Wasn't the business goal for Tesla to become mass market? Toyota and BMW have their relative status symbols sold and resold by numerous dealers worldwide. And t

Wasn't the business goal for Tesla to become mass market? Toyota and BMW have their relative status symbols sold and resold by numerous dealers worldwide. And their status symbols have very regular body panel seams - the very definition of quality. These 2 companies have vast experience bringing a new car model or drivetrain component to scale, along with more factories to test with. Not to mention they could form a business partnership with each other, just like Toyota and GM did at NUMMI[0]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI