RE: LeoThread 2025-08-16 03:50

crazy idea, wild idea to try to go to space to create a rocket company that would get commercialized space with SpaceX. And so Martin Everhart was big into the Mars Society as well. And so new of Elon had heard him speak and through some connections, they were connected. And so Martin goes down to LA area that to make the pitch. And Elon, who was interested in electric cars, was interested in sports cars, who had also thought about the electric car business as well. He was very excited to have that conversation. And how early did he get involved? Because I know he was the biggest backer of the company, no? Yeah, he was 2004. He put his money in. And that's really when things started getting going for Tesla. His money got it going. What was it that excited Elon about this opportunity? What did he see? You could see the potential. So this is where the story gets a little complicated on the founding. So, you know, at this period of time, after the EV1 in California, there was a growing (16/40)