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#12 Elon Musk & How Tesla Will Change The World

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Those Dealerships That Don't Want to Sell Directly to Consumers Are Suing Tesla

The design of the door handles came about when it was time for handles they didn't want to ruin how it was so they figured out how to make the handles lay flush with the door. Tesla and spacex are able to drop costs so low because they're they're way more vertically integrated than other companies in their respective industries. They wanted to get rid of buttons all together and have all the controls on a huge 17 inch touchscreen but when their first car came out there was no iPad yet and 17 inch touch screen suitable for car Didn't exist so they built their own again just another example of starting from first principles and making sure you're not a derivative of just another car company

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