Did Elon Musk “Steal” Tesla? The Truth about the Early Years

Who really started Tesla? Elon Musk or a man named Martin Eberhard. This video clears up the early history of Tesla. Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom   / cindypom   Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Tom Eng Support us on Patreon:   / newsthink   Special thanks to the following for permission to use their material: 0:08 Elon Musk image used with permission courtesy of U.S. Air Force Academy https://www.usafa.af.mil/ 0:19 Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley. Check out Part I of their interview with Elon Musk here    • Elon Musk on the Early Days of Tesla: Inte...   1:17 Original Tesla roadster on Hoovies Garage    • Here's Why the Original Tesla Roadster was...   1:23 Martin Eberhard interview courtesy of autoblog.com 3:15 Original Tesla Roadster footage used with permission from: Rover_Nut on Flickr https://flic.kr/p/5pAphK 6:33 Elon Musk image used with permission courtesy of the U.S. Air Force Academy https://www.usafa.af.mil/ Thumbnail source: Elon Musk image: Used with permission courtesy of U.S. Air Force Academy https://www.usafa.af.mil/ Sources: 0:08 Mark Zuckerberg image: Anthony Quintano from Honolulu, HI, United States, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons Jeff Bezos image: Daniel Oberhaus, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 0:16 Martin Eberhard image: Nicki Dugan, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 0:25 Elon Musk image: Maurizio Pesce from Milan, Italia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons Background image: Tumbenhaur, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 0:45 Elon Musk image: OnInnovation CC-BY ND 2.0 via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/oninnov... JB Straubel image: RudolfSimon, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons Mark Tarpenning image: LinkedIn Ian Wright image: LinkedIn 3:53 Tesla Motors Inc., Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons 4:03 Timothy Watkins image sourced from Valor Equity Partners 4:12 Credits: Klima- und Energiefonds, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) via Flickr 4:17 3:17 Spencer Thomas, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/spencer... 4:36 Argonne National Laboratory, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 4:45 Michael Marks image sourced from Celesta Capital 4:48 Image of Ze’ev Drori sourced from Alamy (Newsthink is a registered client) 4:53 Elon Musk image: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) 6:10 Elon Musk image: Used with permission courtesy of U.S. Air Force Academy https://www.usafa.af.mil/ 6:34 Elon Musk image: NASA/Bill Ingalls Articles and interviews referenced: 0:10 BBC interview with Elon Musk    • Elon Musk - the full BBC interview   0:27 CNBC interview with Martin Eberhard and Mark Tarpenning    • Tesla's Founders On Elon Musk And The Earl...   1:50 Ashlee Vance biography on Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-Spac... 4:59 2008 Newsweek article with Martin Eberhard https://www.newsweek.com/daniel-lyons... 5:19 2008 Fortune article with Elon Musk https://fortune.com/2008/07/21/tesla-...