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'''[[Wikipedia:Tesla, Inc.|Tesla, Inc.]]''' (formerly '''Tesla Motors''') is a company founded by [[Martin Eberhard]] and [[Marc Tarpenning]] in 2003. In 2008, it was funded and taken over by [[Elon Musk]], when both original founders left their positions.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/money/Tesla-Motors</ref><ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2022/09/29/tesla-a-history-of-innovation-and-headaches/?sh=279647518735</ref> Elon Musk has taken the company in radical directions since and started on a foot of trying to follow in Apple's, from a consumer protection standpoint, controversial steps with things like requiring subscriptions or just flat-out being a Tesla technician to fix 2012's Model S<ref>https://www.slotcar-today.com/problems/tesla/model-s/2012</ref>, and then going beyond that and truly waging war on consumers, whether it's the continued denial of adding [[Apple Carplay]] or [[Android Auto]] to their vehicles, putting an expiry date on their cars and leaving people woefully at the whims of Elon Musk choosing what can and can't be done with their vehicles; or making a $100,000 "utility" vehicle whose warranty is void by a simple carwash.