I just had a car in the body shop.
The place is crammed with wrecked Teslas. Repairing them is apparently very difficult. The first difficulty appears to be getting parts ... The Teslas just sit there looking pathetic, while the normal cars move through the system getting repaired and returned to their owners.
“”difficulty getting Tesla parts””
Back in the day, I just loved the local, LARGE, Pick ‘n Pull wrecking yards. Depending on the car, I sometimes had rows and rows of ‘wrecked’ cars with plenty of useful parts. Here’s an example of how it saves $$$. The outside door handle on the passenger side broke. The dealership said $40 and 3 weeks to get it. At the Pick ‘n Pull, $3. Heck, sometimes I witnessed people pulling a perfectly fine engine and transmission out of a car that had a smashed rear end. The front half of the car was fairly new, and untouched by the accident.
So.....imagine the future Tesla/EV Pick ‘n Pull. Will all the batteries have to be removed and quarantined to a far corner of the wrecking yard? And each battery placed above a pool of water in case of fire?