First of all there were Chevy EV1s then. In fact it was Chevy cancelling the EV1 in 2003 that was part of the inspiration for Tesla's founders to found Tesla. (Musk was not yet involved).
Second there was AC Propulsion's tzero. The Tesla founders had a test drive in one before they founded Tesla and urged AC Propulsion to start manufacturing them, but AC Propulsion wanted to be a designer and licensor of electric car technology for others rather than a car maker. The Tesla founders than founded Tesla.
Musk came into the picture when he test drove a tzero, and also urged AC Propulsion to go into manufacturing. Instead AC Propulsion directed him to to Tesla where he became an investor and then chairman.
What Tesla did was become the first modern car company to go all in on electric cars that were intended for ordinary car buyers (although it first it was just luxury sports car buyers). I think they were also the first to go with lithium batteries.
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First of all there were Chevy EV1s then. In fact it was Chevy cancelling the EV1 in 2003 that was part of the inspiration for Tesla's founders to found Tesla. (Musk was not yet involved).
Second there was AC Propulsion's tzero. The Tesla founders had a test drive in one before they founded Tesla and urged AC Propulsion to start manufacturing them, but AC Propulsion wanted to be a designer and licensor of electric car technology for others rather than a car maker. The Tesla founders than founded Tesla.
Musk came into the picture when he test drove a tzero, and also urged AC Propulsion to go into manufacturing. Instead AC Propulsion directed him to to Tesla where he became an investor and then chairman.
What Tesla did was become the first modern car company to go all in on electric cars that were intended for ordinary car buyers (although it first it was just luxury sports car buyers). I think they were also the first to go with lithium batteries.
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