{"id":35666,"date":"2026-04-01T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=35666"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:26:04","slug":"ccatp-832","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/ccatp-832\/","title":{"rendered":"CCATP #832 \u2014 Ron Burch on Replacing Tesla Model S Battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most people today get great joy out of buying a new car if they can afford it. Our buddy Ron has a ten-year-old Tesla Model S, and rather than buying a new car, he decided to have Tesla install a brand new battery.<\/p>\n<p>In our conversation, Ron explains what the original battery was and talks about the original range and how it&#8217;s degraded over the last decade. 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