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I'm interested in this as well. I was under the assumption that the range of the Model S goes down slightly with every charge.
by ythl 10y ago
I'm interested in this as well. I was under the assumption that the range of the Model S goes down slightly with every charge.
- alex_hitchins 10y agoI assume the batteries aren't under the warrenty? Is it the case with some EV's that you never own the battery, you have a lifetime lease so the unit gets refreshed every so often?
- ams6110 10y agoI'm surprised that Tesla honors the consumer warranty with the car being used for commercial purposes. That's pretty unusual I think.
- gaadd33 10y agoDo most cars have warranties that only apply to non commercial use? I've never heard of that and it would be interesting to see some examples.
- brianwawok 10y agoMost everything does. My lawnmower has a 3 year warranty. 30 days if commercial use. My blender has a 2 year warranty. 0 days if commercial use. I don't know about cars or not having the exclusion, but it wouldn't surprise me.
- estebank 10y agoAren't car warranties for time and mileage, whatever is reached first? That already takes care of commercial use, I'd think.
- brianwawok 10y agoKind of. City miles are harder than highway miles. A taxi is likely all city.
- mtgx 10y agoI believe they have 8 year warranty for 100,000 miles by default, and you can increase that to 8 year and "infinite miles", which is what the taxi driver wanted to do next: https://www.tesla.com/blog/infinite-mile-warranty https://www.tesla.com/blog/infinite-mile-warranty EDIT: It seems to differ based on battery model and other things, and the basic warranty is just 4 years and 50,000 miles now: https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/model_s_new_vehicle_limited_warranty_2.1.pdf https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/m...
- johnward 10y agoYou never had to increase it. "the warranty extension will apply retroactively to all Model S vehicles ever produced"
- NickM 10y agoThe Tesla battery pack comes with an 8 year, infinite mile warranty on all cars. Some small amount of capacity loss is considered normal over time, but from what I've read it's generally been pretty minimal. My own Model S is only about two years old with a bit over 20k miles on it, so I don't know how things will go once the car gets older, but so far it's lost <1% of its range.
- jsight 10y agoThe battery has an 8 year unlimited mile warranty. I believe that it is considered to have failed if it is at 70% capacity or below. In general, one should expect to get at least 300k miles (482,000 kms) out of a battery like the one in the Tesla before it gets anywhere close to this level.
- rhinoceraptor 10y agoI think the chemistry of the batteries is such that fully charging or discharging it is the most detrimental thing for its life. Charging it from say, 20% to 80% might actually be the optimal case for battery life.
- Qworg 10y agoYou are correct - the interesting question is whether or not the Tesla pack has enough extra but unreported cells to cover that drop over time so you don't see the losses.