The first half of the article addresses this specifically. BEVs last longer. There's plenty of other things to break of course, but when the business model inc

The first half of the article addresses this specifically. BEVs last longer. There's plenty of other things to break of course, but when the business model includes selling mobility the incentives are aligned toward durability and reliability (versus selling cars, which incentivizes planned obsolescence). It's worth putting in that extra 5% to make the car last twice as long.