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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by Spooky23 on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @08:17PM (#17914040)
There are no parts available from anyone but Tesla. So when the $2,500 plastic lens assembly for your brakes is back ordered 3 months, the insurance company is stuck with your rental coverage.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by tcoff91 on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @11:09PM (#17914762)
Why is it that Tesla is the only parts provider when other car companies have aftermarket parts?
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by btilly on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @12:23AM (#17915020)
My immediate guess is because other car companies outsource the production of most of the parts, and the companies who make those parts are happy to make more to sell on the aftermarket.

Tesla manufactures parts itself, and is still getting their main production lines working right.

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by lazyjones on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @03:17AM (#17915708)
Tesla has plenty of parts built by other car makers / suppliers.

https://www.carscoops.com/2018/05/tesla-blames-bosch-recall-...

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by btilly on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @07:19PM (#17922672)
Tesla does. But builds most of their parts in house. And even outsourced parts may wind up inside of the part you need to replace, and therefore you're still bottlenecked on Tesla.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by Spooky23 on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @02:31PM (#17920714)
Ever try to find a service manual for a Tesla?

They want to control everything, but are too hard up to stock parts.

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