WWED quote from Tesla Q4 2018 earnings call
The, you know, we have to be relentless about costs in order to make affordable cars and not go bankrupt. That's, that's what our headcount reduction is about. Yeah, we have to It's, we have to be super hardcore about it. It's the only way to make affordable cars.
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