start at the top and then come down to mainstream. And so, you know, that's how that Martin and Elon got together was, you know, they had gone through all these different hoops. And they finally, you know, they were very kind of aligned in what they thought the future potential was. So they, exactly. So they were both aligned on the idea of developing the Roadster because the Roadster was this sexy, sleek, exciting, fast car. It also wasn't very heavy. So at the time, they would be able to get the best performance possible off of the car. I mean, if they had tried, I imagine, to build a Model S at that time, they wouldn't have been able to, right? It wouldn't have been as performative. The idea of them, I think at the time, if they had been going around trying to sell the idea of a luxury sedan that would compete against Mercedes, people would have laughed at them. The idea that they were talking about this two-seater was hard to believe. But the thing that they had going for them was (19/40)
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