As this article points out, after deep discharge you need to 'reboot the battery management system' which means many 'bricked' cars can be brought back without

As this article points out, after deep discharge you need to 'reboot the battery management system' which means many 'bricked' cars can be brought back without buying a new battery. Battery chemistry means they lose capacity after a deep discharge, but that does not make the battery pack useless. However, many of the people that bought a first gen Tesla are also the type of people when told 'you just lost 2-5% of your total range don't do that again.' Will say, just replace the battery. And when told 'That's 40k' they will say 'I don't care just replace it'. Which is a different situation. PS: Don't forget you need to buy a 100,000$ car and not drive it for months before this becomes a real problem. Most people that can afford to do that have a vary different view of money than the average person on HN.