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Q&A Highlights

Tesla’s earnings conference call started with–somewhat typically–bold claims by Elon Musk. He sees huge value in Tesla’s AI efforts, which he believes will yield useful humanoid robots and self-driving cars.

After comments from Musk and others, the conference call moved to Q&A. Here are some highlights.

Musk said again that Tesla is talking with other auto makers about licensing its self-driving technology. Another auto maker paying Tesla for its tech would be a big win. The interest level is high, he says, but Tesla engineers are focused first and foremost on getting self-driving cars on the road. Integration with another auto maker’s hardware would come after that.