HAND HAVE TROUBLE WITH RAMPING UP PRODUCTION OF ITS ELECTRIC TRUCKS AND SUVs. SONALI: I WANT TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE POINT THAT MATT WAS MAKING. ON A DAY THAT YOU SEE ELON MUSK'S ATTENTION GETTING CLOSER TO WASHINGTON, YOU SEE THE TESLA STOCK UP MORE, UP BY 2.8% PREMARKET. HOW DO INVESTORS FEEL ABOUT THE DIVIDED ATTENTION? IT IS INTERESTING. TO RIP -- DOES RIVIAN HAVE SOMETHING TO GAIN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE HIS ATTENTION IS GOING? CRAIG: IT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND SOMETHING THAT WE WILL SEE RAISED THE MORE THAT -- THE MORE AND LONGER THAT ELON MUSK IS SO CLOSELY FIXATED ON ALL THINGS TRUMP AND WHAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL DO. HE HAS BEEN SPENDING AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME AT MAR-A-LAGO AND

SORT OF EXCHANGING MESSAGES ON X WITH HIS FANS ABOUT HOW MUCH VIDEO GAMES HE PLAYS AND HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT. THAT IS ALL WELL AND GOOD WHEN TESLA IS GOING TO THE MOON AGAIN. BUT I THINK THAT THIS COLLABORATION BETWEEN RIVIAN AND VOLKSWAGEN JUST ADDS TO THE AMOUNT OF COMPETITION THAT TESLA IS FACING. WE SHOULD NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE IDEA THAT TESLA REALLY SORT OF HAS TO KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF THIS YEAR JUST TO GET EVEN IN TERMS OF SALES FROM LAST YEAR. THIS IS NOT A COMPANY GROWING AT THE RAPID RATE THAT WE ARE USED TO AND MUSK GOT EVERYONE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BACK TO A YEAR OF STRONG GROWTH IN 2025. BUT HOW EXACTLY HE GETS THERE IS

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