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A lthough many readers probably think of Elon Musk when they read the company name Tesla, two other engineers formed the company, initially known as Tesla Motors. In 2003, wanting both a sports car and an electric car as a gift to himself, Tesla founder Martin Eberhard found out that he would have to build it himself. At first, Eberhard thought he’d buy himself a GM EV1, a sporty all electric coupe. GM had just scrapped its entire line of EV1s, created from 1996 to 1999, recalling many of them and destroying them. Eberhard then contacted Lotus, which directed the sports car enthusiast to a British firm that built model vehicles for major

Tesla Inc. was incorporated in July 2003 by a group of engineers who wanted to create the ultimate electric car.

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Tesla: The Feeling is Electric