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All this tells is car producer haven't reached peak profit yet. As with every product in capitalist humanity, they'll now tweak the quality to be in line with the combustion engine cars. Anyone remember the story about light bulbs? How they'd last almost forever, but it was secretly decided that this is bad, as customers would never need to buy a new one, so they intentionally made them worse. eCars are still too new, so they are not daring enough yet.
Edit: thanks for the comments who backed me up.
The light bulbs being designed to fail is a myth. Light bulbs can last theoretically forever but when they are extremely dim. Ever seen the centennial light? You need to view it in a darkened room because it produces almost no visible light. The lifespan of a lightbulb is a function of the required brightness and power consumption.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26946432