First of all, it is normative that a client pay up front for prototype molds and reworks. Nothing new here.
Second, don't know if you noticed, but LQMT had a ton of failed prototypes in the storage shelves at the LQMT OH. NONE of them produced any COMMERCIAL REVENUE.
Third:
When LQMT has really accomplished ANYTHING, they will say so in PLAIN ENGLISH and get rid of all the pumped up flowerly language which signifies NOTHING, tales told by idiots signifying nothing.
Tony Chung is not a smart guy. He shrewd and selfish.
Why would someone leave Solar City when it was purchased by Elon Musk only to return to work for a has been executive, John Kang, for a second time?
Sheet.