You aren't thinking very clearly about this. He also said at "the earliest". He is saying that IF it is proven, THEN at the earliest it will be in production in 2026. Perhaps he meant mass production, but one would have to be a mind-reader to make that leap. This is no conspiracy. It was an email and I was very surprised he responded to me. But as I said some people don't like to be misrepresented, even if they are the CEO - AND, it may be that he didn't like be misrepresented about something he said re a company that has competing technology.