I doubt there was significant concern for fretting/fatigue here. These frames look like they're almost intended to last only 5yr.

Well you can engineer a fatigue life with aluminum so if your goal is to prevent a second hand market and promote car as a service it's one way to go.

E: I'm aware of the software and other subscription stuff they do.

We've mastered reusable rocketry, can't we apply those findings to the automotive industry? There must be a better way.

I mean if they do make it more than 5mi off the lot, they wouldn't survive more than a winter or two where they salt the roads.