[thebeardisred]

My meta-takeaway is that it behooves* the industry to further standardize on the interfaces between components. That will increase repairability over time when coupled with the correct legislation.

*Based on the current OEM/supplier relationship, network of repair shops, etc. All of the post sales businesses built up to support the initial sale.

[sitkack]

> My meta-takeaway is that it behooves* the industry to further standardize on the interfaces between components.

This is what the government along with standards bodies and manufacturers should be doing. It shouldn't be a market decision, because the market can't optimize this outcome.

[_heimdall]

How do you do this without stifling innovation? The government will always be slow to respond and if they're the ones setting standards they would first have to know what is currently the optimal component interface for every major component on an EV.

At that point you end up with the government asking the industry to tell them what the standards should be and how to regulate it, likely they ask the industry to regulate itself then as well. Why have the government involved at all?

[Zigurd]

Despite BYD being vertically integrated, the reason why there are dozens of Chinese EV brands is the Chinese are doing what you describe: Standardized chassis, batteries, motors, etc. It's a horizontalized ecosystem like desktop PC were when everyone was starting a PC company.