Elon Musk Interview: 1-on-1 with Sandy Munro [video]

Context: SM is a professional in the business of tearing down and analyzing vehicles, building an information database on everything there is to know about that vehicle. Eg, screw 52 placed there has these dimensions, this material, fastened with that torque etc. Plate X is from material B, milled in this process at a likely cost of Z usd.

His company's information is regularly bought by automakers to get to know their competitors offering as a form of corporate info gathering and analysis.

IMO it's a good thing - SM is an information creator and broker that enables the industry to learn and get better.

SM recently did a series of youtube videos on Tesla vehicles that got some attention.