[al_borland]

> Elon wasn't even at Tesla when they started the model S design.

Do you have a source on this? According to Wikipedia, Elon became chairman of the board, 8 months after the company was incorporated, in 2004. The Roadster project started in 2005. The Model S era it says started in 2010, with production starting in 2012.

For all intents and purposes, Elon was there the whole time, for everything that mattered. At least as far as I can tell by this timeline.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.

[satiric]

My faulty memory is the only source - looks like I was remembering that he became CEO in 2008. The Wikipedia article for the model S says they began design in 2007.