The lead plaintiff in the case, Nyree Hinton, bought a used Model Y with less than 37,000 miles (59,546 km) on the odometer. Within six months, it had pushed past the 50,000-mile (80,467 km) mark, at which point the car’s bumper-to-bumper warranty expired. (Like virtually all EVs, Tesla powertrains have a separate warranty that lasts much longer.)

For this six-month period, Hinton says his Model Y odometer gained 13,228 miles (21,288 km). By comparison, averages of his three previous vehicles showed that with the same commute, he was only driving 6,086 miles (9,794 km) per 6 months.

Edit: I just want to point out that I just learned that changing your tires to ones of a different diameter can also affect how your spedometer clocks. So yeah, this issue is full of nuance and plausible things as to why this could not be true.

  • @[email protected]English
    37•9 days ago

    I don’t know. I couldn’t tell you my average monthly usage. I could definitely look at my oil change rate and work backwards, but it’s not just something I regularly think about or keep at the top of my mind. I’m sure plenty of people haven’t noticed it.

    • @[email protected]English
      22•9 days ago

      I couldn’t tell you my average monthly usage.

      Open up your Google Maps (or navigation app of choice) and you’ll likely have a record of how far you’ve traveled within a given time period.

      Subtract off any cab rides and rides in friends’ cars, and that’s your number plus or minus some distance in driveways or parking garages that the app can’t accurately measure.

      • @[email protected]English
        8•9 days ago

        I don’t use Google maps. Anyway like I said I can go off oil changes more or less to get a decent estimate. Of course I could also just take the age of my car and it’s total miles and divide.

        • @[email protected]English
          15•9 days ago

          Sure. But then you’re still relying on an accurate odometer. I assumed the question was how you do it when disputing one.

          In the case of the article, the plaintiff is using prior vehicle mileage rates as countervailing evidence.

          • @[email protected]English
            12•9 days ago

            lol duh you’re right I definitely just kind of forgot the entire context for this discussion

          • @[email protected]English
            1•8 days ago

            The plaintiff is using that as one piece evidence right now at the start of the case. Of course they can and will gather and present other evidence.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•9 days ago

      Obviously UK consumer protection is different so they may not have the “feature” here, but cars get their milage recorded yearly (after the first 3 years) as part of roadworthiness testing, available online given the licence plate, so I can see I did 7041 miles in the last year.

      Does the DMV not have something similar?

    • @[email protected]English
      4•9 days ago

      If you don’t have an especially long commute, good chance you’re between 12k to 15k per year. That’s a typical yearly amount, and leases are usually set around there.

      13k in six months is about twice the average.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•9 days ago

        Just did some math and surprisingly it’s actually a lot less! But I’m lucky in that I don’t have a particularly notable, regular commute. Looks I’m averaging about 5k/yr