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Elon Musk Meets with Biden White House & Apologizes for Tweet · Elon Musk Podcast

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  Elon Musk has apologized for a controversial tweet that he
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  posted in an October CEO of Tesla and Twitter, apologize to
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  Nancy Pelosi's husband. Paul kind of the Tweet linked to
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  an article claiming that former house Speaker, Nancy.
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  Pelosi is husband, Paul had been inebriated and arguing with a
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  male escort at the time of a hammer attack in his house.
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  And after the release of police body, cam footage on Friday, it
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  showed the attack and Musk was asked to apologize and in
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  response to the calls for that apology must stated that he had
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  apologized referring to a reply. He made to another Twitter user
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  who had written about the situation.
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  Ilan, wrote nonetheless, I apologize.
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  The apology follows criticism from several high-profile
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  individuals including former GOP, house lawmaker Adam,
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  kinzinger and MSNBC host. Stephanie ruhle and the
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  controversial tweet which Posted shortly after musk acquired
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  Twitter, after a legal battle, deepened concerns about how he
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  would change the social network and on Thursday musk tweeted
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  that he had met with house Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, and
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  minority leader Hakeem Jeffries to discuss the fairness of the
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  platform for both parties and the attack on Paul, Pelosi
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  resulted in a fractured skull, but he has since recovered.
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  The attacker David de Pepe has been charged with attempted
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  murder and other crimes. The tweet from Elon Musk was
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  deleted, shortly after being posted and led to some
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  advertisers pulling back from a social network.
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  Despite the apology, many are still holding high-profile
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  conservatives accountable for their comments about the attack,
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  including former President Donald Trump Senator Ted Cruz
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  representative Marjorie, Taylor, green and Fox News host Tucker
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  Carlson musk. Recently met with top White
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  House. Officials in Washington to
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  discuss the role of electric vehicles in the future of the
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  USA and the He was attended by John podesta, Senior advisor to
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  clean energy Innovation and Mitch Landrieu.
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  Who oversees infrastructure, spending to discuss the
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  possibility of Tesla and the by Denis Administration working
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  together to advance EV production and charging the
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  meeting highlights Biden's commitment to electric vehicles
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  and the importance he attaches to the infrastructure and
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  inflation reduction laws passed last year.
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  Now, Tesla has long been a major player in the EV Market.
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  With a company being a recipient of tax subsidies given to buyers
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  of Evie's and Tesla's commitment to sustainability.
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  Has made it a leader in the industry.
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  It is no surprise that the by the administration would be
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  interested in working with the automaker to Advanced electric
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  vehicle production and charging now it's worth noting that the
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  relationship between Biden and musk has been strained in the
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  past and Biden has pushed for companies to use union labor,
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  while musk has been known to push against the use of unions
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  and Factories. And in addition, Biden has
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  publicly compared Tesla unfavorably to other automakers,
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  such as Ford leading to some tension between the two.
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  However, despite the tensions musk has long-standing
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  relationships with the US government, it is continued to
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  benefit from these relationships under the Biden Administration.
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  In addition to receiving tax subsidies for EVS, musk's rocket
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  company SpaceX has contracts worth billions of dollars to
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  deliver astronauts and cosmonauts.
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  Cargo to and from the International Space Station and
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  the recent 430 billion dollar US inflation reduction Act passed.
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  Last August has set new requirements for Ev receiving
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  tax credits, which must be North American-made and have
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  restrictions on vehicle prices and income for buyers who are
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  eligible for the credits and the law.
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  Also sets new battery sourcing restrictions expected to take
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  effect in March and includes new US battery.
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  Auction credits that must kiss said could have significant
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  benefits to the company. Now, the recent meeting between
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  musk and top White House officials is an indication of
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  the B administration's commitment to EVs, and the
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  desire to work with Tesla to advance the goal.
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  And the u.s. is quickly, becoming a leader in the EV
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  market and the collaboration between Tesla and the Biden.
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  In a demonstration, will only further this trend with EVS
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  becoming more popular every day. It's important for the
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  government to work. With major players in the
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  industry to ensure that the transition to electric vehicles
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  is as smooth as possible. Now, this meeting between Tesla
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  CEO and top White House. Officials is a very positive
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  step in the right direction. For the advancement of Evie's in
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  the u.s. test as being a major player in the industry.
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  It's important for the B Administration to work.
