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Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by PinguTS on Thursday July 21, 2016 @04:11AM (#12135467)
At first that seems right. But there is a big BUT. Even Tesla has outsourced a lot of components. A lot of the components except the drivetrain is being outsourced. There are only 2 manufacturers for airbags in the world. There is only 1 good quality manufacturer in the world for the in car rearview mirror. There is only 1 manufacturer for the Homelink system with its best features developed by an Audi engineer I personally know. (All the Homelink systems in the premium cars are this only one system and I know the 2014 numbers sold to Tesla at that time.) The brake system in the Model X is from Bosch. And so on.

So Tesla is at the same level of outsourcing like every one else. So actually you can compare the numbers.

Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by Uhhrrr on Thursday July 21, 2016 @04:04PM (#12139629)
> There is only 1 good quality manufacturer in the world for the in car rearview mirror

Why is that? That seems insane.

Re:Master Plan, Part Deux by PinguTS on Friday July 22, 2016 @02:20AM (#12142004)
Patents, as I was told.