Yeah no question. I know some people that work in the auto components industry and it is wild how much goes into making an automobile.

My guess on Elon is that he has no desire to make a "buy it for life" anything. Not under fiat I mean. Especially not as a publicly traded company. The fiat system pushes for short term financial gains. That is the other aspect that affects everything. Its more indirect but all of our time preferences are affected by the money used by society. Bad money. Bad incentives.

That's my thought at least for what its worth.