It’s been said that doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. By that definition any supplier that works with Tesla may be downright bonkers.
Never in my three decades in the auto industry have I seen a company throw so many suppliers under the bus quite so publicly in the way Tesla does. Going back a decade to the delayed launch of the Roadster when two different transmission suppliers were abandoned before Tesla finally redesigned its powertrain, the automaker has repeatedly blamed others for its own engineering deficiencies.
