2022-06-08
1 小时 39 分钟Antonio, Elon had a moment of reflection, and he was talking about 2008.
He was talking about the imminent collapse, as he felt it,
of SpaceX and Tesla at the same time in December 25th.
And he said,
there were just a handful of people who came out there and put their careers online for him.
Yourself and Steve Jervitsen specifically mentioned.
and it was an IRA and it was a particularly poignant moment for him.
He was getting a little choked up about it.
Tell us about that bet you made in 2008 and the potentially career-ending bet for you to bet in an electric car company at that moment.
Take us back to that decision.
Yeah, but before I do that,
I just want to say that I left my wallet backstage because the last time I was with the four of you,
I lost a lot of money.
And I realized that I better leave I better leave all the cash somewhere where you can't get it and then and you also made me cry So I don't I think I might I might cry again now of joy.
I mean no no it was more like a humiliation.
Yeah, but We're playing poker.
Yeah, we're playing poker.
You pulled a Palmer lucky If I
if I cry again this time it will be from from a sense of Just gratitude for those moments that we got to share so The for us in particular
because you know our strategy is so operational I was there working on supply chain in the factory and on sales and those in that period along with my partner Tim Watkins and three or four of our supply chain people and we had a major problem supply chain the costs were way to control and You know,