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> As Teslas age, there’s going to be an army of technicians needed to fix them. This is going to be 100% Tesla’s problem and is going to eat into margins in sig
by vardump 4y ago
> As Teslas age, there’s going to be an army of technicians needed to fix them. This is going to be 100% Tesla’s problem and is going to eat into margins in significant ways.
This is mainly how the major established car manufacturers make money. Soon same should be true for Tesla as well, as their fleet ages.
- rchaud 4y agoHardly. Toyota and Honda's OEMs sell parts to anybody. I had my old Accord serviced at a hole in the wall style repair shop that always had original OEM parts: I never went to the dealer in 10byears of owning it. The shop I went to was run by old-school mechanics who owned their business and didn't waste my time with ridiculous upsells.
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- olyjohn 4y agoYou mean that's how the dealers make money? I'm pretty sure you pay the dealer to work on your car, not the manufacturer. Warranty work is paid to the dealer by the manufacturer. But I don't believe any car company is making much money from repairing cars. Many car companies don't even make parts for cars that are over 10 years old. But I mean, if the dealership is the manufacturer, then you definitely have a bigger conflict of interest as far as repairs go.
- _ea1k 4y agoSadly, it seems to just shift the conflict of interest around with the traditional dealer model. Service advisors are often paid on commission, and warranty work tends to have a lower bill rate. I think this is one of the reasons that they tried to pressure me into a very expensive repair work for my last major warranty repair. They hadn't even read the code right and wouldn't have even been replacing a part relevant to it. I'm not saying Tesla service is great, just to be clear, just that the bar is often really low.