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by Plasmoid2000ad 1804 days ago
This case is a bit tangentially related when it comes to the solution.

Sure, right to repair at it's most basic isn't going to make Tesla make this more repairable, or perform the repair in that way. Since they view the battery unit as a single unit, they don't have to sell component internal parts of the battery unit, or give instructions how to open it - they can just wave that off as a glues box never to be opened.

But - Tesla gave the owner a single option for repairing the car - replacing the entire battery. The owner saw that the batter modules, the groups of cells within the battery case were valuable by themselves - $12k versus the $16k Tesla was charging for a new one. But Tesla would not sell a new battery to the customer, they would only sell the service of swapping the battery, keeping the old one. Surely right to repair, forcing Tesla to sell parts like Batteries to owners, would get around the madness of Tesla keeping your old, damaged, but very valuable battery.