Tesla has changed its warranty policy and is now offering an 8-year, “infinite mile” warranty. The statement came in a Tesla blog post by CEO Elon Musk on Friday.

Until the announcement, Tesla Model S cars have had a warranty of four years or 50,000 miles. The battery pack was an exception, and was covered for eight years. The new warranty simply increases the period of drive unit coverage up to match that of the battery pack, and retroactively covers all Model S cars built to date, even those already on the road.

During those eight years, the “infinite mile” component means there is no cap to the number of miles driven. There’s also no limit to the number of owners the car might have.

The new policy comes on the heels of reports by Edmunds and Consumer Reports, whose long-term Model S sedans had experienced a number of mishaps. “In hindsight, this should have been our policy from the beginning of the Model S program,” said Musk in his blog post. “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.”

Musk also noted that the implementation of the policy might have a negative effect on Tesla’s short-term earnings. “However,” said Musk, “By doing the right thing for Tesla vehicle owners at this early stage of our company, I am confident that it will work out well in the long term.”

Offering a 10-year, 100,000-mile warranty famously turned Hyundai’s fortunes around in the US market.

Volkswagen’s Czech Republic-based Škoda division has published a teaser image that previews the next generation of its Fabia city car. Available as a five-door hatchback and a station wagon, the new Fabia will greet the public for the first time at the Paris Motor Show that will open its doors to the public next October.

The next Fabia will lose the current model’s cute look in favor of a more chiseled design inspired by recent Škodas such as the Passat-sized Octavia sedan and the VisionC concept. The hatchback’s front end will feature an angular radiator grille with vertical slats and sharp headlights, while the rear end will gain C-shaped headlights and a more sculpted hatch.

Australian website Motoring reports the Fabia will be offered with a wide array of three- and four-cylinder engines borrowed from the recently-updated Volkswagen Polo. The performance-focused RS model will not be renewed due to disappointing sales, but the Czech firm will gun for premium city cars like the Fiat 500 with a trendy, highly-customizable model tentatively dubbed Fabia Monte Carlo.

The next Fabia will eschew Volkswagen’s modular MQB platform and ride on an evolution of the current model’s chassis.

Full details about the 2015 Škoda Fabia will emerge in the weeks leading up to its debut in the French capital. The hatchback is scheduled to go on sale across Europe in select global markets early next year.

Chevrolet’s Russian arm has published a lone teaser image of the Niva concept that will greet the public for the first time later this month at the Moscow Motor Show.

Designed by the GM-AvtoVAZ joint-venture, the Niva show car is billed as a close-to-production concept that previews the second-generation of Chevrolet’s entry-level off-roader. Although the teaser image does a good job at hiding the SUV’s overall appearance, it hints the second-gen Niva will look considerably more modern than its predecessor thanks in part to a front end inspired by Chevrolet’s current design language.

Sources close to Lada indicate the second-generation Niva previewed by the concept will be introduced early next year. When launched, it will ditch the current model’s anemic 81-horsepower 1.7-liter engine in favor of a Peugeot-sourced 1.8-liter mill rated at a more usable 135 horsepower. Power will continue to be transferred to all four wheels via a manual transmission.

The Chevrolet Niva concept will be fully unveiled in the weeks leading up to its official debut in the Russian capital. Production is scheduled to kick off in Togliatti, Russia, next December, meaning the SUV will arrive in Russian showrooms shortly after.