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  With the company to ensure that the US remains at the Forefront
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  of the electric vehicle. Revolution and as Eevee's become
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  more popular. It will be increasingly
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  important for the government to work with major players in the
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  industry. To ensure that the transition to
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  EVS is a success in other Tesla news during Tesla's conference
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  call for the release of its quarter for 2022 Financial
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  results. Elon Musk was asked about the
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  possibility of offering a retrofit to the new autopilot,
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  self-driving, Hardware, H W4 to current Tesla owners.
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  However, the CEO declined, the idea due to the cost and
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  Complexity of retrofitting Hardware 3 with hardware for and
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  he stated that it would not be economically feasible to do so.
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  Despite this musk still believes that Tesla's full self-driving
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  promises, will be achieved with the current Hardware 3, which
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  should provide some reassurance to current owners.
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  Then musk went on to explain the hardware 3 will not be as
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  advanced as hardware for, but he's confident that it will far
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  exceed, the safety of the average human driver.
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  He added that the ultimate goal is to improve.
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  The average safety on the road and that Hardware three could be
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  200 to 300 percent safer than humans.
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  While hardware for might be 500 to 600 percent safer.
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  However, the CEO did not mention Tesla's plans to achieve True
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  full self driving capability that would be approved by
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  Regulators, which has been the company's promise to owners
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  since 2016 despite this. It's clear that Tesla is
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  constantly making advances. In its hardware and software.
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  In the new H, W4 will not be an exception to that the recent
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  reports of Tesla adding new autopilot cameras and radar
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  sensors to its vehicles. In the fact that is applied for
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  modifications to its vehicles and China are just a few
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  examples of this. Now, Tesla owners can look
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  forward to continued improvements in the safety and
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  capabilities of their vehicles. In the future, we have some
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  exciting SpaceX news to share with you Sunday afternoon
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  January 29th, 2012. III.
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  There is a map of Elon musk's jet heading to Brownsville Texas
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  on his way to Starbase. So that means the Elon Musk is
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  headed to Starbase to check out the next iteration of this
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  Starship. Booster 7 test B7 the 33 engine
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  static fire tests. We've covered this numerous
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  times in past episodes of the podcast.
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  So if you could go back and listen to those, there's plenty
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  of information there. But I'm going to break it down
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  for you in a couple minutes. So you know, what's going on the
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  booster. Seven is the next iteration.
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  The current iteration actually of the booster that will be
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  sending Starship into a, it's an orbital flight, but they called
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  it an orbital test flight. It's not quite into orbit, but
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  it almost goes all the way around the earth.
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  One time. It's close enough.
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  Basically is what do you on musk has said?
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  So the booster seven, huge staff, 33 engines have never
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  Been tested on this booster before.
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  So there's plenty of work to do in between now and then before
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  they test this and a SpaceX official the other day commented
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  that there's a possibility, a high possibility, the SpaceX
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  could be testing this booster sometime in the coming week of
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  January 30th plus. So there's road closures on
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  Tuesday and Wednesday of this coming week, not on Monday, but
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  Tuesday and Wednesday, There's Road Closures of Highway 4,
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  which means SpaceX usually does something on those days that
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  they close the road, whether it's a test or they move
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  something from one part of the facility to the next part of the
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  facility, one of those things could happen.
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  And if it's a booster 7 test, we will know more than likely the
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  night before because there will be a closing of the road.
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  And also there will be a high pressure warning for the
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  residents of Boca Chica Village nearby.
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  So if that's the case, they will Evacuate the people from the
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  village in they're going to give them hopefully a whole night's
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  warning, sometimes they do it. The morning of the test, but
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  hopefully they give them a good 12 hours beforehand and they
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  hook those people up with a hotel room and on the, on the
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  island close by. So it's a very interesting time
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  for Brownsville a very interesting time of for
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  Starbase. In a very interesting time for
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  Elon Musk. Because of this works, they
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  could be seeing an orbital flight test of Starship within
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  the next two weeks if they get FAA approval.
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  And basically they have to prove that the ship and the booster
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  will be ready for flight. The FAA has to look through all
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  the data that SpaceX has collected through all of the
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  tests that they've done and then they'll move forward with FAA
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  regulation and they'll give them a go for the launch of the star.
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  Our ship orbital flight, it's a very exciting time.
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  We could possibly see an orbital flight within the next month.
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  Passably two months. And that's according to Elon
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  Musk. Thank you for listening to the
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  show today. If you'd like to help out the
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