Tesla is a car that rarely breaks down. At its core, it’s a function car: it’s designed to get you to your destination with minimal expenditure of energy—and money. At the same time, the most expensive design element here is the battery. Its replacement or degradation will cost you several thousand dollars.
What is the battery life for Tesla Model 3 ? What to do when this period comes to an end?
The company itself states that the battery warranty period is 8 years. However, Troika entered the market only a few years ago and it is still impossible to say whether this statement really corresponds.
However, the Tesla Model 3 is equipped with newer batteries than previous models. Their declared mileage is up to 500,000 km. That is, 1.5 thousand full charge cycles – or 17-18 years of operation. But even here it is important to understand that after this period the battery will not stop working in one day. Instead, the battery will gradually degrade, losing its range. Moreover, the company is currently working hard to increase the endurance of its batteries. We are not talking about thousands, but millions of kilometers. And the company has already achieved some success in this: in September 2020, Tesla, together with the Chinese Contemporary Amperex Technology, produced the first battery with a resource of more than 2 million kilometers.
In our blog you can read material on how to extend the life of a Tesla battery.
How to find out the battery life on your Tesla
In the on-board computer of your electric vehicle or in the application on your smartphone, you can see the maximum battery mileage indicator:
To summarize, we can say that the battery life of modern Model 3s does not end after the warranty period of 8 years; in fact, the car will last you much longer. And given that this figure is regularly improving, including through cloud updates, you don’t have to think about replacing the battery on a Tesla in the foreseeable future.