WWED quote from Tesla 2020 Annual Shareholder Meeting and Battery Day
And I should say that my original interest in electric vehicles predates the climate issue. When I was in high school, I thought, "Man, if we don't figure out electric cars, the whole economy's going to collapse when we run out of oil." So we better figure out electric cars and sustainable energy or civilization's going to crumble.
Tesla 2020 Annual Shareholder Meeting and Battery Day
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- Shareholder meeting
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- Energy and sustainability
- Mission and purpose
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