Few people know that we started Tesla when GM forcibly recalled all electric cars from customers in 2003 & then crushed them in a junkyard

They [sic] was done against the will of their owners, who held a candlelight vigil all night to protest the death of their cars

Since big car companies were killing their EV programs, the only chance was to create an EV company, even tho it was almost certain to fail

Nothing to do w govt incentives or making money. Thought 90% prob of losing it all (almost did many times), but it was the only chance.

Long way to go, but we've convinced most of the auto industry to start EV programs & gave them all our patents to help, so that's something