According to a report, the company needs to be able to produce vehicles on every continent to meet its goal.
Denholm was asked if she had concerns about competition between the world's top two economies.
Denholm said that having manufacturing capability on each of the continents is important and that markets around the world are really important.
She said that the company is building factories around the globe.
When you're setting a supply chain for the long term, you want those miles those cars travel before someone actually owns them, and that includes shipping and sea freight, because all of those processes add to CO2 emissions.
Musk said in 2020 that the company wants to make 20 million electric vehicles a year. Musk said at the time that this would need to be executed well.
That is more than what the company is making now.
Half of the 936,000 vehicles produced by the company were probably from its factory in China. The goal is to deliver 1.5 million vehicles.
Musk said on August 14 that the company has produced over 3 million cars since it was founded in 2008.
The company has factories in California, Texas, and Berlin.
There is a rivalry between the US and China that has resulted in tariffs being imposed on each other.