Pardon?

Well it’s an Audi

Wouldn’t that have a lot to do with the fact it’s an Audi? If the fuel pump died on my Hyundai i30 for example, I would suggest the cost of diagnosis and repair would be a lot less than that of any Audi of the same age. This would only be due to the fact it was a “premium” car that comes with a premium price tag. I would also suggest that there are countless scenarios where an easy diagnosis and repair on a vehicle using a combustion engine was not provided leading to extortionate repair costs due to incompetence. We all know how corrupt the tow truck industry is also, a typical tow cost in Australia can be around the $400 to $600 mark and don’t even mention the cost if you are more than 150kms from home. I agree your issue sounds trivial and should have been easily and cheaply fixed but there is a dire shortage of tradesman world wide who are properly trained to diagnose and repair EV’s. The biggest issue we have at the moment is the total lack of proper support for the repair and replacement of battery packs. This will come. Just remember every time you start a cold internal combustion engine you are causing it damage and creeping closer to the day the engine will finally give up and die. Imagine the cost of replacing the engine on a LandCruiser or Audi shitbox should it suffer a catastrophic failure not covered by warranty. Have a look at what a replacement automatic transmission costs these days. They are so sophisticated they are often unrepairable and require a new one be supplied from the manufacturer. If I were you I would be checking the consumer protection laws in your part of the world and changing my insurer if they didn’t cover tow costs.

Same can be said for any ICE vehicle. Petrol and diesel engine management is so sophisticated (complicated) diagnostics is required to direct the tradesman in the right direction. Often it is a process of elimination meaning replacing sensors until the problem is fixed.