One of the main concerns I have when looking at whether I should buy an electric car is the range degradation. I drive a hell of a lot in my prius and I put about 190,000 miles on it in the last 6 years. But when I’m looking at the price of a replacement tesla battery, considering I would want to buy a used Tesla, I’m looking at prices from $14-$20,000, whereas extrapolating the math from the 18650 cells I’m buying to build an EBike battery, the cells themselves for a Tesla battery really shouldn’t be more than 5- $6000. (I know Tesla has moved away from 18650 but I think my point of lithium ion cells cost is valid)

Is this 8,000 to $15,000 discrepancy just a function of getting work done by a dealership? In the same way I can replace my own catalytic converter for a few hundred bucks but the shop will charge me two grand? It just really seems like the absolute biggest factor in this consideration; I could buy multiple used Priuses for the same cost if a battery replacement costs me $20,000, but if it costs me $6,000 the math checks out, and I’m going electric ! Obviously the next biggest part of this is I don’t think you can even get a non Tesla shop to install a battery as if any modifications are discovered by Tesla, they’ll disable fast charging! Which completely kills my ability to make the trips I usually make.

Any insight or links to a previous thread is much appreciated!

We got our model 3 a few days ago. I’d like to keep some cleaners in the trunk for the exterior and interior surfaces so that I can use some rags at any time to quickly wipe it down. What do you recommend?

Tesla only offers some guidance but doesn’t specify any cleaners.

Hi, I subscribed to a few news videos and would like to listen when driving to office in the morning. Tesla theatre doesn’t allow YouTube when driving, I also tried browser and abettertheatre but got playback error. Is there any way to use YouTube when the car is moving? Don’t need to see the video but just listen. Thanks

Any recommendations on best value for replacement tires. I’m needing to replace tires after 23,000 miles. Only the front two need to be replaced and I’m getting quoted $850 from Tesla. I’m leaning on replacing all 4 but don’t want to wait the three weeks for the dealer.

Is there any way to determine how many miles were on the odometer on a given date? For example, how many miles were on my car on June 1, 2021? Does the model 3 store this info anywhere?

Thanks!