> “You can’t just use conventional methods of manufacturing,” [Musk] said on an earnings call in May. “We had to invent a whole new set of manufacturing techniq

> “You can’t just use conventional methods of manufacturing,” [Musk] said on an earnings call in May. “We had to invent a whole new set of manufacturing techniques in order to build an exoskeleton car rather than an endoskeleton car, so it is clearly not trivial.” Interesting that he still referred to it as an exoskeleton; I thought they'd moved away from that.