Slate contingency/exit plan

[AZFox]

Here's to hoping your preservation club remains irrelevant for a long time!

FTFY

 

[AZFox]

I think by a decade from now an industry around replacement EV batteries will develop and, as a fully qualified rando prognosticating on a forum, I'll also predict that there will be replacement batteries that are better than the originals.

 

[alegory575]

If the company goes under, you’re basically looking at an "orphan" vehicle. While 3D printing handles the plastic bits and trim, you’ll be hunting junkyards or eBay for specialized items like the main traction battery or the drive unit controllers. The RepairPal partnership is great for labor, but it doesn’t guarantee a supply chain for proprietary hardware if the factory in Indiana stops humming.

 

[RetiredOnPaper]

The simplicity makes the idea of maintaining it long term way easier, especially if a lot of the parts (I'm thinking of things like wheel bearings, ball joints etc) are off the shelf components used in other vehicles. The motor is from outside company that supplies other manufacturers, so it should be serviceable even without slate. The battery pack being large and rectangular means stuffing new modules in should be easier to figure out.
Even if slate sold like 100 units and then folded, and no one could crack the software, a dedicated weirdo could stuff the drivetrain from another vehicle in.

Exactly.