Are you concerned about climate issues, and if so how so you align the two knowing that you'd likely be helping promote car production with a short life cycle?
Genuine question here in case it doesn't read well in text. This is one of those topics that has always seemed contradictory to me but just isn't talked about enough for me to know if I'm just missing something obvious.
The car will still function if the IoT capability dies, it will be someone else's problem (and there is likely a market for those vehicles for people who need some wheels vs no wheels). I think it is highly unlikely though, as the vehicles use connectivity for navigating to fast DC charging stations (and access to station health and availability is a core value prop of an EV with in vehicle navigation, for determining charging waypoints along a route based on vehicle state of charge, station availability/congestion, etc), so it is my opinion IoT support won't be abandoned (I can't prove this, wild speculation on my part, only time will tell). Assuming it won't be abandoned for this core platform need, that also leads me to assume convenience features won't disappear (again, wild speculation), because it is trivial to support this capability over the existing interface.
Nissan's CEO once said the battery packs are outlasting the rest of the vehicle, so the final disposition of all EVs eventually will having the battery packs shucked (either for pack reuse in stationary storage, or recycling of the pack into raw materials for new batteries a la Redwood Materials), it's really just a matter of "what is a reasonable service life before the car falls apart but the battery is ready for it's next job." You can't look at this through the lens of combustion vehicle service life due to the improved optionality.
In the specific case of the Nissan Leaf, the powertrain tech is old, and doesn't support fast DC charging (max is ~62.5kw). They are golf carts waiting to be recycled.
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/09/21/surprise-nissan-leaf-ba... ("In fact, many EV batteries may outlast the vehicles they are installed in, then enjoy a second life in a stationary storage application before finally being recycled, according to EVANNEX. “At the end of the vehicle’s life — 15 or 20 years down the road — you take the battery out of the car and it’s still healthy with perhaps 60 or 70% of usable charge,” Thomas said.")
Genuine question here in case it doesn't read well in text. This is one of those topics that has always seemed contradictory to me but just isn't talked about enough for me to know if I'm just missing something obvious.