Kimbal Musk

No. No, I certainly didn't. What I saw in it was- For me personally, I was really upset that General Motors had killed their EV car. There's even a movie called Who Killed the Electric Car? And I knew that the physics of electric is perfectly fine. I mean, there's no reason why you couldn't use an electric car to drive around.

What resonated with me with the business plan was take an electric motor, which is really a high-performance motor, and put it in a sports car and sell it at a high price as a way to enter into the market. Whereas what others had been doing, what General Motors had done is you put it into a really crummy car and you sell it as a commuter vehicle that doesn't really work that well.

What resonated with me with the business plan was take an electric motor, which is really a high-performance motor, and put it in a sports car and sell it at a high price as a way to enter into the market. Whereas what others had been doing, what General Motors had done is you put it into a really crummy car and you sell it as a commuter vehicle that doesn't really work that well.

What resonated with me with the business plan was take an electric motor, which is really a high-performance motor, and put it in a sports car and sell it at a high price as a way to enter into the market. Whereas what others had been doing, what General Motors had done is you put it into a really crummy car and you sell it as a commuter vehicle that doesn't really work that well.

And it looks ugly as well. They really did everything they could to make that thing as ugly as it's in. And then I was like, okay, I get it. We're going to take an appropriate technology and put it in an appropriate car so that when you have, because electric motors, they have constant torque, incredible power, put it in a car that looks like a sports car.

And it looks ugly as well. They really did everything they could to make that thing as ugly as it's in. And then I was like, okay, I get it. We're going to take an appropriate technology and put it in an appropriate car so that when you have, because electric motors, they have constant torque, incredible power, put it in a car that looks like a sports car.

And it looks ugly as well. They really did everything they could to make that thing as ugly as it's in. And then I was like, okay, I get it. We're going to take an appropriate technology and put it in an appropriate car so that when you have, because electric motors, they have constant torque, incredible power, put it in a car that looks like a sports car.

So the idea was to put it in the Lotus Elise, redesign it a bit. And even at that point, I was like, this is theoretically good, so I'm going to join and help build it. But I was not convinced that it would work because General Motors had done such a terrible job of making everyone think that these things are terrible.

So the idea was to put it in the Lotus Elise, redesign it a bit. And even at that point, I was like, this is theoretically good, so I'm going to join and help build it. But I was not convinced that it would work because General Motors had done such a terrible job of making everyone think that these things are terrible.

So the idea was to put it in the Lotus Elise, redesign it a bit. And even at that point, I was like, this is theoretically good, so I'm going to join and help build it. But I was not convinced that it would work because General Motors had done such a terrible job of making everyone think that these things are terrible.

But I was curious, and the time that I fell in love with the company and its mission was I was driving in what's called a mule, where we take a car and we take the engine out and we put in an electric drivetrain. And I drove it. You know, even the dashboards, there's no dashboards. It's just like you got a steering wheel and it's just like wires and everything around.

But I was curious, and the time that I fell in love with the company and its mission was I was driving in what's called a mule, where we take a car and we take the engine out and we put in an electric drivetrain. And I drove it. You know, even the dashboards, there's no dashboards. It's just like you got a steering wheel and it's just like wires and everything around.

But I was curious, and the time that I fell in love with the company and its mission was I was driving in what's called a mule, where we take a car and we take the engine out and we put in an electric drivetrain. And I drove it. You know, even the dashboards, there's no dashboards. It's just like you got a steering wheel and it's just like wires and everything around.

And I remember there's a street we were running in the Bay Area called Bing Street. And I was just like, no traffic. So I'm just going to drive this on the floor and see what happens. And it was a feeling I'd never experienced before. Gasoline cars have an inertia to them. So you go. Yeah. This is just, it was like being shot out of a cannon. Okay, this is going to be real.

And I remember there's a street we were running in the Bay Area called Bing Street. And I was just like, no traffic. So I'm just going to drive this on the floor and see what happens. And it was a feeling I'd never experienced before. Gasoline cars have an inertia to them. So you go. Yeah. This is just, it was like being shot out of a cannon. Okay, this is going to be real.

And I remember there's a street we were running in the Bay Area called Bing Street. And I was just like, no traffic. So I'm just going to drive this on the floor and see what happens. And it was a feeling I'd never experienced before. Gasoline cars have an inertia to them. So you go. Yeah. This is just, it was like being shot out of a cannon. Okay, this is going to be real.

It's a very spaceship-like feeling. Yeah. It's like, whoa. It's like the G-Force pulls you back. So I was like, okay, this is going to be great. This is going to be an interesting, we're going to create something interesting here. I think the real transformative thing for Tesla was the Model 3 when we were able to get the price down for the world.

It's a very spaceship-like feeling. Yeah. It's like, whoa. It's like the G-Force pulls you back. So I was like, okay, this is going to be great. This is going to be an interesting, we're going to create something interesting here. I think the real transformative thing for Tesla was the Model 3 when we were able to get the price down for the world.

It's a very spaceship-like feeling. Yeah. It's like, whoa. It's like the G-Force pulls you back. So I was like, okay, this is going to be great. This is going to be an interesting, we're going to create something interesting here. I think the real transformative thing for Tesla was the Model 3 when we were able to get the price down for the world.

And you were done. We were borderline bankrupt like two or three times that year. And everyone was hating on us about whether we'd get that done. The Model 3 today is an incredibly affordable car, like a $300 a month kind of lease and $3,000 down. That's where you get the scale. That's where you get people who... And by the way, it's a great car.