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“Throughout these early years, the engineers credited Eberhard with making quick, crisp decisions. Rarely did Tesla get hung up overanalyzing a situation. The company…

— Ashlee Vance

“The guys like Straubel who had been at Tesla since the beginning are quick to remind people that the chance to build an awesome…

— Ashlee Vance

“Last-minute design changes were required, however, necessitating more money. Tesla had already obtained a second loan from Morgan, and when those funds ran out,…

— Sean Patrick

“What separated Tesla from the competition was the willingness to charge after its vision without compromise, a complete commitment to execute to Musk’s standards.”

— Ashlee Vance

Tesla Motor's original business plan had a copy of a letter from Nikola Tesla from the late 19th century talking about the challenges inherent…

— Kimbal Musk

“As Musk put it, “Try to imagine explaining that you’re investing in an electric car company, and everything you read about the car company…

— Ashlee Vance

Tesla has humiliated established carmakers with its brilliant vision. But Detroit, Turin, Stuttgart, and so on have understood scale as well as capital allocation…

— Adam Lashinsky

“Is there any good news?' Tesla said. Who ever promised that? Who ever said there'd be good news?”

— Clive Barker

The reason that the company decided to invest in Tesla was not to target a profit gain. We did it as a means to…

— Takeshi Uchiyamada

“But the more the Tesla guys researched the industry, the more they realized that the big automakers don’t even really build their cars anymore.…

— Ashlee Vance

The overarching goal of Tesla is to help reduce carbon emissions and that means low cost and high volume. We will also serve as…

— Elon Musk

Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.

— Elon Musk