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Re:One in four 2020 Tesla Model 3 failed the Danish periodic... by oblio on Monday January 27, 2025 @04:14AM (#42838970)
It depends on how you view things. Shoddy body/panel work is infamous at this point (maybe fixed?).

And later on, servicing is notoriously shady and closed.

Re:One in four 2020 Tesla Model 3 failed the Danish periodic... by consp on Monday January 27, 2025 @04:21AM (#42839011)
> servicing is notoriously shady and closed.

Afaik in most of the world car companies are required to offer the tools to third party service stations at a reasonable price. Then again if you control the full supply line you can make repairs near impossible so there is that. And also reasonable does not mean economicaly viable unfortunately.

I'd love to see it made a requirement to be affordable to end users but that is a bridge too far I guess. Most mechanical tools are affordable enough but electrical is still insanely expensive up to the point you are nearly required to buy Chinese copy/bootleg variants.