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by WavingThe44 3734 days ago
As an extreme example, before starting Tesla, Eberhard took an existing electric car [A], which was itself built on an existing kit car [B], and had a different battery technology installed [C]. And then used it as a proof of concept to start Tesla.

[A] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion_tzero

[B] http://www.funcar.com/sportech/

[C] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion_tzero#Lithium-io...