This is from Tesla Sydney when I enquired about battery life to...

This is from Tesla Sydney when I enquired about battery life to purchase a Model S; hope it helps:

Thanks for getting in touch.

The battery in our vehicles gets covered (along with the motor and powertrain) with an 8 year, unlimited km warranty.
To this date we are yet to replace a battery in a vehicle in Australia due to fault/performance.

I’ve spoken with our engineers regarding lifetime and they’ve indicated that after a 10 year period the battery should still hold around 80% of its original charge.
Having said this, it’s likely that when we start getting to a point where our batteries have been in use for over 10 years and replacements become more important we will likely introduce a program to resolve these issues.

You can also be assured that the battery is 100% safe.

Were you after any other specific information?
Happy to help in any way.

Kind regards,
Robbie Hausman | Inside Sales Advisor
Sydney, Australia | UTC +10.00
p 1800 68 6705 | [email protected]
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