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Honestly sounds more like a regulation problem to me. So many companies will not prioritize serviceability unless mandated by law.

• JumpCrisscross 10mo ago
  > companies will not prioritize serviceability unless mandated by law Ford is “expected to take about $19.5 billion in charges, mainly tied to its electric-vehicle business” [1]. If serviceability was the problem, that sounds like a solid incentive to get it right. [1] https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-takes-19-5-billion-charge-to-write-down-ev-investments-333a9bc4?mod=mhp https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-takes-19-5-billion-c...
  • Teever 10mo ago
    I'm not sure quite sure how your comment relates to mine. The way I see it is if there was sufficient enforcement of regulations around spare parts and serviceability then there's no way Ford could have stood up a factory that spat out a bunch of electric trucks without also producing a bunch of spare parts so the unreasonable delay to end users trying to repair their vehicles didn't occur. I don't have to worry about getting a car battery or sparkplug because these things are standardized and mass produced. That's due to regulation. The regulations just don't go far enough and the enforcement of them is obviously lax in 21st entury America