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by iancmceachern 1276 days ago
90% of a car is not EV relates. Many of the working bits of cars and trucks are already made by subcontractors, the axles, the transmissions, the seats, etc. This should be no different. Really companies like Oshkosh, Ford, etc. are integrators. Ford doesn't need to be an expert in breaks, engines, etc. They can just buy it, like dodge buys Cummins engines. Oshkosh could just build the body and frame, not in a ev drive train from a supplier of those.