Tesla Motors is offering a new "no fault" warranty on the
batteries in its Model S sedans in a bid to entice more buyers
to try its all-electric luxury car.  The battery is covered even
if an owner fails to follow charging guidelines laid out in the
owners' manual. "Any product that needs a manual to work is
broken," Musk said.  The only cases in which Tesla would not
honor a battery warranty would be a case in which a customer
deliberately attempted to damage or destroy the battery, he
said.  "If you take a blow-torch to the battery pack or blow it
up or use it for target practice" the warranty would be voided,
Musk said. Also, of course Tesla would not cover battery damage
resulting from a crash. Car insurance will have to pay for that.
The Model S batteries will continue to be covered by either an
eight year, 125,000 warranty or an eight-year unlimited mile
warranty depending on the size of the battery pack in the car.
(The Model S is sold with two different size battery packs.)  So
far, Musk said, Tesla