Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gotta give him credit for trying.
I kind of deduct points for arrogantly assuming he knows anything about manufacturing cars at scale to teach a company that produces roughly 9 million vehicles a year. The people that work for Toyota and GM aren't stupid, and those organizations have been at this game since before Elon was born.
Ford is withdrawing from the sedan market.
All US manufacturers with their decades of experience were almost destroyed by Asian manufacturers in terms of cost and build quality.
GM went bankrupt at least once in recent history.
The game has changed many times. It will keep changing, and in five years we will see that anyone not mass producing EVs as real products and not mere compliance vehicles is exiting the automotive industry.