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The Duration of a car in terms of mileage is a key issue when analyzing the purchase of a used vehicle. How long is the useful life of a gasoline, and that of a diesel? What value should a buyer (and an owner) take as a reference?
According to an article prepared by the specialized car section of the Spanish newspaper The countryif we take as a parameter a car that had a standard useful life, without abnormal efforts and with maintenance in a timely manner, any vehicle should reach 250,000 kilometresat least, without suffering havoc.
However, there are factors that exceed the control of an applied driver, and that They depend on the type of engine.
In the case of gasoline, taking as reference an average use of 20,000 kilometers per year and a useful life of 10 to 15 years; a car with a gasoline engine would average a mileage of between 250,000 and 300,000 kilometers.
When analyzing the performance of gasoline enginesthe type of fuel (in addition to maintenance tasks such as changing the oil), has a significant impact on engine durability and performance.
This is because Inferior quality fuel, with impurities such as sediment or mixtures with inappropriate additives, can negatively affect its operation, because it is more prone to generating residues, deposits and potential blockages in the filters, injectors, combustion chambers or other key engine components that, in the long run, lead to premature wear.
On the contrary, A good quality fuel, with the right mix of additives and cleaners, helps significantly in keeping the engine clean, reducing friction and ensuring more efficient combustion, factors that together have the ability to extend engine life and improve its overall performance.
Hybrid engines fall into the same category of average mileage, whose mechanics are made up of gasoline engines that work alternatively with electric motors and batteries.
Thus, the mileage of most hybrids with gasoline engines ranges between 250,000 and 300,000 kilometers.
According to the Spanish media, Although there are cars with gasoline engines that have registered and surpassed the million kilometer mark, this achievement is more typical in cars with diesel engines (those used by pickup trucks and fewer and fewer cars in the local market).
Because? Essentially, because diesel engines operate at a lower number of revolutions, a factor that affects useful life and mileage. For cars with diesel engines, the average mileage rises from the maximum of 300,000 for gasoline to 400,000 kilometersequivalent to around 20 years of use.
Finally, the category of electric cars, a sector that began to develop relatively recently in the industry, and especially since automotive companies in Europe and the United States committed to sustainable goals to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
In these cases, the absolute potential remains to be seen, and The duration of each car will depend on its battery –whose autonomy varies between 100 and 800 kilometers depending on the brand and model.
In this field, the frequency of loads applied to the vehicle influences. The principle is that the more fast charges are made (those that are not total), the faster the batteries deteriorate.
Although the official data on the performance of electric vehicles is still under development and subject to changes and the evolution of a sector in full development, most brands of the moment determine that electric car batteries have a useful life of between eight years, or 150,000 kilometers.
It is worth clarifying that this provisional data does not mean the end of the useful life of the vehicle, nor the appearance of problems, but rather the end of the established period in which the performance of the engine and batteries is optimal.
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