“Anything Tesla can do, we can surpass,”, page-5

Exactly.
The German Automakers are talking and Tesla owners are driving. The German automakers are even under pressure from their own union to start selling a long range EV.
https://evobsession.com/audi-labor-...-assign-production-electric-model-main-plant/

Guess who is about to move the goalposts.
Perhaps more interestingly, though, Musk also commented that the Model Y will feature a 95% reduction in wiring as compared to the Model 3 — with the aim being to greatly reduce the need for a human manufacturing workforce.
https://evobsession.com/tesla-model...model-3-95-reduction-wiring-compared-model-3/

World domination sans autoworkers.
Musk sees the company as a key component for Tesla’s to achieve its goal of being a leader in manufacturing – building the machine that builds the machine, as he likes to say.
https://electrek.co/2017/05/04/tesla-grohmann-bmw-vw/