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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I saw this in Fortune magazine. If I recall correctly, Musk and his former partner were at odds of using particular types of materials to manufacture the automobiles. Musk was seeking the cheap route (and $109,000 per car being cheap), and his partner (I believe it was Marc Tarpenning) wanted to go the route of "a few well-built cars for a select few." There was a big falling out somewhere down the line. The whole company was in a mess, and this car could have been better produced if all this legal and financial red tape (not to mention in-house fighting) was resolved better.
I'll have to refer back to the article, but it isn't all roses and sunshine at Tesla Motors right now.
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I have that same article. Its very interesting. While things may not be all that rosy, they're still pretty good! They sound to me like they are going through typical growing pains.