses accelerator, and goes VROOM, VROOM, for 6 hours each day.
@@chetmyers7041 lmao I was thinking the same
Pff, he hasn't and can't beat the Volvo record. That was an original engine. Everything in this car has been replaced 3+ times. Doesn't even count.
Not possible. Too much noise because the exhaust has broken off.@@chetmyers7041
Its like Trigger in Only fools and horses "I've had the same broom for years, its only had 9 new heads and 6 new handles
Respekt. Thankful.
He's also had the same broom for 20 years.
Its only had 17 new heads and 14 new handles.
@ComedyHenderslives
are you trying to Trigger people here LOL
Haha
I came looking for this.
It still is a beautiful and modern car, i hope my Tesla S make it this far :-)
It's an American car, they are all trash
The question is, make it that far for how much?
@@Laissez_Faire Well the new one is $75k. The performance version is $90k. When this guy bought it the S was about $90k and the performance was $120k. The build quality and performance of the newer cars are also much better.
It looks pretty good back then and it had a normal dashboard, Now you can't even see at what speed you're driving without looking at the ugly tablet on the right side.
He took good care of the car but ofc the free charging and warranty helped him maintain it for very cheap, Others would've gotten screwed with the high repair costs.
You don't know what your talking about. This is a Model S. It still has a dashboard with instruments in 2023. The Model 3 and Y do not.
In a semi u can do a million miles in less than ten years , just depends on your style of hauling. But your also restricted to 13 hours a day in Canada and 11 in usa of strictly driving. And some are governed at 65 mph
True, but work vehicles like those are built to a different standard of reliability, regardless of the drivetrain or manufacturer. I am by no means a fan of Elon or his companies, but for a consumer-grade car to work so well is impressive.
@xenoi tiic8356 I'm just talking about physically driving over a million miles in less than ten years.
When i was doing mostly long haul, I did around 100000 -150000 miles a year . And that's like 500 -600 miles a day roughly.5 -6days a week.
Mechanically, these trucks break down alot. But its usually the DEF system , sensors, and air brake components. Drive train is mostly solid . Considering the weight it's always pulling. Up here in Canada , 130000 lbs gross weight is normal. My heavy haul spec kenworth t880 alone weighs 28000 lbs.
@@xenotiic8356it’s bs… it takes 8.5 years at 600 km a day every day.
so gute Zahlen bei einem Fahrzeug mit neuer Technologie. Das wird richtig interessant, wie das noch weiter geht. Wie lange wohl ein Fahrzeug in Zukunft gefahrwn werden kann.
Also Model 3 gibt's auf mobile ja bereits mit über 200.000km und ersten Motor. Ich glaube bei allen aktuell verkauften Model 3 und Y kann man von gut 300.000-500.000km Motorlebensdauer ausgehen. Ausnahmen gibt's natürlich immer. mit dem Akku wird es ähnlich sein,.vermutlich halten die sogar deutlich länger als die Motoren, auch wenn mit entsprechender Degradation.
I believe this is the first time I’ve realized how important an early Tesla investment was and how important it will be in the future. Optimus is slated to be a better ROI than the vehicles so I guess I still have that.
Really good video if you listen to the information. Really listen.
Very impressive. Good quality car.
can i get the name of the song at the begging ? it sounds exactly like sel-kontrolinis suvis :) want to hear this one, please.
1.1millon+ miles for US folks
This would be a lot more impressive if he hadn't gone through 14 motors. My old 1989 Dodge Daytona probably would have gone well over a million miles too--if I'd replaced the engine every 80k.
Don't forget Al Bundy's Dodge!
The cost of his motors is probably a lot less than the cost of your mufflers and oil changes.
@@colingenge9999 The cost of replacing one Tesla motor is between $10,000 and $20,000 depending on the model. So no... No it isn't. And he went through 14 of them, not just one.
@@OwMyLiver Yeah those old Model S/X motors are very well known for low reliability. And they indeed aren't cheap...
Though, third party repaired Motors seem to last a lot lot lot lot longer then the Motors new from Tesla, and repaired by Tesla.
The Model 3/Y, and the new Mosel S/X don't seem to have those motor issues at all though.
@@colingenge9999 You need one muffler in about 15 years and 1 oil change per 20k km. The cost isn't very high. Please consider a petrol or diesel car weighs about 1 ton less than a tesla model 3. So who is the one to pay for spare parts concerning bushings, suspension, struts etc.? The Tesla owner...
i have used the same sweeping brush every day for 25 years its only had 17 new heads and 11 new handles
If grandfather's axe was a car.
Somebody get this man a Cybertruck!
