[bryanlarsen]

The VW, obviously. With most parts shared across 13 models and all models static for at least a year and usually longer. Plus VW has a good history of parts availability.

Tesla on the other hand is famous for both making minor changes to their vehicles pretty much continuously and a bad history of parts availability.

[dzhiurgis]

1M cars over 13 models mean you’ll have no parts at all. 10M identical cars means there’s massive third party supply. Parts are already cheaper than Toyota’s.

[rsynnott]

Teslas very much aren't identical over models. Remember this? https://www.extremetech.com/cars/314871-tesla-model-y-owners...

[dzhiurgis]

Moot point over a bracket when car has over 30k total parts.

[bryanlarsen]

A typical car sells tens of thousands per year and has no problem with parts availability. 1M cars is even easier.

[dzhiurgis]

Rivian and Lucid sells like 15k per quarter and is on verge of bankruptcy.