No, it is more like changing your warranty based on the size of your gas tank.
Tesla changed the warranty on the S after it was launched, so they could decide to change it for the 3 if they wanted to.
I wonder if the Model 3 warranty covers all vehicle fires like the S does....
Haha, true. I actually wrote gas tank initially, but it sounded too ridiculous. I thought, "OK, this gas tank is a bit more complex. But it surely isn't as complicated as an engine."
Right, that's also true, but you'd think they've matured enough to have figured it all out by now.
Oh, interesting..did not know about fires being covered.
The bottom line is if you going to drive a lot of miles MS/MX would make sense with the infinite miles warranty and free supercharging. If you are driving around 10k miles per year than M3 is a better choice.
The larger battery means higher margins for them to help cover warranty replacement costs. It is also a way of upselling.
I still think the warranty is there just to drive more people to the S/X. Once production has caught up with demand, it would be easy to just "increase" the limit to unlimited or 1,000,000 or whatever.
From a business standpoint, I can see how having a mileage limit is a good idea. You need to start managing expectations. Especially with the crowd that's buying the 3. You have to start putting stuff in writing so that those with fanciful dreams of a $25,000 electric with 300 mile range either go away or start coming back down to reality.
At the same time, $35k car owners likely to keep their cars for longer than owners who have enough disposable income to afford a $70k car.
And the battery warranty is a shady place for upselling. Make the bumper-to-bumper shorter if you want to do that. But battery mileage--already people are liable to be concerned. Unlimited is too long, but 200k is a lot shorter than infinity.
But, let's be real: it could actually just be true. They might still experimenting with the 2170s at over 100k miles of use and they're using the margins on the LR to make up for the expected replacements. I'd like to not believe that, but there's a reason why automakers (like Tesla) claim why their warranties last longer than their competitors.
In light of the the following statements
“In hindsight, this should have been our policy from the beginning of the Model S program. If we truly believe that electric motors are fundamentally more reliable than gasoline engines, with far fewer moving parts and no oily residue or combustion byproducts to gum up the works, then our warranty policy should reflect that.” EM 2014
On Twitter in August of 2014 EM posted that the warranty on battery and drive train for the Model 3 would be the same as those for the Model S.
"We are very happy with the quality of the drive unit. We changed the goal of the drive unit endurance from being approximately 200,000 miles to being a million miles – just basically we want drive units that just never wear out. That’s our goal. I think we made really good progress in that direction. the drive unit that are going out now and for the last several months have been excellent." EM 2015
the reports that the Model 3 drive train warranty will only last four years or 50k miles is a red flag for me. Unless that changes before we are contacted to proceed with our orders, our family will be cancelling our two reservations.
Wait, is that right? I can't find that tweet referring to the Model 3.