Great idea, Cybertruck would definitely beat this early Model S on reliability!
It's not allowed in europe
not yet. but we ocasionally can import isolated US cars.
@@DerMathemanCybertruck can be imported for private use, at least into Sweden. Should apply to all EU countries
@@stal5861 if it doesn't comply with EU regulations you can import, but not register it / won't be able to drive it on public roads 🙃
This is very unreal. Be a bit realistic and look into the maths. To reach 1.9M in 10 years, let's assume he only drives 6 days a week and assume his avg speed is 80 kmh (can't always be on a highway). Then he'll have to cover almost 610km on each driving day. With 80 kmh in mind, it takes 7.6 hours to cover 610 km. He has to stop at least once in a day for charging, let's say it takes 1 hour. He has to eat and sleep too, and can't drive while the car is under maintenance, chaning tires, waiting for parts, etc. Ok he goes for long trips, but he cannot enjoy those trips, because he has to drive all the time to have this milage. This is insane.
He tells us that he drives an average of 500 to 600 kilometres every day. So it's perfectly reasonable to see that the figures do make sense.
Road toll charges over that distance would be a significant expense. Europe isn't that big for such a high mileage so there must have been a lot of ferries, bridges and highways that had to be paid for as he went.
Europe is the size of the us….
It's a bit like Trigger's shovel from Only Fools and Horses; he's had the shovel 20 years, it's had a new a new handle and a new spade. 😂
Remarkable!! No need to trash your car, simply switch out what you need ❤️❤️❤️
That was the idea in 1970s. Merc W123 could do such mileage without a single engine rebuilt thus it was a lot cheaper to use than this. Propositions to make cars ecological revolved around lightweight and making the car have long lifespan rather than trading the lifespan for low engine emission. Back then most cars were written off because of corrosion so DeLorean was made of stainless steel because the idea was a car for decades.
With current oil and ceramic coatings tech, it's not a problem to build an internal combustion car that could do millions of kilometers without a rebuild and save lots of CO2 on steelworks and factory production by lasting 30, 40, 50 years. It could even have zero CO2 emissions if used ammonia or hydrogen as fuel. That where Toyota and GAC group want to go. Toyota and Mazda have long been criticizing forceful conversion to EVs, and a month ago Toyota said they have internal combustion engine that will end EVs.
exactly, no need to produce more cars, especially not those that create a huge ecological burden and need building infrastructure, such as EVs.
@@vladimirvladimir3143 Life cycle emissions of EVs are far lower than any internal combustion engine car. Therefore making huge numbers of electric cars is more than justified. The faster we switch to driving electric the better.
@@Simon-dm8zv Yes if batteries will be produced using green energy and charged with it. In the eastern part of European Union, countries produce from 70 to 98% of electricity from fossil fuels and it's not going to change for decades. Efficiency of modern internal combustion engines and powerplants close to 40%. There is no way to make EVs ecological in a country that produces most of it's electricity from fossil fuels. Some estimates also say that because of prices and short lifespan of battery, half the EU will not be able to replace their fleet to electrics for the next 40 years. Euro 6d cars pricing, costs of maintenance, and ban of internal cobustions from 2035 means that just in EU tens if not more than hundred million people will be forced to stick to their Euro 5,4 3 and lower cars, than switching to relatively eco friendly Euro 6. The reality is going to be that in rich countries like Germany, Norway, France etc. fleets will change to electrics, while anywhere east of Germany people will be using 40 years old internal combustion cars because nothing newer will be available.
@@piotrmalewski8178 Unfortunately incorrect. Even in countries with carbon heavy electricity EVs produce less CO2 during their life. Plenty of research out there. 40 years is far too long. Used EVs will make their way east soon.
His English is definitelly ausbaufähig.
And now what? Soll er für dich Englisch lernen oder willst du ihm einfach eine reindrücken, weil das in der Anonymität so schön geht?
Since he is from an old Adelsfamily maybe his French is better than his English cause the old Adelsfamilies spoke more French then English
Er spricht sehr klar und einfach verständlich. Gut so.
Give this man a beer.
Strong "Trigger's broom" vibes with this.
Wow. This driver deserves more publicity. So humble and committed. Keep up the good
If he was humble - how did TV know about his record and why is his car full of stickers promoting his record? 😆
The only world record Tesla keeps is the number of engines changed on their cars.
Tesla does not feature an engine.
@@miroslavmilosevic1040engine/motor
What drives the vehicle, propels it.
@@bldontmatter5319 the electric motor....if properly made itd basically be eternal. or like 2-3 million kilometers. Eletric motors are simple, no different from one in your food processor.
