I think that modern car assembly lines are designed to be very adjustable. Big car companies introduce new body shapes all the time, and it’s no big deal. And they already have full supply lines to build seats with seatbelts, seats with airbags, trunks, sunroofs, etc. The only major difference between a Model 3 and, say, a new variant of any other sedan is the drive train and battery. Tesla could have focused on that and let existing experts built the rest of the car.
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I think that modern car assembly lines are designed to be very adjustable. Big car companies introduce new body shapes all the time, and it’s no big deal. And they already have full supply lines to build seats with seatbelts, seats with airbags, trunks, sunroofs, etc. The only major difference between a Model 3 and, say, a new variant of any other sedan is the drive train and battery. Tesla could have focused on that and let existing experts built the rest of the car.