It's due to ignorance. The Lightning is an F150 with a battery pack and motors instead of an engine and gas tank. It shares a -lot- with the 'regular' F150. It's just about the least complicated EV you can buy, which makes it extra funny to hear someone compare it to an iPhone. Sit inside and you can't tell the difference except for how much quieter and silly fast it is.

Honestly sounds more like a regulation problem to me.

So many companies will not prioritize serviceability unless mandated by law.

> 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-c...

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