WWED quote from Tesla Q4 2024 earnings call
I'm highly confident that all transport will be autonomous, electric, including aircraft, and that it's simply, it's, it can't be stopped any more than one could have stopped the advent of the external combustion engine, steam engine, or one could have stopped the advent of the internal combustion engine.
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