“that’s why older EVs don’t have 40,000 miles on them”
Same strategy with lowering crime numbers. Make crimes no longer crimes and crimes are not to be prosecuted so there’s no record to count.
Force behavioral changes of EV owners to pad the numbers of how many years they last.
Once more EVs are in use it won’t matter who fudges what numbers.
Burned existing customers will get angry and tell all their friends about all the issues—and the word will be out.
“Lemon” car brands get a bad reputation that spreads quickly and is very hard to repair.