Having read the Esquire magazine and Elons current travails with ALCOA - who have a stranglehold over his supply -one simple counter would be to reveal a prototype/ concept of a Gen 3 with a carbon fibre body. That would make them think twice!:biggrin:
Even Elon has his limits to his in-house building passion. When told that a modern windtunnel would be in the millions he acquiesced to using other's[FONT=arial, sans-serif].[/FONT]
Is this the time to mention that Norsk Hydro is the fourth largest Aluminum producer in the world right after the third largest one, Alcoa The Al is even made with hydropower mostly Cobos