and in some instances raises even more questions about ethics and illegality at the company. And more often than not, at the company is really just a stand-in for Elon, who for better or worse, cannot be separated from Tesla in any final analysis of the company's financials, its operations, and its prospects as an automaker. We spent the first part of our conversation discussing the origin story of Tesla all the way up until the successful launch of the Model S, which truly was a remarkable achievement. I mean, I had the opportunity to drive one when it first came out, and I was just blown away by how futuristic it felt, and how it opened my eyes to possibilities that I hadn't really imagined up until that point in time. And it don't just mean in electric cars, it's easy to forget where we were in the summer of 2012, in terms of coming out of the financial crisis and people's desires to find something in our economy to feel hopeful about. And Elon and the Model S absolutely delivered (2/40)
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