> everyone runs so goddamn, incredibly lean Yeah. This is why major automotive innovations are hard to come by without massive scale. When they started out, no

> everyone runs so goddamn, incredibly lean Yeah. This is why major automotive innovations are hard to come by without massive scale. When they started out, no supplier wanted to work with Tesla because they simply did not have the scale. How exactly do you think Tesla still managed to innovate and build the best automotive supply chain in the world? Answer: it was decades of (Democratic) government subsidies. Tesla was exclusively backed by the US government and it's promise towards climate goals. That's why they didn't go under. Despite all the naysayers and massive short interests. > Tesla is in a good position to be an almost entire domestic manufacturer Literally my point. And also, they are now backed up by the anti-science, anti-climate, anti-ev, pro-coal Republican government. How the tables have turned. I do not fuss over Elon Musk. I admire him. He is arguably the best, most genius con man of our time.