Ten years in the past, Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg bought a second-hand Tesla Mannequin S with 18,641 miles on its odometer. Since then, Gemmingen-Hornberg has pushed his all-electric sedan constantly throughout a number of continents. And in a current replace on social media, the Tesla proprietor revealed that his Mannequin S has now handed the 1.2 million mile mark.
Gemmingen-Hornberg’s current milestone was posted on X, the social media platform previously often called Twitter. As may very well be seen in his submit, the Mannequin S has now reached a really spectacular 1,960,000 km (1,217,887 miles) on its odometer. This successfully makes Gemmingen-Hornberg’s Mannequin S the best mileage Tesla on the earth right now.
The truth that Gemmingen-Hornberg began his journey along with his Mannequin S approach again in 2014 is extraordinarily spectacular, particularly if one had been to think about the truth that electrical autos weren’t as prevalent again then as they’re right now. The charging infrastructure in 2014 was additionally nowhere close to as sturdy as it’s right now, so touring lengthy distances was not as easy.
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— Hansjörg von Gemmingen – Hornberg (@gem8mingen) February 21, 2024
Regardless of this, Gemmingen-Hornberg has steadily established himself as the driving force of the world’s highest-mileage Tesla. It ought to be famous that the Mannequin S has acquired a number of battery and electrical motor replacements over its 1.2 million-mile journey. As famous by Gemmingen-Hornberg throughout an interview with YouTube’s Watt Vitality channel in November, his Mannequin S is presently on its fourth battery and its thirteenth electrical motor.
Gemmingen-Hornberg famous that his Mannequin S, being one of many first efficiency Teslas constructed with a big electrical motor, tends to have points with its drive unit. His current electrical motor appears to be holding up pretty properly, nonetheless, and so is his automobile’s battery. To be honest, Gemmingen-Hornberg is especially cautious along with his Mannequin S, as he carefully screens his charging classes and drives very fastidiously.
Fairly sadly, Gemmingen-Hornberg’s accomplishments have probably not gotten a lot consideration from Tesla. In his dialog with the Watt Vitality host, the Mannequin S driver famous that Elon Musk did congratulate him on social media when his automobile handed the 1 million km mark, but it surely was 11 months after his automobile achieved the milestone. Tesla was additionally silent when Gemmingen-Hornberg handed the record-setting 1 million mile mark.
Congratulations!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2020
Gemmingen-Hornberg joked that Musk might be not very considering his accomplishment contemplating his Mannequin S’ a number of battery and electrical motor replacements. When the YouTube channel host joked that he may get a brand new automobile for driving 1.2 million miles, Gemmingen-Hornberg acknowledged “We’ll need to look. He’s not so , however he heard of the 13 engines and he’s a particular man who doesn’t like critique… So I feel he has this little drawback with me in the meanwhile,” he mentioned.
The YouTube channel host’s joke a few free automobile is probably going a reference to Volvo, which gifted a model new 2022 Volvo S60 sedan to a driver who handed the million-mile barrier along with his Volvo 740 GLE. It took 30 years for the Volvo 740 GLE to attain the milestone, but it surely was extraordinarily spectacular nonetheless.
Watch Gemmingen-Hornberg’s November 2023 interview with Watt Vitality within the video under.
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