The Eerie Similarities Between Tesla and a Failed 1940s Car Company

Preston Tucker launched a car company shortly after World War II. Those who saw "Tucker: The Man and His Dream," starring Jeff Bridges know the general outline of the man who raised millions in a stock offering only to be dragged into federal court and tried for fraud. Tucker was acquitted but his business was ruined. Someone who should study the Tucker story is Elon Musk: His actions with Tesla mirror some of the things for which Tucker got in trouble. Musk and Tesla have done nothing wrong, mind you. But remember that Tucker was ruined by the government and he had done nothing wrong either.

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