The Automotive Supply Chain, Explained

That claim leaves some wiggle room. Just how much is “much”?

And some of the claim is oversimplified. Whether or not there are “a handful” or somewhat more than a handful of Tier 1 suppliers involved, a lot of that technology is actually flowing through from Tier 2 suppliers. In other words, the Tier 1s are doing a fair bit of “integrating and refining” of their own.

But all this raises more basic questions — who are the suppliers and why do they even exist?

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