[Deman77]

Classic hanging the customers out to dry using careful expectation management and redrawing their original commitments.

You remember how apprehensive people where when electric was taking off - unproven technology and all that? Would the batteries stop charging? Would all this torque rip up transmissions? Enter 8 year electrical systems warranties for the peace of mind. 4 years later - looks like all this electric is here to stay let’s see if we can wiggle out of our unreliable electrical drove train major component warranty liability by telling customers it’s not covered but we will pick it up for 4yo cars because we are so nice. You go and tell your friends and tell them that after 5y they are on their own and that 8y warranty that was for marketing only.
If they didn’t think they truly messed up here they would not be fixing it. Americans will probably bring a class action and hopefully our regulators will make them recall it all too.