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>> Worst case scenario with his current strategy: they run out of money and an acquirer buys them for the cost of their debt and gets a company ...

Yes. And the acquiring company could be Apple, which has cash and past form in buying a company for its charismatic CEO.

Years from now, I would not be surprised to find out that a handshake deal occurred last Summer, just before Apple apparently stopped trying to make a car.