How long do most tesla last for before needing to replace the batteries?

You need to replace the whole car every time you run out of charge

Some have gone over 400,000 miles https://youtu.be/2HlyQy9WRlc?si=J6OHM4Z4yDAzlXth

I usually flip the car over and swap out the batteries every morning. There’s nothing like starting the day with fresh batteries.

Such a uniformed question. Too much oil industry propaganda? Here is the article about failure rates: https://www.battermachine.com/post/tesla-battery-pack-failure-rates-by-production-year Manufacturing Year Approx. Pack Failure Rate (Tesla vehicles built that year) Models & Warranty Notes 2012 (launch year) High (est. ~15% of vehicles) First-generation Model S (2012). Although there is very limited production data, the early pack design had significant issues (e.g., moisture ingress, cell faults). Many failures occurred within the 8-year warranty period, although some packs failed just after the warranty expired, leading to costly out-of-warranty replacements. 2013 8.5% Model S (first full year of production). Early battery designs were prone to failure (e.g., BMS_u029 error due to dying cells), often requiring a complete pack replacement. Most were replaced under Tesla’s warranty coverage, but several packs also reached the end of their life near or after the warranty period. 2014 7.3% Model S. Improved over 2013, but still has an elevated failure rate. Tesla implemented some design tweaks; however, several percent of the 2014 builds required pack replacements. Failures were typically covered under the 8-year battery warranty. 2015 3.5% Model S (and Model X introduced late 2015). This year saw a noticeable drop in failures as Tesla refined the pack design. The early 2015 Model S packs occasionally failed, but by late 2015, the Model X launch had adopted the updated pack design and experienced very few issues. Most 2015 pack failures occurred in warranty. 2016 <1% Model S/X. Significant improvement: Tesla “solved” the Model S pack issues by mid-2015, so 2016-built cars have an order-of-magnitude lower failure rate. Pack failures became quite rare (well below 1% of vehicles). Nearly all incidents were early-life failures covered by warranty. 2017 <0.5% Model S/X (mature design) and first Model 3 units (late 2017). No widespread pack problems – only isolated cases. Virtually all pack replacements were in warranty. (Note: 2017 overall EV stats spiked to ~11% due to Chevy Bolt recall, but Tesla-specific failures remained under 0.5%.) 2018 <0.3% Model S/X/3. Tesla’s fleet-wide battery reliability by 2018 was excellent – only a few out of thousands of cars might need pack replacement. Any rare failures were almost always handled under warranty. 2019 <0.3% Model S/X/3. Continued trend of extremely low failure rates. No known systemic issues; complete pack failures were exceedingly rare and covered by warranty or goodwill replacements. 2020 <0.1% (nearly 0%) Model S/X/3/Y (Model Y introduced in 2020). Pack failures remained practically negligible. Apart from isolated defects or accident damage, no significant share of 2020-built Teslas required battery pack replacement. 2021 <0.1% (nearly 0%) All Models. Tesla’s newer packs (including refreshed S/X and newer 3/Y) show virtually zero inherent failure rate in normal use. Any pack replacements were rare one-off cases, invariably within warranty. 2022 <0.1% (nearly 0%) All Models. No meaningful incidence of pack failure outside of manufacturing anomalies. The vast majority of 2022 Teslas have had no battery issues; any that did were replaced under warranty. 2023 (to-date) <0.1% (nearly 0%) All Models. Pack failures are essentially <1 in 1000 vehicles. Tesla’s latest batteries are highly reliable; almost all 2023-built cars remain on their original packs with no reported failures (the warranty covers any early defects).

I still have my 2017 Model S and never had to change the battery. Changing the battery in EVs happens, but so does changing an entire engine in an ICE car.

He's uninformed, and asking a question to become informed, and you're going to shit on him? Either you're a European or you should get evaluated for Aspergers This doesn't even touch on the fact that you're literally just wrong. There were over 3,000 2021 model year battery failures **just in Korea alone**. You say it's less than .1% globally, and yet just the Korean failures alone push that figure 5x higher than what you're saying.

They are warrantied for 8 years or 100K to 150K miles depending on model with no more than 30% loss of capacity from when they were new. They will be replaced for free if they lose more than 30% capacity over that time. An extended warranty can be purchased for another 2 years or 25K miles. Realistically the batteries will likely last well over 12 years and 200K miles for all models unless abused but will experience some loss of battery capacity.

While Tesla batteries are designed to last 15-20 years, I was glad to see third party batteries are available for my Model Y starting at $9k. Hopefully by the time I need one in 2040 or so they'll be cheaper.

I don't know, between replacing the main batteries once a month and the never ended explosions from my garage, I'm not sure buying this car was the best decision. Stupid AI click bait questions, Reddit need an AI filter I swear.

I’d say on average any battery fitted today wil probably outlast the useful life of the car itself. And other stuff will break before needing a battery replacement

Have you tried unplugging it and then plugging it back in though?

21+ Palladium X and S variants have poor degradation. There's a 50 page thread that I started (when I still owned the car) regarding linear degradation on the S. You will see them fail.

Nice try Diddy!

2019 m3 LR RWD 140k+ miles over 7 years. Zero issues. Battery is fine. Just recently did a 1000 mile weekend raid trip vacation. Best car / tech ever. (Elon should be fired and in jail).

The high-voltage battery is warrantied for 8 years/150K miles, which should tell you a lot about Tesla' confidence in their packs. Of course, there are always going to be lemons that need replaced under warranty, but those are few and far between.

Wow and why is Elon so hatred?

Lol. Is this just "rage bait" or do you not know who he is?