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Welcome back everybody you know we're here at Hewlett-Packard we just finished talking about equipment back when she -- eBay she says.
A young kid in his twenties came to her and -- I want you to look at my company PayPal.
And I think we're gonna change the face of banking that young kid was EU law Abbas who is now today the CEO.
Of Tesla Motors and of SpaceX are rocket ship company he is a serial entrepreneur or.
And nowadays he's not a publicly traded auto company that's actually up 28% -- -- year.
In part two of our exclusive interview on the floor of the Tesla plant.
Elon -- on his ideas his thoughts about this car company and about getting people to the moon Mars and beyond here -- it.
You have this whole hand and your building cars.
Let's start -- US auto company the first half in -- you.
Front that we receive little -- yeah.
And at the same time.
You've got -- -- -- company -- -- -- strength which we covered it extensively but SpaceX just had a of the really big moment where you were able to -- Your dragon capsule with the International Space Station first time.
A private company has been able to do some.
Things like that.
What does that mean for SpaceX eventually may be going public.
Physics is -- -- for one -- -- -- as we need to have to raise money but it remains untested.
Provide you know liquidity and appropriate perhaps a shareholder -- will get.
Did get to my that we richest of public.
Do.
It and it in a few years of -- but but there's not really any pressing needs of public spaces.
Now you tell me about.
When you anticipate humans will -- dragon capsule.
On the bounce I think we'll probably go first what investments in about three years and you know -- -- wanted to ask what we're gonna get something on our.
My cars.
On who -- will be able to.
You.
-- months machine.
With people you know 1215 years that's.
And that's our aspiration thing you're not -- nominated him the finish line up vanished model.
S and what's this moment like when you see these.
It's it's very -- -- the finished car and not technically is not quite.
Finish this is the but this is the final inspection line where we're going through every detail car.
Traffic is perfect as possible to the cost of -- production line sometimes their little -- that we have to make to improve and get everybody to correct.
Come and that's what we do on the catwalk.
We've got an election coming up.
President Obama and his administration has been very supportive of green energy electrical vehicles.
-- would have Mitt Romney -- hurt your company in any way shape or form.
Not a -- -- think it would make much difference actually.
-- President Obama is just as -- supporter of sustainable energy and and and -- an electric cars next thing and it's.
Minutes worth noting that the Department of Energy program.
The India domestic launch vehicle inspection program which this what is the one your workforce was -- global President Bush.
It's.
And -- this point we've we've.
Fully drawn down the loan since we have it's into I don't know we're probably reduce its if you really hated us.
Presented out of it's a sovereign.
But did little to -- of well I think what's your dreams for Tesla spinach for work.
Woman who might that might have -- -- -- with the growth has this -- to.
It's it was a catalyst for the -- electric cars that -- goes -- view of biggest car company has just to.
It's to vote -- great cars.
That that people and look forward to and make.
Elon Musk told me something really interesting he told me that he pretty much believed that even though he was forging ahead in the early years with Tesla and SpaceX but they would fail.
But he said you just have to forge ahead as an entrepreneur and as the owner or begin our founder of the business and think.
And will it to happen you know -- it to happen and really when you think about it if any of you out there thinking of starting a business look at the model of the Elon -- starting PayPal selling it.
Four hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars and that he got a meat was sold for more than a 1000000002 Meg Whitman at eBay back bad but.
He isn't done he's -- got a company called solar city that he believes will soon as he told Fox Business.
Go -- -- so watch out for solar city.
