Elon Musk and the first Tesla Roadster star in this throwback from Jay Leno’s Garage
Sometimes it is interesting to look back at the beginning of a company and see how far it has come. This is particularly true for Tesla, as the company has not existed for so long (for example compared to Mercedes-Benz). Most of us therefore remember the skepticism about his first vehicle, the Tesla Roadster.
Fortunately, we can travel back in time through the magic of the Internet and visit both the first Tesla Roadster and a fresh-faced Elon Musk when you visit Jay Leno’s large dog garage in the year 2008.
It’s quite astonishing to see the company’s rapid development from roadster to vehicle the cyber truckboth technologically and aesthetically. The roadster was way ahead of its time, and although part of the criticism journalists had put on the car at the time was well deserved, history has finally shown that it had legs.
Seeing this is an excellent reminder of that, though Elon Musk can definitely be problematicand while it can be frustrating for owners to deal with Tesla, it has gotten a lot further in a short amount of time than many companies in decades.
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