To achieve Model 3 volume production, Elon spent 3 years sleeping on the factory floor, in the trenches, with his team and workers. “It was the longest period of excruciating pain in my life […] but it had to be done, or Tesla would be dead” “I think at this point, I know more about manufacturing than anyone currently alive on Earth” – Elon Musk

Tesla’s vision is simply batteries everywhere, for everything, all the time. And that means Tesla is going to need to produce a lot of batteries.

Tesla has an in-house construction unit building out its factories. This enables a radically new and optimized manufacturing process. Historical analogy: Amazon built its own distribution centers to reinvent e -commerce logistics.