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Henry Ford built his first automobile, which he called a quadricycle, at his home in Detroit in 1896. His initial foray into automobile manufacturing was the Detroit Automobile Company, founded in 1899. The company foundered, and in 1901 was reorganized as the Henry Ford Company. In March 1902, after falling out with his financial backers, Ford left the company with the rights to his name and 900 dollars.
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Originally Posted by peter12
No, Ford was founded in 1903, and it only took them six years to produce a vehicle that was cheap enough to be purchased by the workers who built it. Ford also started making money as soon as it was founded, and increased investor profits massively until the production of the Model T.
Detroit Automobile Company was founded in 1899, but went out of business in only two short years.
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This post is basically made up facts.
Actual timeline here.
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Detroit Automobile Company
Fate Reorganized
Successor Henry Ford Company
Founded August 5, 1899
Defunct November 20, 1901
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I'm not sure it could be more clear that Henry Ford was working towards the Model T for longer than six years.
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So clearly there is a demand for Teslas in the luxury market. That means nothing. That is not a company's bread & butter. It is where they showcase their premium design and technology.
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Signed,
Apple Inc.
Here is an article highlighting other 'car startups'. Most on the list have been around roughly as long as Tesla, and still are designing prototypes.
http://www.autotrainingcentre.com/bl...es-watch-2016/
So what exactly are you getting at? Just seems like you endlessly are willing to take the anti-Tesla argument.