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>brakes, bearings, and parts of the suspension, which was considered normal wear after 100,000 miles.

Wtf? I don't know of any regular car that's needed all of that changed and it was deemed normal. What's so different about brakes, bearing and suspension in a Tesla? I know 250k Priuses that haven't needed any of these.

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Are those regular cars in service as taxis? Most cars do the majority of their driving on freeways, where breaks and suspension have it pretty easy.

Taxis, not so much.

Good point but neither the article nor any Tesla documents seem to make the taxi distinction - making it sound like it's normal wear for any Tesla.

Well, actually I think you quoted it yourself:

> [...] which was considered normal wear after 100,000 miles.

It's not really clear, but I think the "considered normal" applies to the point of view of the interviewed taxi driver.

You do not go 250k on a single set of brakes. 100k is a pretty long interval for a heavy vehicle. Bearings typically last longer than that but in heavier cars they are known to go sooner, eg Audis eat wheel bearings.

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