Tesla: ‘There’s almost no reason to have a gas car’

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Originally Posted by Oubaas

If manufacture of spare parts for them is banned, you'll need your own machine shop to keep them going.

Spare parts don't get banned, they just become unprofitable to produce.
Imagine keeping an assembly line for parts going when there's only 100 models running on the continent. Then, you're stuck hitting Flea Markets and Estate Sales while keeping your fingers crossed.

Beetles are cool, but they are almost impossible,-now- to maintain.