This Model S Plaid Lost 13% of Its Battery in Under 60,000 Miles. The Owner Stored It Perfectly.

Out of Spec Reviews drove a 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid from 100% to complete shutdown after four years and 57,000 miles. The car was stored at 50% state of charge in a climate-controlled garage almost the entire time. Result: 86.3 kWh extracted against a baseline of roughly 99 kWh usable when new. That is 87% energy retention and a 13% capacity loss, confirmed by the factory Tesla battery health test. In practice, a car that once did 300-plus highway miles now reliably does around 200. The NCA cell chemistry in this generation of Model S is documented in fleet data as degrading faster than the NCM cells in the Model 3. The video also covers why long-term low SOC storage carries its own balancing risks.