Tesla Owner Hits Major Mileage Milestone

Watching your odometer roll over into six figures is a momentous occasion, especially if you drive an electric vehicle.

Hansj?rg von Gemmingen recently hit that milestone in a Tesla Roadster. He?s German, so we?re talking about his odometer hitting 100,000 kilometers, but c?mon, people ? that?s still 62,000 miles in an electric vehicle. Tesla Motors says that?s the greatest distance covered by any Tesla owner who isn?t named Elon Musk.

The kind of mileage is nothing to the people who?ve racked up twice that in their Toyota RAV 4 EVs. But von Gemmingen still gets props because he?s rolled his odometer in less than two years. Clearly the man loves to drive.

?Driving the Roadster is still thrilling, and I enjoy every single ride,? the stockbroker said in a statement from Tesla. ?I?m constantly impressed by the durability and performance of Tesla?s technology.?

Von Gemmingen picked up his Roadster in 2009. He drives it pretty much everywhere and, according to Tesla, says he has no problem finding somewhere to plug it in. He?s even made the 800-kilometer (497 miles) trek to Berlin from his home in southwest Germany. He insists the Roadster, which has a range of about 235 miles, is fine for road trips.

?As long as you have somewhere to plug in for a bit along the way, it?s simple to drive the car no matter where you?re headed,? he said.

Von Gemmingen has driven far more than the average Tesla owner. The company has sold more than 1,600 Roadsters, which have racked up a total of 11 million miles. That works out to an average of around 6,875 miles per car.

Photo: Tesla Motors

Source: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/05/tesla-owner-100000-kilometers/

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