perestroika , (edited )

If the motor mount is hackable with reasonable effort, and the motor controller's interfaces are open, then in principle... yes.

Yet in reality, companies build extremely complicated cars where premature failure of multiple components can successfully sabotage the whole. :(

I've once needed to repair a Mitsubishi EV motor controller. It took 2 days to dismantle. Schematics were far beyond my skill of reading electronics, and I build model planes as an everyday hobby, so I've seen electronics. Replacement of the high voltage comparator was impossible as nobody was selling it separately. The repair shop wanted to replace the entire motor controller (5000 €). Some guy from Sweden had figured out a fix: a 50 cent resistor. But installing it and putting things back was not fun at all. It wasn't designed to be repaired.

Needless to say, replacing a headlight bulb on the same car requires removing the front plastic cover, starting from the wheel wells, undoing six bolts, taking out the front lantern, and then you can replace the bulb. I curse them. :P

But it drives. Hopefully long enough so I can get my own car built from scratch.

Psych ,

Uh I guess most things could last nearly forever if in a ship of Theseus scenario .

Kecessa ,

There's plenty of gas and diesel cars that can also last pretty much forever if we apply the same logic of "having to replace parts doesn't count"...

silence7 OP ,

More that "at no time do enough parts start failing often enough that repair ceases being cost-effective"

Kecessa ,

Does diesels with over a million miles count?

remotelove ,

Maybe. Depends on how often engine is overhauled, what it's operating environment is and why the vehicle was kept operating for so long.

LEwC23 ,

"The car has had its share of repairs, including several battery and motor replacements"

........wtf are we taking about then now.

HeavyRaptor ,

The EV of Theseus

mesamunefire ,

Id rather get a vehicle/parts that will fail reliably than one that is bolted on everything and you cant repair anything.

delirious_owl ,
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You mean welded or riveted? Bolted means it is easy to repair individual parts

Desmond373 ,

I belive that was his intent.

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