How Many Years Will Tesla Battery Last. Tesla car batteries are covered by their warranty for eight years or 120000 to 150000 miles depending on which comes first. Nobody can completely shield owners against unpleasant surprises.
Consider thinking of a Tesla battery as lifetime component of the Tesla vehicle the battery should last for the life of the car. InsideEVs takes a look at one Tesla Model S owners battery capacity after driving it over 146000 miles. The 2170 battery cells.
Tesla offers a very good warranty to cover the batteries in their vehicles.
With our same average driving distance per year calculation of 13500 miles the Model Y battery life should be between 10 to 20 years with an acceptable amount of degradation or 300000 to 500000 miles depending on the vehicle variant. We check out a Tesla Model S after 146000 miles to see how the battery is holding up. With an update to its warranty earlier this year Tesla now covers all battery capacity degradation in all its vehicles with a limit of 70 capacity for up to 8 years or 100000 to 150000 miles. Over the years the Model S has shown a battery degradation of less than 20 over 300000 miles from Tesla owner reports on Plug-In America.
