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Literally from the second paragraph from Wikipedia: "Tesla was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors. The company's n

by adoxyz 4y ago

Literally from the second paragraph from Wikipedia: "Tesla was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors. The company's name is a tribute to inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. In February 2004, via a $6.5 million investment, Elon Musk became the largest shareholder of the company." How does Wikipedia disagree?

naasking 4y ago
Look up the SpaceX entry.
- falcolas 4y ago
  Mea culpa on SpaceX - I've already updated my post.
- yoshieee 4y ago
  Also you weren't wrong about Tesla. Elon did basically create Tesla (as well as Straubel). Quick summary: Originally "Tesla" the brand, was started by Martin and Marc, but all they had was a brand and a vision but no physical product nor prototype. At around the same time, Elon wanted to build an electric car based off the tzero by AC Propulsion. He was introduced to Martin and Marc who had a similar vision, and basically Elon invested money into Tesla Motors. It wasn't until Elon put in money, that the first prototype was built (the tesla roadster). Arguably, if Elon didn't join the team and bring on Straubel, Tesla wouldn't be what it is today. Likely wouldn't even have a launched consumer product. Even Elon was the one that managed to get the trademark "Tesla Motors" which wasn't even owned by Martin or Marc originally. Lengthy source: https://youtu.be/AeeeEDSekG8?t=900 https://youtu.be/AeeeEDSekG8?t=900 Granted it's out of Elon's mouth but there's tons of other sources that corroborates with that story. source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MikKu6Juhok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MikKu6Juhok source: https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/the-short-but-fascinating-history-of-tesla https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/the-short-... source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqPsdlQDOYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqPsdlQDOYQ source: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/27/with-jb-straubel-departure-tesla-is-losing-much-more-than-just-a-cto.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/27/with-jb-straubel-departure-t...

by adoxyz 4y ago

naasking 4y ago

Look up the SpaceX entry.

falcolas 4y ago
Mea culpa on SpaceX - I've already updated my post.
yoshieee 4y ago
Also you weren't wrong about Tesla. Elon did basically create Tesla (as well as Straubel). Quick summary: Originally "Tesla" the brand, was started by Martin and Marc, but all they had was a brand and a vision but no physical product nor prototype. At around the same time, Elon wanted to build an electric car based off the tzero by AC Propulsion. He was introduced to Martin and Marc who had a similar vision, and basically Elon invested money into Tesla Motors. It wasn't until Elon put in money, that the first prototype was built (the tesla roadster). Arguably, if Elon didn't join the team and bring on Straubel, Tesla wouldn't be what it is today. Likely wouldn't even have a launched consumer product. Even Elon was the one that managed to get the trademark "Tesla Motors" which wasn't even owned by Martin or Marc originally. Lengthy source: https://youtu.be/AeeeEDSekG8?t=900 https://youtu.be/AeeeEDSekG8?t=900 Granted it's out of Elon's mouth but there's tons of other sources that corroborates with that story. source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MikKu6Juhok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MikKu6Juhok source: https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/the-short-but-fascinating-history-of-tesla https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/the-short-... source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqPsdlQDOYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqPsdlQDOYQ source: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/27/with-jb-straubel-departure-tesla-is-losing-much-more-than-just-a-cto.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/27/with-jb-straubel-departure-t...