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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips,rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: Monty: Elon has space lasers ?
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 10:41:55 -0400 (EDT)
Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>>This is true, and he does get a lot of credit for that, in part because
>>Tesla was built from the ground up and even if he didn't start from the
>>ground up himself, it wasn't built on any existing design or manufacturing
>>facility.
>
>Actually, he was fortunate that the NUMMI plant had just been
>idled.

This is true, but what he wound up with didn't wind up much like NUMMI
one they were finished with it.  But it WAS a good deal for everyone 
involved.
--scott
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