That's fair... the rube goldberg-like nature of ICE's means there's a lot more pieces you can swap in and out and continuously tweak, and a lot more opportunity

That's fair... the rube goldberg-like nature of ICE's means there's a lot more pieces you can swap in and out and continuously tweak, and a lot more opportunity for such after-market optimizations. There definitely is a kind of pride in building a machine that really is yours. I get that. Do you think electrics just can't have such an aftermarket mod culture? I mean, yeah, it's not here now, but as the market matures...? ICE's have had custom ECU's that tweak timings for a while now, once the scale of batteries ramps up I'm sure people will find ways of discharging levels of power that the OEM considers warranty-voiding. You may not be able to put in a custom exhaust, but you'll certainly be able to move batteries around and experiment with different weight distributions. Instead of a custom intake manifold you can swap in front/rear motors with different HP's. I mean, yeah, electric mod culture will probably more resemble edison's lab than a greasemonkey pit (and yeah, there's a danger that the Acme Motor won't work with the Emca Battery Pack because DMCA), but the opportunity to tweak your own machine will still be there I think, if maybe in a slightly different form and with different optimization parameters.