@@miroslavmilosevic1040 yeah. But it's 2023. Things don't get built to last.
2014 Model, Till today end of 2023, +/- 609km/Day. impressed by the Kms that he has driven. Unbelievingly amazing.
That's actually good advertising for Tesla. I expect a video on TH-cam: "Honest review: Model S after 2,000,000 km". 😅
10 years 1,9mln km?
About 520km per day every day. I dont belive.
Sad life...
Total EVer fantasy story to add to all the rest - like the one about the Lithium in the batteries getting recycled.
I guess this is not what Elon had in mind when he said "Free supercharging for life".
Yeah he must accrued more cost for the kwh used than the price of the car!
@@petersv the free supercharger costs were probably higher then the car has cost 2014.
@@BlacKi-nd4uy Exactly
What is the mileage now?
I wish I was his friend so I could borrow his car to add some more kilometres to the odo. The maths have already been done in the comments section so I won't go through them again. It looks like Hansjörg does so much driving! He certainly makes up for it when the tyres get changed or when it's at the service centre. At least he has solar at home so that's free charging.
I´d like to remind everyone who thinks this isn´t special or even bad... look at the chassis. Few cars look this good or even hold together after almost 2 million km.
it's not an old car 🤷🏻♂ less than 10 years old...my Audi is 16 y/o and still looks perfect!
been through 2 dozen batteries🤣
@@p__jay And I trust your Audi has 2 million km on the clock? No? Then kindly shut it. This is not about age but about driven kilometers. Wear and tear usually manifests a bit more when a vehicle is used a lot.
@@augustusomega4708 You? You run on batteries? Wow, thats odd.
If you talk about the Tesla here, suggest you use one of your two brain cells to watch the video and listen.
@@robertmandl9326 I find this entire premise laughable, first that a guy drives 2 million km and second that the thing is not a total wreck...promotional material is not data
At 200 miles a day five days a week that's 770k miles over ten years. This guy drives..... Did we find out...... Why? Not Uber not a taxi.... Is this a case of simple compulsive driving? I'm so curious. Edit: he said towards the end..... He uses it well, you can say, like his living room. (Doesnt matter either in his living room or driving to listen to his music)
he is driving 400miles/per day and more...he ist rich, and he is driving for fun...why? is this important? he can do what he want
@@romanf5666 important? unsure... Driving for fun? Sure. He can do what he want when it comes to driving? yep.... I think that is one of the least expensive cars to operate given the free supercharging and those first 8 years unlimited miles of warranty. As for being rich, that is a relative term. Its just strange and I am curious on the "how" and the "why". Its remarkable, is what.
@@TRYtoHELPyouhe has paid a total of half a million dollars.
It was revealed in the comments
How many engines were replaced? How many batteries was replaced? Were replaced batteries properly utilized?
How much time, what’s the percentage/ ratio charge time to refuel time. Time/distance lost waiting
I don't think that mileage counts with so many changes of engines and batteries. It's only the chassis that holds, which is not too impressive considering the car is 9 years old.
Yeah, age is the true determining factor + milage. A car can last forever if garaged and never driven... A car can last forever if you baby it on the highway and replace broken stuff.
That and he changed the transmission how many times?
So as long as you keep replacing the batteries and motors it will keep going like a normal car
What do you mean 'normal car'?....An ICE would have needed at least one, maybe two engine and gearbox rebuilds to get to that mileage...and how much would have been spent just on oil changes?
Electric motors should not wear out...planned obsolecense by tesla@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270
@@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270 no it wouldn’t. There are literally Mercedes w124 with same engine when they initially were produced with over 1mln. The mileage that you can do today is greatly reduced to idiotic law that make car producers downsize engine and stress is greatly. This hs nothing to do with ecology but that’s just big moto lobby
Can anyone tell me how he managed to show the battery voltag on the speedometer monitor? I want that too.
Possible on early Model s with MCU 1
I had a "Unicorn" 2017 90D model S with free supercharging, AP2.0 Ultra HIFI etc. I had a dream to do like this man and drive allover Europe for "free" But in 2 years I did only 300 bucks of free supercharging and the car was eating money in repairs (every month something needed fixing), depreciation and insurance. It gave me alot of stress. The thought of at some point having to replace the battery out off warranty gave me problems sleeping. The stress is now gone but I miss the car a little bit. Maybe I should have kept it and keep punting money into it.
Yep, 15k$ for a battery or 8k$ per motor hanging over your head is not bearable...
A pity that tesla didn't make the car reparable and instead only replace entire component.
