What Went Wrong? Uber Driver's 120,000 mile Tesla Experiment!

Nov 27. Any updates on Dobson’s GoFundMe?

I have a friend who uses his 2021 Model 3 for Uber here in Australia. He’s done 250k already, with minimal degradation, only around 10%. However I’ll add that he rarely Supercharges, maybe only 20% of the time or less. I really believe that Supercharging is hard on batteries.

Man, what a wonderful guy. So honorable and righteous taking a hit like that...Not blaming other for his decision. mad respect to Kim and this man!

Anyone wanna bet his old Camry is still running like a champ!

A hybrid like a prius would probably make much more sense in this situation.

His comparison of the battery to an engine is actually really good. The only problem is that a used engine for a 2019 camry costs less than 3 grand and will last much longer than an ev battery

This guy is a first class human, what a great attitude!

When bro realized he should have bought an old school Toyota Camry...😂😂😂

This man is so fair-minded, he could be a diplomat. Great guy

This guy is so honorable. Most people would fully blame Tesla and maybe even righteously go Karen on them. But Dobson takes responsibility and is more than understanding of the whole situation.

Tesla will have to figure it out. This guy is essentially testing out the robo-taxi model.

Its always admirable to hear a man take responsibility for his actions. But I find it interesting how people in general are so much more forgiving of Tesla for such issues that costs people so much money in repair bills. If a Toyota were to fail prematurely like this, I don't think people would take it as kindly.

A Camry engine will give you 300K to 400K miles if you take care of the engine. Could be even more. A friend of mine has a 2014 Ford Focus with 300K and it still runs like new. Whenever the Camry does need a new engine you are looking at about $3,000 - $4,000 with labor.

Cab companies use the Prius for a reason. They can put 270k miles on it easily.

Kim, kudos to you for being such a kind person. We sure need people like you in our society---especially now.

I was an Uber driver for a little over 5 years. I had a VW Jetta for the first 2 years getting an average of 25 MPG. I then bought a Toyota Prius (hybrid) and my MPG went up to 50 and my Uber income almost doubled. I never considered a total EV because in Uber you never know where you are going until the rider gets in the car. I would be so stressed out as to how much battery power I had left and you can't charge the battery with a rider in the car. I think a hybrid gas/EV is the best choice for any ride-share driver. My Prius was amazing but it got too old to qualify for Uber. In Connecticut, no ride-share vehicle can be over 12 years old. That's a state law.

I learnt about batteries when I built an electric bike. Rapidly I discovered that cells go bad, in their string. There might be two dead cells but the rest are ok. If the pack isn’t able to swap the cells (for matched cells) then the whole lot is junked. This sudden death is exactly what happened for me. Two dying cells but the rest are ok. They need to be designed to be re-made vs just recycled.

His attitude is super positive and reasonable, considering everything this guy went through. Also, 120k miles in a year isn't uncommon to taxi drivers and Tesla will have to deal with this in proper manner if they're serious with operating a Robo Taxi Fleet.

This guy is a class act all the way. Despite what has happened to him and his vehicle, he has a positive and optimistic spin on all of it. Kudos my friend you are a class act.🎉

I’m a rideshare driver and passively shopping right now for a new vehicle. And I’m test driving the Tesla model Y next week. Thank you for this video. And that guy is awesome! He def handled that situation with Grace.