building a mainstream electric car, which is what you'll know now as the Model 3. That would launch a new era of electrification and some of the things that come with that, self-driving capabilities, that sort of thing, ride sharing, a lot of what Silicon Valley envisions for the automotive future. In some ways, he's accomplished almost all of those goals. The Model S started being built en masse in 2013 or so. Tesla narrowly averted bankruptcy. People saw this great car. It's a great car. I want to be clear about that. Have you ever driven one? No, but I've ridden it. It's amazing. On a reporter salary, a high end Tesla is not really an option in this business, but it's a great car. The allure of the product certainly has helped propel the rise of the business. Tesla has in many ways satisfied what its visionaries and its early disciples, if you will. They are disciples. I mean, mind. But where the master plan deviated from reality was that Tesla was building these cars not from (5/45)
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