A Tesla Model S P90D has crossed 3,000,000 kilometers — roughly 1,864,000 miles — making it one of the highest-mileage electric vehicles ever documented. The achievement, shared on X this week, is a rare data point in the ongoing conversation about how long an EV can actually last.
The P90D was Tesla's dual-motor performance variant from the mid-2010s — not a vehicle engineered with extreme longevity as its headline feature. Reaching three million kilometers puts it well past the lifetime mileage most combustion-engine vehicles ever accumulate, and it raises a straightforward question for anyone still skeptical about EV durability: what's your argument now?
Tesla ended new Model S production earlier this year as Fremont transitions to Optimus manufacturing, but existing vehicles like this one continue to receive OTA software updates and FSD improvements. Milestones like this are a reminder that the cars already on the road have a very long runway ahead of them.
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