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Jon Quast

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Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

But the push is towards autonomy.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

It is towards abundance.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

It makes sense to go all in here.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

Yeah, I would push the timeline a little bit beyond two years, for sure, for partly the reason that Matt just mentioned.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

But on top of that, yes, looking at $20 billion in capital expenditures here in 2026, that's about double its previous all-time high.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

It doesn't necessarily need to spend that much for the next several years.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

Not to mention, it'll be interesting to see if some of these things start ramping up.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

they will contribute to the cash flow in theory.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

Now, I'm with Matt.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

I don't think that we see fully realized versions of either of these things in the next two years.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

That would be my take.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

I would push it for maybe Optimus.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

I think I'd push that personally closer to five.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

But it does need it to pay off, though, for sure, because it is investing a lot of resources.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

I don't think that we should necessarily look at how the stocks are performing this week or today and make broad statements about how investors feel.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

Maybe the reaction was different last quarter than this quarter, but I think that what's going on in a more general sense is, investors are saying, hey, we're seeing all these capital expenditures.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

Can we just pause a moment and just

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

Appreciate the fact that we're using numbers over $100 billion here annually.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

That's insane that that's even coming out of my mouth.

Motley Fool Money
Tesla’s Daring Move

But investors are looking at the capital expenditures and saying, what is the return on investment?