Elon will build out his own chip fabs due to his attack-constraints approach.

Elon will build out his own chip fabs due to his attack-constraints approach. | we're gonna see Elon build out his own fabs. I mean, no question about he hinted about it, Dave, when we were with him at the Gigafactory, and whenever he sees any constraint, he attacks it.

we're gonna see Elon build out his own fabs. I mean, no question about he hinted about it, Dave, when we were with him at the Gigafactory, and whenever he sees any constraint, he attacks it.

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