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Introduction
"Christie Nicholson remembers meeting Elon Musk for the first time at a party back in 1989. I believe the second sentence out of his mouth was, 'I think a lot about electric cars.' And then he turned to me and said, 'Do you think about electric cars?'" And just so you know, if you want to follow along, I'm in part three, The Story of Tesla. And again, that's available at waitbutwhy.com.
"When he decided in 2003 to stop thinking about electric cars and start making them, the odds weren't in Musk's favor. There were high barriers to entry that had prevented any startup car company from succeeding in almost a century. There was the unaccounted-for cost of carbon emissions, which made starting an EV company like trying to stand out on a basketball court as a rookie when all the players except you can foul with no penalty.