I think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google. Elon Musk More Quotes by Elon Musk More Quotes From Elon Musk It's very important to get those cars, especially to China, as soon as possible. We hope the trade negotiations go well , but it's not clear. But we need to get them there while there's sort of a de facto - sort of a truce on the tariff war. Elon Musk technology Bottom line is we need the Shanghai factory to achieve that 10,000 rate and have the cars be affordable, the demand for Model 3 is insanely high. The inhibitor is affordability. Elon Musk top-news We have to be relentless about costs in order to make affordable cars and not go bankrupt. Elon Musk top-news Cell production will be sourced locally, most likely from several companies (incl Pana), in order to meet demand in a timely manner. Elon Musk top-news I want to make sure that you know all the facts and figures and understand that the road ahead is very difficult, there isn't any other way. Elon Musk technology This quarter, as with Q3, shipment of higher priced Model 3 variants (this time to Europe and Asia) will hopefully allow us, with great difficulty, effort and some luck, to target a tiny profit. Elon Musk technology We're obviously at the early stages here. This is a prototype. We're figuring things out, i think there is a path to alleviating traffic congestion in cities. Elon Musk technology The only tweets that would have to be... reviewed would be if a tweet had a probability of causing a movement in the stock, otherwise, it's — hello, First Amendment. Elon Musk top-news It's not realistic in the sense that I am the largest shareholder in the company, i can just call for a shareholder vote and get anything done that I want. Elon Musk top-news But the system would have failed if I was truly erratic, there's been relentless criticism, relentless and outrageous and unfair... What actually happened here was an incredible American success story. Elon Musk top-news I actually just prefer to have no titles at all. Elon Musk top-news The whole point of Tesla is to accelerate the advent of electric vehicles and sustainable transport, we're trying to help the environment, we think it's the most serious problem that humanity faces. Elon Musk top-news It was life or death, those betting against the company were right by all conventional standards that we would fail. But they just did not count on this unconventional situation of creating an assembly line in a parking lot in a tent. Elon Musk top-news We certainly could raise money, but I think we don't need to, and I think it is better discipline not to. Elon Musk top-news If somebody comes and makes a better electric car than Tesla, and it's so much better than ours that we can't sell our cars and we go bankrupt, I still think that's a good thing for the world. Elon Musk top-news I just did it because if I didn't do it, then [ there was a ] good chance Tesla would die. Elon Musk top-news I tweet interesting things pretty much as they come to me, and probably with not much of a filter. Elon Musk top-news I tweet interesting things pretty much as they come to me, and probably with not much of a filter, i spend a lot less time on Twitter than people probably think. It's like maybe 10-15 minutes [ a day ]. Elon Musk top-news I have a lot on my plate, an electric plane isn't important right now. Elon Musk technology It's very difficult to keep a car company alive. Elon Musk technology