'I'm confident that most car companies will have enough on their...

'I'm confident that most car companies will have enough on their plate and prefer to partner than go it alone into technology for which they have no experience.'

Yep for sure - do you take your old Ford/Holden/Toyota/etc down to the dealer to get crushed & steel/copper etc recycle, then shipped back to the assembly factory ?

They are in the business of making, marketing & selling cars/trucks not recycling them.

I guess economics 101 could argue - vertical integration - is a better model these days to protect supply chain BUT could just as easily argue that 'specialisation & division of labour' is the way to go to get the most efficient process.
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