This issue seems only adjacent to Right to Repair. As far as I can tell from the article, there was no licensing or software locks preventing the fix, nor were there any making the fix more expensive. Rather, this is an issue where a very expensive part contained an exposed molded flange that breaks easily. In other words, just a bad design. And he suffered no impediment to having it fixed at a 3rd party garage.
Pretty shady that they wouldn't return his old battery pack to him, though.
Pretty shady that they wouldn't return his old battery pack to him, though.