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Originally Posted by Rain Man
So is Tesla poised to explode onto the market as a major player, or are they poised for a spectacular and highly visible collapse?
And who's the money behind Tesla? How did they get started?
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This reminds me of the Iridium satellite constellation. Revolutionary service heavily invested in that would bankrupt the original company and allow a secondary funder to turn a profit by buying the assets at a minimum investment. Iridium had to pay to launch 66 satellites just to reach IOC. They couldn't sell satellite based global phone service to many at $10/min so the Air Force paid something obscene like 7 cents on the dollar and still milks the system a decade later.