| In Norway and the Netherlands, the Model 3 was the 1 best selling automobile of any kind in any class in 2019 | On July 1, 2003, Eberhard and Tarpenning incorporated their new company |
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| Dunne Automotive President, Michael Dunne, believes that the owners are well aware of such issues before buying a Tesla car as they know "they are part of this experience of the first breakthrough electric vehicles | the three men went hunting for some venture capital funding in January 2004 |
" "Straubel stopped by the office for a meeting, and was hired right away in May 2004.
29| Despite such poor servicing of vehicles, Blue Book's Karl Brauer believes that there has not been a big effect on the Tesla brand as early owners are not completely dependent on their Model S sedans and Model X SUVs | |
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| But there is one car that is way off the curve: the Tesla Roadster | Bills, Alexander; Sripad, Shashank; Viswanathan, Venkat |
| " "The third desk was occupied a few months later by Ian Wright | 5 million, Musk had become the largest shareholder of Tesla and the chairman of the company |
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| Tesla was founded not by Elon Musk, but rather by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in July 2003 | 5 million Series A financing round in February 2004 |