I have a 90D with all extras, built in late 2016 delivered mid Jan. 2017 (with free SC) with 123000 km. Issues so far: 1 doorhandle and 1 door catcher had to be replaced; locking mechanism for the frunk had to be replaced a few weeks ago, nothing else so far. Is this pure luck ?? I enjoying the free SC very much.
@@rdlalf It's kind of luck yes. Of course not all model S are affected with issues but the amount of issues and especially the cost associated with those issues when out of warranty is high.
I also had a C class and drove it to 200k km. I never had a single issue or anything to fix/replace apart from regular maintenance. Same on A3 that has now around 80k km. But that's not to say that everybody will drive them 200k km without issue.
The difference is that a bearing on an ICE will set you back 1000$, while a failing bearing on a model S motor will set you back 8k$... and nothing cost 15k$ on an ICE except maybe a complete motor failure that is extremely rare and usually covered, at least partially, by the manufacturer. And that also out of warranty as it's not considered normal.
How is it possible?
it makes 520km a day if he drives everyday.
Its scam. its lie. not possible
He is unemployed, has money and maybe no one else so he has time to drive that much
It's actually easy. Especially if you were listening to the video.
How impressed are you about Hansjorg's story and his determination to drive so many kilometers with his Tesla?
not very impressed
Extremely impressed and thank you for tracking down Hansjorg and sharing his story. You asked all the right questions any driver would want to know about reaching such an achievement. He is retired and enjoys driving and listening to his jazz as he traverses the globe in his Tesla. Well done!
not impressed at all. the share cost is insane.
I don't believe it....? 2,000,000 km in 10 years... at 100 km/h that's 20,000 hours of driving. 2000 hours per year? 38 hours per week?
Very impressed! I currently drive 50,000 miles a year for work, and in a previous job, over 80,000.I would love to drive all over the continent and enjoy the scenery.
this man must have the patience of a monk, imagine waiting for this car to charge over and over again on these long trips..
I would like to see what is his insurance price/year minding the fact that in Germany the number of km you drive is influencing your insurance.
The big question is -- what was the cost per kilometer for all that travel ? I'd really love to know that.
I think a 2014 Tesla Model S has unlimited supercharging. It may cost nothing!
@@khaledakm No, I mean the total cost including all the repairs and home charging which is not free like the super charging. In other words, add up the costs of all those motors and Batteries plus any other repairs and home charging costs and then divide by the 1.9 million kilometers. That will give the total cost of this car over the time that he has owned it.
@@khaledakm Yes, it does have free supercharger for the life of the car.
@@mikejohn5573would like to know as well
Model S averages between 2.6 and 3.6 miles per kWh. You can back into the amount of energy consumed and what it would have cost if you had to charge at home with your price of electricity, You would need to factor in a percentage heat loss for charging at home on a Level 2 charger (charging at less than 100% efficiency rate), but you would still get a good idea. At 3.6 m/kWh he would have consumed around 328 megawatts over the lifetime to date. Obviously he would have had worse consumption for stretches so that would be the most optimistic but it will give you an idea what that kind of mileage costs in your environment. Electricity costs vary greatly.
Not too bad, only $200K worth of repairs😅
… but most of them made under warranty! In another video, the guy detailed what he had to pay for. The list was short.
This is why they no longer have unlimited miles warranty.
@@mrm1885 Like free superchargers for the life of the vehicle, unlimited mile warranty only went to early adopters of the Model S, precisely like the one we are talking about.
How many tires did he have to change ?
In 2020, you could read That you could upgrade. the infotainment system for cars built in March 2018 or earlier. This upgrade isn't just an over-the-air software update either. Tesla will replace hardware to make the touchscreen faster, smoother and more feature-rich. There's a catch, though: it'll cost $2,500 plus tax.
So if his third battery lasted until about 1.8M km, then each battery lasted on average about 600,000 km. But two of those were refurbished rather than brand new; hopefully, the new one will last even longer. To all the people saying it's not the original battery so doesn't count, each battery lasted about three times as long as the average internal combustion car!
Refurb or not, the cells are gonna be leveled and swapped out if they are bad. Refurb to new shouldn't be more than a 10% difference or so
14 motors tho 🤮. That's terrible. I know old pos Fords that could have done better
Really..lmao I have 390 thousand miles on a old dodge..not kilometers. Miles. Never been replaced.
@@sleasy01 those original drive units are terrible. Not sure why this guy spent so much on this car, I'll break it down. His drive unit, a large single rear, is $7k, he did 14 of them, that's $98k, 3 batteries, between $15k-$$20k. Spent about $150k on this old outdated POS. Should have sold it and got a new one.
