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☆ A timeline of Elon Musk's political stances and donations before his latest embrace of the Republican Party
  + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jake Lahut | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
And as one of the richest and most powerful people in the world, Musk's political stances carry a great weight. Musk's political donations dating back to 2002 fit neatly into just a single landing page on OpenSecrets, a nonprofit organization that tracks money in politics. AdvertisementThough Musk historically hasn't been big on political donations, he's publicly said that he weighs in on politics when it could affect his businesses. Musk's political coming of age during the pre-social media era remains much of a mystery. His latest donations have all been to Republican candidates and causes, with Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware being the last Democrat to receive any Musk donations back in 2020.
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☆ Elon Musk accuses Ralph Nader of 'lying' over claims he took 'taxpayers to the cleaners' with Tesla
  + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Elon Musk accused Ralph Nader of lying after claiming he took "taxpayers to the cleaners" with Tesla. Nader, 88, accused Musk of taking "taxpayers to the cleaners for his factories and for Starlink. Musk responded: "Ralph Nader, you are lying – shame on you! I personally provided almost all Tesla funding, based on my proceeds from PayPal." Musk added in his tweet to Nader that the "first meaningful government funding" Tesla received was in the second quarter of 2010.
☆ Tesla cofounder's advice to EV startups: Don't try to be Tesla
  + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Tesla cofounder Martin Eberhard says EV companies shouldn't try to compete head-on with Tesla. He said EV startups should try to find their own market and avoid launching Tesla-like models. "My advice to anybody who wants to get into the EV space now is don't try to compete head-on with Tesla," Eberhard told Insider in an interview. Lucid confirmed that Eberhard worked at the startup for a short period in 2015 but declined to comment on his departure. After leaving Tesla, Eberhard served for about two years as the director of EV development at Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory.
☆ Ousted Tesla cofounder Martin Eberhard sounds off on Elon Musk, how the company has changed, and the EV wars
  + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +17 min
But Eberhard and Musk butted heads, and Musk ousted Eberhard from his CEO role in 2007. Musk said that Eberhard was holding up production of Tesla's first car, the Roadster, and that Eberhard was responsible for other operational issues. And the proof is for the first time ever in decades we built a car company successfully. "His behavior changed dramatically as soon as we started having press about Tesla," Eberhard said. Musk has said the company "is as much a software company as it is a hardware company."
☆ Tesla cofounder says he was 'basically unemployable' and out of money for 2 years after being ousted from the company
  + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
A Tesla cofounder said he was out of money and "basically unemployable" after he left the carmaker. Martin Eberhard was ousted as CEO of Tesla by Elon Musk and left the company in 2007. "After I left Tesla, I was basically unemployable for about two years because of the intellectual-property agreement I had with Tesla and with Tesla being as litigious as they are," Eberhard told Insider. The Tesla cofounder lost his role as CEO of Tesla about three years after Elon Musk began investing in the electric-car maker. Eberhard previously told Insider that Musk and Tesla's board had met behind his back and voted to replace him as CEO.
☆ Tesla's founders on Elon Musk and the early days
  + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Dain Evans | Jason Reginato | Magdalena Petrova | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTesla's founders on Elon Musk and the early daysElon Musk is the most famous CEO of Tesla, but he's not the company's founder. The original executives, Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, founded the company in 2003. CNBC sat down with them to talk about the idea for Tesla Motors, the battery, Elon Musk and building its first car, the all-electric Roadster.
☆ Elon Musk slams Tesla founder Martin Eberhard in response to a tweet about the company's origin: he 'could have risked his money, but was unwilling to do so'
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Eberhard told Insider Musk's comments on Tesla's history were "typical" of the billionaire. "Not one sentence of that tweet is true," Eberhard told Insider. In 2009, Eberhard sued Musk, alleging libel and slander because Musk started calling himself Tesla's founder. "I was thinking that I should do what every guy does and buy a sports car," Eberhard told Insider in 2014. Eberhard told Baer it was the first time he butted heads with Musk.
☆ Elon Musk slams Tesla founder Martin Eberhard in response to a tweet about the company's origin: He 'could have risked his money, but was unwilling to do so'
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Eberhard once sued Musk, alleging libel because Musk said he's a Tesla founder. Eberhard told Insider that Musk's comments on Tesla's history were "typical" of the billionaire. "Not one sentence of that tweet is true," Eberhard told Insider. In 2009, Eberhard sued Musk, alleging libel and slander because Musk started calling himself Tesla's founder. "I was thinking that I should do what every guy does and buy a sports car," Eberhard told Insider in 2014.
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