"Tesla Versus Prius" Clip from Interview with Elon Musk, 2008

Musk_Tesla_Prius_R1.avi.Still001 / "Tesla Versus Prius" Clip from Interview with Elon Musk, 2008
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Artifact Overview

From the idea of "aggregating all of your financial services seamlessly" to multiplanetary existence for the human species, Elon Musk is driven by ideas that propose to fundamentally change the way we live. Building on the financial success of his Internet ventures, the entrepreneur-inventor has gone on to take risk, reward and unconventional thinking to new levels entirely.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Film clip

Date Made

26 June 2008

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2008.109.1.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Elon Musk.
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