The history of Tesla: From South Africa to the Electric Car Manufacturing Giant

Whatever you think about Tesla (TSLA), it often hinges on how you feel about a single person: South African-born billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
But contrary to popular belief - and the company's own website - Musk is not the original founder of Silicon Valley's first automobile manufacturer.
In the video above, we detail Tesla's origin from a Silicon Valley electric dream to the unwieldy behemoth carmaker that it is today.
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[@laplesyrup]

Without Musk, there wouldn’t be a Tesla today. He saved it from itself.

[@darrelljohnson1319]

gov bailed out all their subsidiaries that failed in private sector since Solyndra toxic waste gov had to clean up

[@barelyhome6208]

Apart from 2018, this video missed so many things that happened to Tesla.. Read Elon's biography instead..