Detroit Auto Show
Questions on ElonsFAQ asked in this interview (3)
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0:00Elon MuskThe need for sustainable transport is incredibly high. Even in the face of massively declining oil prices. I think it actually becomes more urgent that the auto manufacturers transition to electric and put a huge amount of effort behind their electric vehicle programs.
0:21Elon MuskAs you know, at Tesla we've open sourced our patents. So we're trying to be as helpful as possible for the advent of electric vehicles. We've also said that our supercharged network, we're happy to have other carmakers use that supercharged network and we're really doing everything we can to accelerate the advent of sustainable cars.
0:46Elon MuskWe're working very hard to grow the rates. As I said, our, our weekly production rate year over year is, has increased 100%. For a manufacturer of a large complex object, that is a huge percentage growth and we're going to try to increase it again by 100% year over year.
1:05Elon MuskIn terms of the weekly production rate beginning start of the year, at the end of the year you have like a 10 to 20 year horizon here where you want to, I mean, you want to go to Mars.
1:14Elon MuskI want to, I want to enable large numbers of people and cargo to go to Mars. So it's not sort of about me personally wanting to make a journey back to Mars.
1:23Elon MuskI mean that would be nice on a personal level, but I do think it is important that we as a species, as a civilization, are on a path to become a true space faring civilization and a multi planet species.