@@chriscordray8572 I'm only at 200k with my Rav 🤣
It would be funny if the car's odometer turned out to be faulty. For example, it would show 2x, 3x more than the reality.
I would like to point out that it is not at all necessary to completely replace a motor or a battery of a Model S. In Spain, and I imagine that in other countries as well, the motors and batteries are repairable for a much lower cost than their total replacement.
He's done so much good for the environment lol.
Actually destroying it with his selfish attitude. Tons of batteries, parts, ect, just to prove a point
And this is worse than getting a new car how? @@bldontmatter5319
4 batteries and 13 motors,
Guys like this will get Tesla bankrupt 😁
13 motors, that means 13 repairs - replacing motor seals. They put bad seals. . It's like 13 changes of timing belt:) Finally in Zagreb they solved the problem.
He had alot of batterys in his car, but given that it runs on over 50% of supercharging jucie, the Cycle rate of his batterys are what is to expected!
How ever many hours is that driving,
Sounds like something hiding here. 1,9M Km in less than 10 years you would be died. I’ve driven in my model 3 in 3,7years 265000km and it’s a lot and feels hard on my body and I’m only 38 years old.
Didn't you see the cushion setup. His back took a huge hit
@@Y2Kvids you haven’t drive much if you are serious about cushions. Doesn’t matter it’s 1,9Mkm. It’s a lot for one person in less than 10 years even if you put bed inside 😂Look at the man, his in the good shape, banding, walking … no problem. More like it many people drive this car, could be a rental too, or has more than one driver 👌💯
@@canadapros There are people who drive for Job, Truckers bus drivers, they are alive and okay.
It is doable but not recommended to do .
Well that's a great buy, 13 engines replaced and 4x batteries... Using 55% battery and going 100km/h.... It must feel great to be a slave to your electric car :)
Changed what x 3 ?
It’s like Triggers broom!
going through 4 battery packs, and atleast 13 motors is astonishingly bad, with batteries costing 10k + euros each, and drive units costing atleast 7k from what i have seen, at minimum he has spent over 130 thousand euros on top of the cost of the car just to go 1.9 million km's on it, that is simply a bad financial decision, not impressive in the slightest
In his case, he had warranty that was not linked to mileage, so all the batteries and motors where changed on warranty, except that the actual battery, installed in March is the first to be out of warranty. And with free supercharging for life, Hansjorg basically hasn't spent anything on batteries and motors until now.
Warranty not linked to mileage??? It smells..... How can an average person get that warranty? Remember he is an investor. It smells of hidden advertising.
@@tobias3t290 Everybody could get that in the first years, just like free supercharger for life. In case of the batteries, it was a warranty offered for a number of years, not mileage.
At 19:00 he says the battery he has now, that was installed in March and is a new battery (first one that was not replaced on warranty) has 150.000 km and only 8% degradation. If it keep like this he will make it to 500.000 km with this battery.
@@tobias3t290 Nothing smelly about that unless you know jacksh** about the offers Tesla gave on the early Model S. Unlimited supercharging and a more than generous warranty.
What a disgusting waste of resources! 14 motors and 3 battery packs? Just think of the environmental impact for just one car.🙄
But think about the environmental impact of new cars rather than keeping the same one?
So would the environmental cost equation be different if he bought a new ICE car every 200K miles?
@@CSAFMedia yes
@@satchemo24 True, it would be worse
Why no captions?
if we take the motor issues, I find this a very int€resting experience
as a Austrian i love his english-german xD He is just a casual grandpa neighbor xD
Next time, interview him in his native lanquage and have subtitles. His story will be much better and detailed.
7,2 Milion Of Km in Mb w123 with original engine in Spain ( Taxi in Gran Canaria)
No one is mentioning that he has only had 4 batteries total, which is over 450,000km each on average
Amazing! That mileage and no autopilot. I bought new in 2014 Tesla P85DL - Red too! Original battery and motors. 250 K goal is 1 million km.
Legend pioneer!
It will probably be very soon in Serbia..in some dealer ship..but only with 170k km on the odometer :D
If I have a broom and I swap the broom head, is it a new broom?
At what point does it count as the same car?
Cause ive had many cars where ive just said to myself that the chassis could do another half million miles no problem but the clutch could only do another 5k and the engine another 50k
But last year an article said he was thinking of switching to a Lucid Air. what happened to it
Congratulations!!!
It’s bs, no way driving 550km a day everyday for 10 years in a Tesla which needs a time to charge
He's such a chill dude that I am sad Elon isn't sponsoring his races and giving him some recognition. Where you at Elon?!