A German has completed 1.9 million kilometers with his Tesla Model S and continues the… journey.
We have heard of cars with thousands and millions of kilometers on their odometer, but these are mostly diesels and most of them commercial. In the case of the subject, however, we have an undoubtedly unique incident, since a German in possession of a Tesla Model Shas covered so far 1.9 million kilometers.
In fact, as can be seen in the video that follows at the end of the topic, he recently changed the kilometers written on the body, from “1.8” to “1.9”, with the intention of continuing to travel with the purely electric of the car and raise the… meter even more.
The stories of cars with too many kilometers include a Volvo P1800, which had more than 5 million kilometers on its odometer. This particular car changed only two engines from new until completing the above kilometers.
On the other hand, the subject’s Tesla Model S has changed four batteries and 13 engines. It is worth noting that its owner is not a professional, but has the Model S as his personal vehicle. Bought it used 2014with 30,000 kilometers on its odometer and since then he hasn’t stopped driving it.
It was not limited to the territories of Europe, but he traveled among others in China, Morocco and even drove it to sand. Of course it faced difficulties arising from the charging network around the world, but it seems to have succeeded.
For the record, In his possession Mr. Gemmingen-Hornberg does not only own this Tesla, as he owns a Tesla Roadster, with which he has traveled 735,000 kilometers. His whole life inside a car…