Battery warranty
Tesla
Percentage written
Tesla writes minimum 70 percent retention into the warranty itself, and the mileage changes by model.
At a glance
- Term. 8 years or 100,000 miles
- Percentage. Percentage written
- Variants. 3 listed
- Read from. the manufacturer's own pages
- Model 3 and Model Y rear wheel drive
- 8 years or 100,000 miles
- Model 3 Long Range and Performance, Model Y all wheel drive, Long Range and Performance
- 8 years or 120,000 miles
- Model S and Model X, current
- 8 years or 150,000 miles
The threshold
minimum 70 percent retention of battery capacity over the warranty period
What a used buyer should know
The older booklet is a different document. For Model S and X of the earlier era the coverage was eight years with unlimited mileage, with a carve out for the original 60 kWh pack built before 2015 at eight years or 125,000 miles, and no capacity percentage was stated at all. The 70 percent clause applied only to Model 3 then. Which booklet governs is set by the purchase date, and Tesla says the applicable version sits in the owner's account.
Transfer to a second owner
Explicit. Transferable at no cost to any person who subsequently and lawfully assumes ownership, and the balance carries onto Tesla sold used cars.
Buying a Used EV or Hybrid?
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