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Law Practice

Jun. 4, 2013

Tesla defies odds, pays off loan 9 years early

What is perhaps most surprising is that Tesla's main vehicle, the Model S, doesn't just work; it excels - wildly. By Jonathan Michaels


By Jonathan Michaels


Few things in life can be more daunting than the launching of a new car company. The automobile is by far the most complex - and dangerous - piece of machinery ever to be placed in the hands of a consumer. Consider that the modern day automobile has some 10,000 moving parts and 100 million lines of software code running through dozens of on-board microprocessors. This symphony of parts not only needs to work, but to keep working through years...

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