When Sandy Munro went to California with the 2021 Tesla Model 3 he and his team will tear down, we were sure he would speak to Elon Musk on the way. Not in California, since the Tesla CEO now lives in Texas. And it was there, at Boca Chica, that Munro recorded this almost 49-minute interview with him. Apart from discussing a myriad of topics – structural batteries, mega castings, Autopilot, FSD… – Musk also admitted some production issues.

The first subject was probably the toughest one, in which Munro mentioned the problems he had with the first teardown he did on a Tesla, a 2018 Model 3. The engineer also found problems with the 2021 car, especially regarding panel gaps, and he mentioned he and Cory Steuben found an absolutely pristine one.