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Tesla Founder And Chinese Company Launch SF Motors Electric Cars
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|May 2018
Tesla Founder And Chinese Company Launch SF Motors Electric Cars
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Contrary to popular belief, Tesla was not founded by Elon Musk. Even though Musk has now become synonymous with the electric-car brand, Tesla was actually founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in 2003. Martin and Marc were the brains behind the technology, and a year later Musk came in as the major investor. However, things didn’t work out well, and so Martin and Marc left Tesla in 2008.
This story is from the May 2018 edition of autoX.
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