Tesla to cut thousands of jobs as Elon Musk warns the ‘road ahead is very difficult’

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Certainly older gasses could clock high mileage but those days are long gone. Planned obsolescence and made in China parts quality have seen to that.
That's hilarious. Ford and Honda engines made in Canada are assembled with Chinese parts?
 

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Certainly older gasses could clock high mileage but those days are long gone. Planned obsolescence and made in China parts quality have seen to that.
My 1998 Lexus has 425,000 plus km. My 2008 Van has 440,000 plus km . Both are in fine fiddle .
 

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While the average car engine is only designed to last about 200,000 miles, the average semi engine will go approximately 1,000,000 miles. 75 percent of American communities depend solely on truck drivers to deliver goods and services.Feb 23, 2016
https://www.auto.edu › blog › 13-so...
13 Solid Stats about Driving a Semi-truck for a Living


Only 1 million average.
Which piston will go 1M miles Dex?
 

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While the average car engine is only designed to last about 200,000 miles, the average semi engine will go approximately 1,000,000 miles. 75 percent of American communities depend solely on truck drivers to deliver goods and services.Feb 23, 2016
https://www.auto.edu › blog › 13-so...
13 Solid Stats about Driving a Semi-truck for a Living


Only 1 million average.
only 200,000 average
 

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Tesla engines go further for cheaper

sorry if that conflicts with your world view
 

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Cadillac ATS engine $6,700 USD probably at least that much again in labor to swap it in if you could find anyone who would do it for you - wehich you couldn't

You would need 4 of them to get to one million?

More than that car cost new just in engines to get to a million.

How about Cat converters? What would that cost you on a sport caddy? $5000 every 100K or so?
 

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It'll die before the first oil change.
...a half million miles in.

The car was crap but that engine was a perpetual motion machine (as long as you didn't have to start in in an ice fog and you didn't have a Bic pen to jam into the automatic choke).
 

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Tesla engines go further for cheaper
sorry if that conflicts with your world view
They don't make engines.



1.A motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy while an engine converts various other forms of energy to mechanical energy.
2.An engine is a mechanical device that uses a fuel source to create an output.
3.The word “engine” is generally used to refer to a reciprocating engine (steam or internal combustion) while “motor” is generally used to refer to a rotating device such as an electric motor.
4.An engine is made up of pistons and cylinders while a motor is made up of rotors and stators.
 
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Especially a luxury car

Its crazy that a Tesla S could go over a million klicks. NO other luxury maker would ever consider making a product that robust.

People who buy uber luxury cars do not want to own them for years and years. They want to have them a couple of years the get a newer better model.
 

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When are you going to man up, sell the minivan and buy an electric penis?

The current Mercedes-Benz High Mileage champ is Gregorios Sachinidis, a Greek taxi driver who holds the known record of more than 2.8 million miles in his 1976 Mercedes-Benz 240D.

https://www.mbusa.com

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High Mileage Award - Mercedes-Benz
 

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Especially a luxury car

Its crazy that a Tesla S could go over a million klicks. NO other luxury maker would ever consider making a product that robust.

People who buy uber luxury cars do not want to own them for years and years. They want to have them a couple of years the get a newer better model.
It sure could , but has it ?