Did Elon Musk “Steal” Tesla? The Truth about the Early Years

Who really started Tesla? Elon Musk or a man named Martin Eberhard. This video clears up the early history of Tesla.

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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    • Elon Musk on the Early Days of Tesla:...  
1:17 Original Tesla roadster on Hoovies Garage    • Here's Why the Original Tesla Roadste...  
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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0:08 Mark Zuckerberg image: Anthony Quintano from Honolulu, HI, United States, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
Jeff Bezos image: Daniel Oberhaus, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
0:16 Martin Eberhard image: Nicki Dugan, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
0:25 Elon Musk image: Maurizio Pesce from Milan, Italia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
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Mark Tarpenning image: LinkedIn
Ian Wright image: LinkedIn
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4:03 Timothy Watkins image sourced from Valor Equity Partners
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4:45 Michael Marks image sourced from Celesta Capital
4:48 Image of Ze’ev Drori sourced from Alamy (Newsthink is a registered client)
4:53 Elon Musk image: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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    • Elon Musk - the full BBC interview  
0:27 CNBC interview with Martin Eberhard and Mark Tarpenning    • Tesla's Founders On Elon Musk And The...  
1:50 Ashlee Vance biography on Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-Spac...
4:59 2008 Newsweek article with Martin Eberhard https://www.newsweek.com/daniel-lyons...
5:19 2008 Fortune article with Elon Musk https://fortune.com/2008/07/21/tesla-...