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The company faced numerous technological innovations and design inefficiencies in its infancy. Musk pondered whether future generations might look back at current practices—and find them silly. For example, he pointed out why Tesla later adopted Giga castings—large single-piece castings for vehicle bodies—highlighting how the industry was slow to innovate in manufacturing techniques. Initially, many critics were vocally dismissive of Tesla’s approach to battery manufacturing and vehicle design, often claiming that it was impossible to scale or unreliable.