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Re:Volkswagen invests up to $5B in Rivian by nuccy on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @07:18AM (#40798686)
Car manufacturers' interconnecion is amazing by itself. Direct "competitors" share engines, gear boxes [1], or the whole vehicle [2] (modifying just interior and badges, of course). Seems like they adopt the same strategy as laptop manufacturers did (though likely the other way around) - cheap and middle range cars are OEM ones, especially commercial vehicules (made under someone's license with minimum modifications), while only high-end are independently developed.

1. Aisin owned by Toyota provides gearboxes to VW, Skoda, GM, Nissan, et al: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Aisin_transmissions

2. Same car, different badges: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renault_Trafic&... (see "Also called")

Re:Volkswagen invests up to $5B in Rivian by flakeoil on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @07:41AM (#40798815)
Most of the components used are developed by other companies such as Bosch, Continental, Magna, Autoliv, Marelli etc.

The car manufacturers build up their cars using these almost off-the-shelf components.