Elon Musk Says He Got Into The Electric Car Business Because No One Else Would
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This is why I started a computer eyewear company http://epiphanyeyewear.com (before Google Glass!). I have spoken with the world experts on Volumetric 3D display tech (such as the amazing Dr. Kurt Akeley of Lytro), and it is evident that a display as realistic as physical reality can be built with today's technology. I am determined to make this happen, and I know it will revolutionize education, human augmentation, and also energy-independence (we will have to construct and transport fewer physical things when we live in a virtual world).
Elon Musk was an investor for tesla not a founder. just check the wikipedia page for tesla motors on its early reviews.
And all of the suden everything changed lawsuits and confidentiality agreements and PR firms are trying to rewrite history.
But there is plenty of people that was alive when the company started.
And here we are just
Also your link doesn't even state that JB as a co-founder which is just ridiculous.
"It took Eberhard and Ian Wright,VP of vehicle development, only two hours during a February 2004 meeting to get Musk onboard."
CNN Money: Tesla's wild ride http://cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=-1&...
Looks like Eberhard now calls Musk a cofounder, though the situation was indeed messy.
Musk is a co-founder and currently head of product design at Tesla Motors. He oversaw development of the Tesla Roadster ( their first product ). Musk's interest in electric vehicles extends long before the creation of Tesla. Musk began by hiring Martin Eberhard as CEO and a management team and provided almost all of the capital for Tesla's first two funding rounds, giving him a controlling interest from the start. As a result of the financial crisis in 2008 and a forced layoff at Tesla,[28] Musk was forced to assume the additional responsibility of CEO.
Wikipedia also states Tesla was founded 2003.
In 2003, two independent teams, consisting of Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning and Ian Wright on the one hand, and Musk and JB Straubel on the other, both sought to commercialize the T-Zero prototype electric sports car created by AC Propulsion.
Tom Gage, the president of AC Propulsion, suggested that the two teams join forces to maximize the chances of success. They agreed to merge their efforts, with Musk becoming chairman and overall head of product design, Eberhard becoming CEO and Straubel becoming CTO.
- I personally think he rightfully deserves all the credit given to him now. Electric cars are not a new invention the commercialization of them is new and also a unique success in this field.
You might very well be right - I don't know -, but your sources in no way prove your claims.
"After persuading Marc Tarpenning, a software jockey and Eberhard's business partner in his previous companies, to join him, they INCORPORATED Tesla Motors in JULY 2003." "It took Eberhard and Ian Wright,VP of vehicle development, only two hours during a FEBRUARY 2004 meeting to get Musk onboard." CNN Money: Tesla's wild ride http://cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=-1&...
If it works out you look like a hero, if it doesn't you look like a fool.
I look at it as picking the mountain you want to climb. You can't climb every mountain at once. Some are taller than others, some might have amazing views at the top, or gold hidden inside, and some have bears that will eat you alive. Most importantly, you can't climb two mountains at once and it takes time to get down off of one mountain to climb the next.
Elon Musk is pretty good at picking mountains to climb, but he also has the resources to climb them and the will do to so. He reminds me a lot of Richard Branson or Donald Trump. When you have ambition, talent, and capital you can make a lot happen.