An Early Long-Format Conversation With Elon Musk (November 7, 2008)

Here's an early long-format conversation with Elon Musk, held at the Web 2.0 Summit on November 7, 2008, with John Battelle.

Timestamps:

00:24 Roadster specs & production
2:56 The path to mass-market electric car
4:15 Product plan: Model S, 3rd model
6:36 Lay-offs & Tesla financials
11:40 Solar City
13:41 Lack of EVs at OEMs
15:31 Tesla's mission
19:03 Becoming space-faring
21:06 Government as customer
23:07 Elon didn’t plan on taking on so much
26:21 Deals with OEMs
27:41 Is EV a serious thing?

Source:
https://x.com/elon_docs/status/1804967166011158554

See also:

Elon Musk @elonmusk videos on this Rumble channel:
https://rumble.com/playlists/QyVC8eBbxlM