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Billions of Blistering Barnacles

The tale of a Californian electric car company with larger than life ambitions, run by a man with thinner-than-paper skin

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Tesla aims to produce 500,000 cars, or 72 per cent of stated capacity
But in upside-down markets, anything is bullish.
Tesla: no comment
And we thought it was just because we were special.
FT Alphaville takes a Tesla out for a spin
We channel our inner Top Gear around the curvy roads of Southern England in this new FT Video.
Tesla’s cash to be collected: redux
CFO Zachary Kirkhorn provides some welcome colour, alongside some mystery.
Congratulations Elon, you’ve earned it
When an option payout is larger than aggregate profits.
Elon, u ok hun?
“I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no house.”

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