This is not about
Caleb
who I'm quite sure is doomed, but
Ava. In the end she escapes, looks entirely human and is free to roam the city like she always wanted.
However, as far as we can tell she can only charge her batteries by using special panels that only existed in Nathan's house. She doesn't seem to have a power cord that she could plug in to a socket and, being entirely mechanical, can't eat food.
Is there any way this character could survive for long?
Answer
In the original script, Caleb's plan was to simply take her somewhere that they could purchase a compatible induction charging plate, a technology that has presumably become relatively commonplace in the near-future:
CALEB: How long does your battery charge last?
AVA: Twenty six hours.
CALEB: So we’ll have about a day to get to a cell-phone or kitchen appliance store. Somewhere we can buy an induction plate. After that...
Although this line was cut, there seems little reason to assume that the film-makers had anything different in mind.
Alex Garland had this to say in a recent Reddit AMA, basically confirming the details above;
Thank you. Re: batteries, I had some idea that she used induction plates to charge (there are a few dotted around her room, which she presses her hand to) and that in the future of the film, induction plates were more powerful and readily available than they are now...
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