Did Elon Musk "Steal" Tesla? The TRUTH About the Early Years

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0:08 Elon Musk image used with permission courtesy of U.S. Air Force Academy https://www.usafa.af.mil/
0:19 Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley. Check out Part I of their interview with Elon Musk here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeeeEDSekG8&t=6s
1:17 Original Tesla roadster on Hoovies Garage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SAP8Y10RL4&t=422s
1:23 Martin Eberhard interview courtesy of autoblog.com
3:15 Original Tesla Roadster footage used with permission from: Rover_Nut on Flickr https://flic.kr/p/5pAphK
6:33 Elon Musk image used with permission courtesy of the U.S. Air Force Academy https://www.usafa.af.mil/

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0:16 Martin Eberhard image: Nicki Dugan, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Mark Tarpenning image: LinkedIn
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6:10 Elon Musk image: Used with permission courtesy of U.S. Air Force Academy https://www.usafa.af.mil/
6:34 Elon Musk image: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Articles and interviews referenced:
0:10 BBC interview with Elon Musk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0871VJfvD1c
0:27 CNBC interview with Martin Eberhard and Mark Tarpenning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eblPwXFb7TE&t=11s
1:50 Ashlee Vance biography on Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/006230125X
4:59 2008 Newsweek article with Martin Eberhard https://www.newsweek.com/daniel-lyons-teslas-electric-car-loses-its-juice-85403
5:19 2008 Fortune article with Elon Musk https://fortune.com/2008/07/21/tesla-elon-musk-electric-car-motors/