There was once a time when Elon Musk had a tough time getting top auto suppliers to give him the time of day. A lot has changed for Tesla Motors Inc TSLA 2.52% since 2009.

According to Global Equities Research’s Trip Chowdhry, every major auto supplier is now bending over backwards to win Tesla’s business.

“Elon would personally go and meet the suppliers, and it was difficult for even Elon in 2009 to get the meetings with the Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers,” an industry expert recently told Chowdhry.

“However, today…every supplier wants to get onto the Tesla bandwagon and is more than willing to work with TSLA on their aggressive time schedule and on their stringent specifications.”

The auto expert sees similarities in the way suppliers view Tesla today and they way they saw Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV FCAU 0.7%’s Dodge Viper back in the 1990s. Tesla’s cars, including the new Model 3, have…

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