In a 2008 video, Elon Musk talks about Tesla and more.
A 13-year-old video in which Elon Musk explains why Tesla cars are so expensive has resurfaced online and is currently going viral on Twitter. Elon Musk’s Tesla is now considered one of the most valuable automotive companies in the world – but it hasn’t always been that way. In 2008 – which Musk said earlier was the “worst year” of his life – Tesla was losing money.
According to Space.com, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors told 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley in an interview that his Falcon 1 rocket had failed, while the Tesla Roadster, a two-seater sports car, was losing money. quickly. At the time, Mr. Musk himself was in debt.
“To save Tesla, Musk needed millions of investors. His fortune is gone,” said Pelley.
It was at the end of this year that Elon Musk performed before an audience of about 300 people from the film, television and music industry for an event organized by The Hollywood Hill and spoke about Tesla’s electric cars.
A video from the December 2008 event went viral after being shared on Twitter yesterday by Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley. “Whenever someone buys a Tesla Roadster sports car … every penny Tesla earns goes towards developing a smaller, lower-cost vehicle,” says Musk in the video. He even countered criticism that Tesla’s expensive electric vehicles are just “toys for rich people” and don’t really help the environment, explaining that it takes time to optimize new technologies.
.@elonmusk discussing electric vehicles in 2008, as tesla was almost broke. pic.twitter.com/q41Tw9bfx9
– Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) February 22, 2021
The video has accumulated over 2.2 million views on the microblogging platform, along with thousands of ‘likes’ and retweets.
“My restaurants are struggling to stay open, but when you have vision and refuse to be quiet, it’s videos like this that put more pressure on me. Very good, Elon. Never stop believing,” wrote one person in the comments section.
“The greatest entrepreneur of our time,” commented another.
You can watch the full presentation here.
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