Revenge of the Electric Car Page #2

- NO ONE LIKES TO BE REMEMBERED

AS AN EVIL OR BAD PERSON, AND CERTAINLY,

HE'S ENOUGH OF AN EGOMANIAC THAT HE WOULD--

THAT WOULD STING.

- WE WERE DISCUSSING HOW TOYOTA WAS RUNNING AWAY

WITH THE TECHNOLOGICAL IMAGE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGE

AND SO FORTH, AND I SAID,

"WELL, WHY DON'T WE AT LEAST DO AN ELECTRIC PROTOTYPE?"

AND THIS WAS MET WITH A SINGULAR ABSENCE OF ENTHUSIASM

ON ANYBODY'S PAR BECAUSE THE COMPANY HAD LOST SO MUCH MONEY ON EV1.

SO BOB'S ELECTRIC CAR CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT.

BUT IN A WORLD FAR AWAY FROM DETROIT,

THE REAL REBELLION WAS ALREADY UNDER WAY.

IT'S LAUNCH DAY FOR AMERICA'S NEWEST CAR COMPANY.

DRAWING INSPIRATION

FROM ONE OF THE 20TH CENTURY'S MOST REVOLUTIONARY INVENTORS,

THE FATHER OF A.C. ELECTRICITY,

NIKOLA TESLA.

- IT'S A VERY MOMENTOUS DAY FOR US.

IT IS OUR FIRST CAR,

AND OF COURSE, IT'S A CAR BELONGING TO OUR FIRST CUSTOMER,

AND THAT WOULD BE ALSO OUR CHAIRMAN, ELON MUSK.

- I'M ECSTATIC. THIS IS FANTASTIC.

AWESOME DAY.

IT FEELS LIKE VICTORY.

- I FEEL GREAT. IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR TESLA.

I GOT GOOSEBUMPS AS I SAW THE CAR ROLL IN.

- THIS IS THE FIRST PRODUCTION ROADSTER

AND A HUGE DAY FOR THE COMPANY.

TESLA'S GONNA PUT THOUSANDS OF THESE CARS ON THE ROAD.

BUT BEYOND THAT, REALLY, WHAT MATTERS IS,

ARE WE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD?

AND FOR US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD,

WE HAVE TO BUILD A LOT OF CARS.

YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE SEE EVERY CAR ON THE ROAD BEING ELECTRIC,

YOU KNOW, WE WILL NOT STOP.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY

JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING.

ALL RIGHT.

- ELON MUSK IS A TRUE BELIEVER,

AND HE PUT, YOU KNOW, A TREMENDOUS AMOUN OF HIS PERSONAL PRESTIGE AND PERSONAL WEALTH

INTO THAT COMPANY.

- WELL, SO FAR, THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE CAR.

CALL THIS THE $50 MILLION CAR.

'CAUSE THAT'S ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY

THAT I'VE INVESTED IN TESLA.

SO IT'S KIND OF EXPENSIVE.

- DETROIT IS DOING A LOUSY JOB MAKING CARS AND MAKING MONEY.

I MEAN, IT'S A DISASTER.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT SILICON VALLEY

COULD DO A BETTER JOB MAKING CARS,

ESPECIALLY ELECTRIC CARS, IS A VERY POWERFUL ONE.

- WE'VE GOT MODEL TWO IN DEVELOPMENT,

WHICH WE'RE PLANNING TO UNVEIL

PROBABLY IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR,

WHICH IS THE ELECTRIC SEDAN.

ELON'S A CAREER TROUBLEMAKER.

HE'S TAKEN ON THE BANKS, THE SPACE INDUSTRY,

AND NOW THE CAR COMPANIES.

- OKAY, SURE YOU WANT ME TO DRIVE IT?

ALL RIGHT.

SWEET.

IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.

- FOR ME, ELON MUSK HAS ALWAYS BEEN

NOT REALLY SO MUCH A CAR GUY AS AN ENTREPRENEUR.

HE'S HAD LOTS OF COMPANIES IN THE PAST.

HE SOLD PAY PAL TO EBAY.

- I JUST LOOK AT WHAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED,

AND I'M LIKE, "JEEZ, I BETTER START WORKING HARDER

"BECAUSE I'M NOT MAKING

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