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7 or 8 years is an extremely long time to finance a car. Do we know how much battery life will be left after 8 years?

> Do we know how much battery life will be left after 8 years?

That is the warranty period so I don't think you'll have any trouble:

https://www.tesla.com/blog/infinite-mile-warranty

> the 85 kWh Model S, our most popular model by far, now has an 8 year, infinite mile warranty on both the battery pack and drive unit. There is also no limit on the number of owners during the warranty period.

There's a difference between having a warranty, and getting work paid for by a warranty.

I'm sure that in UK "warranty" means that all work and the unit itself is paid for by the manufacturer in case of a fault. If only parts were covered, but not labour, it would have to be described as such,

Tesla is really good about warranty work. You don't pay for a thing--labor and parts are included.

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