Name: Tesla vs Competitors: Cost of Maintenance Including Battery Replacement
Uploaded: 2017-09-02T15:14:34.000Z
Duration: 6 min 37 s
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- Recently I had an issue
with the windshield wiper

on my Tesla where the
motor actually went out

Past simple

and the arm broke, and
this is the only issue

This time what I had
to do is actually have

that comes out to your
house and fixes your car

right there in your garage
or in your driveway.

This all cost me zero
dollars because I'm under

the four year warranty
where basically everything

it got me to thinking what
is the cost of maintaining

Now first I should just
clarify that when I do

my comparison it has to be
to a similar gas powered car,

yes of course, those are
cheap economical cars,

they do not compare to these
luxury high end sedans.

at the cost of ownership,
the actually maintenance cost

of those cars compared to
what I pay for my Tesla.

So first I should mention
that Tesla has had

some reliability issues,
in fact just recently

about 1,000 dollars per
vehicle on warranty repairs

compared to Ford and GM which are spending

So Tesla's actually having
to repair these a lot more

All I care about though
is how much it actually

is gonna cost me and kind
of what the experience

First off Tesla offers
a prepaid service plan

but we'll compare those
alongside not having

So looking at the total
maintenance cost here

over five years you can see
that all three Tesla options

are a lot cheaper than
all the other options,

than owning a Tesla in
terms of maintenance.

So if you take a look at
the total maintenance cost

the most expensive is
the Mercedes Benz S-Class

clocking in at around 18,000
dollars in maintenance,

the BMW 7 Series clocking
in around 17,000 dollars

just behind it, the Audi
is significantly cheaper,

are just significantly
cheaper than all of those.

In fact, the most expensive
one is 2,800 bucks.

There isn't really saving much in terms of

the agony of dealing with
a car dealership here,

but you are gonna be saving a ton of money

But what if we look at the
actual details year by year?

and then year by year I have
the actual cost of maintenance,

where as the Audi and the
Tesla are all pretty flat.

In fact Audi actually looks
like it decreases over time

there aren't gonna be
any big surprises here

with the Tesla or the
Audi for that matter.

Now if we wanna compare
on a percentage basis

and we wanna look at let's
take the most expensive Tesla

model, the Tesla service,
the non-prepaid one,

compare that to the Audi A7,
the BMW, and the Mercedes,

you're actually still
saving about 241 percent,

close to 7,000 dollars
over the cheapest car,

Compare that to the BMW and
you're at 500 percent savings

and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class you're near

550 percent savings, almost 15,000 dollars

or North of 15,000
dollars that you're saving

That's a big deal and that really adds up,

Now I know a lot of you
are out there thinking

well what about the
replacement of the battery,

you know you have to replace
the battery every year

But the way it works is there
is a eight year warranty

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