Arthur Driessen hits 150,000 miles driven in his Voyage without Carbon.
In a new video and journal report posted on Voyage without Carbon Sunday, Tesla Model 3 owner Arthur Driessen documents his experience thus far with a 2018 Long Range Model 3 with Rear-Wheel Drive as he hits 150,000 miles driven (241,401 kilometres).
Over two years, that works out to 6,250 miles (10,058 km) per month, or 208 miles (334 km) driven per day. That’s a lot of driving.
Driessen originally launched the blog upon his purchase of the Tesla Model 3 in 2018, in an effort to commit to testing Tesla’s growing Supercharger network while reducing carbon emissions from driving altogether. Hitting 150,000 miles driven without producing any carbon emissions is a pretty impressive feat, and Driessen’s experiences are tediously documented for any prospective Tesla customers to see.
In the report, Driessen breaks down everything in the Model 3’s life so far, from self-inflicted maintenance, to routine servicing, and customer service experiences to battery life and degradation.
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The report is expansive, to be sure, but it’s telling that Driessen responds to some important questions, including whether he will ever buy another internal combustion engine vehicle again.
Driessen writes, “Short answer to this? No, I don’t think I would.” He continues, “Having gotten used to how an EV drives, I would never want to go back to two pedal driving. I prefer almost everything about an EV, from the ability to heat/cool using battery so it can be left running for long periods to the instant torque. The only actual downside I see to the EV is the speed which I go through tires, but that is quickly outweighed by the lack of other maintenance.”
As electric vehicles (EVs) become a much more pertinent modern reality for the average consumer, guides like Driessen’s are a helpful way to keep tabs on what ownership of a Tesla could actually look like. And with the company’s continually-updated hardware, it’s hard to deny that future models will only continue to get better.
