Ashok Elluswamy -- Director, Autopilot Software

I mean, basically, we talked through this. There's a lot going on. Elon already mentioned that we're working on cheaper models to come out. I mean, there are work which the team is doing to get the factories ready today to try and make that happen on --

Elon Reeve Musk -- Chief Executive Officer and Product Architect

And by the way, the amount of work we're required to make a lower-cost car is insanely high. But like it is harder to get like 20% of the cost out of a car than it is to design the car and build an entire factory in the first place. It's like excruciating. And there's not a lot of movies made about the heroes who got 20% of the cost out of a car.

But let me tell you, there should be little doubt that it's incredibly heroic.