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by elif 1768 days ago
They already do chip design.

You could s/chip/battery/ and make the same incredulous statement 5 years ago

Or upholstery, or charging infrastructure, or casting equipment, etc.

Tesla had the capital to go as vertical as they want.

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Tesla doesn't makes their own casting equipment (yet?). They do custom order the largest presses built by Idra Group in Italy (owned by a Chinese company) though [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga_Press