[mikeash]

Tesla's development doesn't look to be particularly constrained by money at the moment. I'd worry that getting a bunch of cash from Uncle Google to expand rapidly would ultimately destroy the company, as compared to organic growth where they can take things at a proper pace.

I also find that eight-year guarantee to be rather unimpressive. The Model 3 will be the true start of Tesla's game changing, and the deal was basically that Tesla could be broken up or killed once the Model 3 showed up.

This deal was only on the table because Tesla was in crisis. The moment they recovered, it went away. Clearly they thought that they could do better on their own than they could if they were part of Google, and I see no reason to disagree.