Thoughts on Elon, partnerships, and perception Every other vehicle company was scared to associate themselves with Elon and Tesla. No one committed to a real partnership on FSD. Its not because they dont see how good FSD is. Elon appeared to also be actively pitching this and not one company signed on. Elon needs to go for the kill and take them out of business. No more Mr Nice guy that shares all the IP for free. It’s going to be interesting to watch how companies announce partnerships with him at SpaceX. It’s a lot harder for them to avoid it here. Eventually, being associated with Elon is not going to be a bad thing again. We need that shift as investors. He’s stubborn and doesn’t really care — but just like with Tesla and getting FSD deals done, this stuff actually matters.