Tesla: Impossible Until It's Not

Published: Aug. 18, 2017, 7 a.m.

b'Tesla is the most valuable car company in the US, recently surpassing even the auto giant, General Motors. But this high valuation is not due to the number of cars they make and it is certainly not due to profits which are incidentally non-existent. So what is it all about? \\n\\nAshlee Vance has written the preeminent biography on the genius driving Tesla, SpaceX and Hyperloop, Elon Musk, with insights gained from his unprecedented access to the eccentric entrepreneur. Peter Henderson talks about Tesla\\u2019s make or break moment as with the arrival and scaling of the S model, aimed at average American families. \\n\\nPeter Henderson, West Coast Deputy Bureau Chief, Thomson Reuters\\nAshlee Vance, Reporter, Bloomberg Businessweek\\n\\nThis program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on July 12, 2017.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'