Scope

Within an inner class all fields and methods of the instance it was created in are available.

class Car {
    int speed = 0;

    class Speedometer {
        int getSpeed() {
            return speed;
        }
    }

    Speedometer getSpeedometer() {
        return new Speedometer();
    }
}

class Car {
    int speed = 0;

    class Speedometer {
        int getSpeed() {
            return speed;
        }
    }

    Speedometer getSpeedometer() {
        return new Speedometer();
    }
}
class Main {
    void main() {
        Car car = new Car();
        Car.Speedometer = car.getSpeedometer();
    }
}

One mental model for this is that its as if the inner class holds a reference to the one it was created in.

class Car {
    int speed = 0;
}

class CarSpeedometer {
    private final Car madeBy;

    CarSpeedometer(Car madeBy) {
        this.madeBy = madeBy;
    }

    int getSpeed() {
        return madeBy.speed;
    }
}