I Read Books And Talked To People.

Well, My Motivation Behind Tesla Is Really To Do As Much Good As Possible For The Environment And The Electric-vehicle Revolution. I Think There Is Still A Lot Of Work To Do And If We Were To Sell To A Big Company, I'm Not Sure It Would Progress At The Same Pace.

Funded By The Government Just Means Funded By The People. Government, By The Way, Has No Money. It Only Takes Money From The People. Sometimes People Forget That That's Really What Occurs.

Silicon Valley Has Evolved A Critical Mass Of Engineers And Venture Capitalists And All The Support Structure - The Law Firms, The Real Estate, All That - That Are All Actually Geared Toward Being Accepting Of Startups.

Some People Don't Like Change, But You Need To Embrace Change If The Alternative Is Disaster.

The Space Shuttle Was Often Used As An Example Of Why You Shouldn't Even Attempt To Make Something Reusable. But One Failed Experiment Does Not Invalidate The Greater Goal. If That Was The Case, We'd Never Have Had The Light Bulb.