Part of the problem, says Musk, is that Tesla was trying to do too much at once.
"We got complacent about some of the things that we felt were our core technology…. We put too much new technology into the Model 3 all at once. This — this should have been staged," he says.
Building a Model 3 electric car also requires sophisticated factory technology.
"In some cases, the robots actually slowed the production. Right?" King asks.
"Yes, they did….We had this crazy, complex network of conveyor belts….And it was not working, so we got rid of that whole thing," Musk says.