> recall these things have multi ton engines that are being removed not just diesel

Similar to ICE and electric cars, it's just that the batteries weigh more than everything they remove. They'll probably have to add a lot of weight in batteries even to move it a short distance

Our current battery tech is pretty limiting

Extra weight drains battery extremely fast, look at what towing does to EV range. Unless these have incredibly high transfer voltage they're going to spend a lot of time charging

If they're using cables in long lines and climbing, how much better will these really be vs a diesel electric?

If my computer needs a security update, it failing isn't going to get someone killed.

> despite the car being a computer in as much sense of the word as a laptop computer

Your laptop is a 5000 lb vehicle that is regularly going 50-80mph? Because this is probably one of the worst analogies i've heard.

You literally want to treat a car as something other than a car just because you don't like hearing that Tesla had to recall a vehicle.

Diesel is waaaaay more energy dense than a battery though

Lets literally call it anything besides what it is so Tesla can look better.

Tesla had one for brake lights that didn't work, that's pretty major issue and the 'well they fixed with OTA updates' doesn't change the fact that there were a lot of them out there with a dangerous problem before the recall