Yeah, I think Tesla is just shooting themselves in the foot here. They should be sponsoring a healthy third party aftermarket, they should be adding easy to use ODB ports, they should be publishing service bulletins. And if indeed Munro and other EV enthusiasts are right that maintenance costs will be 90% lower, Tesla should be offering 20 year warranties on their car to give potential buyers, especially used car buyers, ease of mind when purchasing their cars. It's a new tech, there are lots of question marks about long term reliability, so if Tesla is so confident that these are non-issues, they should step in and insure car buyers from these risks. If indeed these cars are incredibly cheap to maintain, it wont cost Tesla much and will open a floodgate of new buyers.
> They should be adding easy to use ODB ports, they should be publishing service bulletins
Both of these have been happening for years now. You can even look up parts/diagrams and order directly from Tesla if you provide your VIN here: http://epc.tesla.com/
Maybe these are not obvious to non-owners. But it's silly to assume things where you have incomplete/false information.
You can talk to actual owners here: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/. I lurked around and asked questions to owners for years there. When I was researching if owning a Tesla is even viable. I own 2 now and never looked back.
Also on your reply above. There are already 10 year old Model S's out there.
My old neighbor just sold his Toyota 4Runner and got a 2012 Model S with 75K miles for $25K that still runs like new. He has it for almost two years now with ZERO maintenance/issues and spends $15-20 a month on electricity.
