Motor Life

[warpedghost]

We're told the battery might have a life of 1 million miles. That's awesome. However, none of that matters if the individual motors need to be replaced a lot sooner. Are there any estimates on the life of the motors? And what is the expected cost of replacing/fixing them?

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[drcarric2650]

It seems to be the motors were already rated for a million miles, I've listened to podcasts that claimed that other than defective motors, no other motors have been replaced.

 

[VolklKatana]

Based on this video, couple bolts, couple plugs.
On this website a whole Tesla drop in kit is 11K, but motors of other brands are plus minus 4k?

Totally acceptable replacement cost IMO!

 

[ajdelange]

I've listened to podcasts that claimed that other than defective motors, no other motors have been replaced.

Why would anyone replace a motor that wasn't defective?

 

[Shumby]

Why would anyone replace a motor that wasn't defective?

defective in this case means there was a flaw with the motor a manufaturing defect. Motors will reach a natural end of life and need to be replaced. this is not a defect.