Hmm plenty of that out there, like Rich Rebuilds where they have all kinds of stories about how the Repair Tatics common to the Phone Industry is being applied to the BEV's for example where a $300 cooling line repair ends up being a $20,000 repair at the dealer, and the $300 repair is "not authorized" and would likely cause problems with the Owner it is inspected by the Manufacture where by the manufacture could then decerfiy it for charging on the network
You must have your head buried sooooooo deep in the sand to not see the repairability problems manufacturers are brining to BEV;s as they start to treat them as smartphone you drive, with all the Bullshit locked down common to phones and other electronics that simply are not on ICE cars.
Ford can not prevent me from gasing up my car if i put a non-ford piston in Tesla can prevent me from charging my Telsa if I used unauthorized repair
If you are referring to the conservative-popular meme that I think you are, that wasn’t even for an BEV, but an old PHEV whose (fairly small) battery was out of production.
> EV manufacturers are trying (often successfully) at blocking these 3rd party repair options and making the cost to repair an EV $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Mechanics are expensive these days, even for ICEs. Yes, repairing an EV is expensive, but so is repairing a newer ICE.
I would love to hear criticisms against EVs that didn’t apply to cars in general.