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by MrEfficiency 2799 days ago
This sounds good until you realize you bought a first generation vehicle(unreliable parts) and a company that is no longer producing them.
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Nah, Im going full Rich rebuilds style. Buy 3 of them for a couple grand each, frankenstein them together into one working vehicle.

Not rooting for Tesla to go out of business, but the result of it could be a ton of cheap EV parts hitting the market.

It’s a serious concern. I bought an special anniversary edition of a car, had something hit me on the highway a month after, and had to wait a month for the manufacturer to make the special parts.
It's very unlikely that Tesla will disappear. The bear/short case here is just that the stock goes to $0 because it's overvalued. The company will not die.
This must be reflected in insurance rates. How much more does it cost to insure a Model 3 than a Camry?
But surely Tesla's vast dealer network would remain available to perform any maintenance for the indefinite future </s>.