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It's not bizarre when you realize how Tesla cuts corners under the guise of innovation.

Take their power seats not stopping for obstructions: most auto manufacturers do not make their own power seat modules.

They buy those from suppliers like Bosch and Continental (yes, the tire guys): https://www.continental-automotive.com/en/components/seat-co...

But Tesla loves "innovations" that are just an excuse to vertically integrate in an inferior manner. That's stuff like the "superbottle" which integrates a bunch of parts you could normally replace independently with common parts into one (super easy to integrate on the assembly line) package




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