[moeris]

> This is just bad journalism.

It's possible you just have poor taste. Personally, I think the reasons for the repair cost aren't relevant, same is pretty obvious. It's an unconventional car that had limited production. I'm sure they're adding in the cost of parts (they'll likely have to buy another insurance of this car to rip the parts out of, or they'll have to fabricate it themselves. Which could require hiring an engineer to make sure they don't get sued if the car bursts into flames) and labor that comes with learning how to repair a complete unknown for them, plus a good helping of uncertainty.

The most relevant part of this story is that there's a guy who bought into a new tech, and who is being unreasonable when it didn't work for as long as he had hoped. And that comes through fine in the article.