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You know, you can only lose one times your money. And, and so I, my partners and I made a bet on Fisker, instead of on Tesla. Tesla was a struggling venture at the time we made the wrong choice. It wasn't clear where the funding was going to come from. Deposits from prospective buyers were being used to fund development costs. The government came through with a Solyndra style loan for Tesla, which Tesla repaid early. And that single investment, the decision to back Tesla or not, the decision to
And honest truth is, most people are buying Teslas because they're better vehicles, not for the climate benefits, which come from them.
And I guarantee you, Mary Barra, who we interviewed for the book of General Motors, the CEO of Ford, they're paying close attention to what the market is saying about it.
Well, Elon made a huge contribution. To be sure, he's now built a company that's more valuable than the next 10 automobile companies in the world. And so, not only did he make one of the most valuable companies in the world, and not only did he popularize the whole notion of electric vehicles, but he put the rest of the industry on notice.