ClaimsElon Musk

“The reason we had to start off with step 1 was that it was all I could afford to do with what I made from PayPal.”

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, blog author 20 July 2016 Master Plan, Part Deux (Tesla)

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Musk said that starting with step 1 was all he could afford to do with what he made from PayPal.

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Reasoning

It concerns Musk's private finances and reasoning, which no public record can settle.

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Elon Musk, “Musk said that starting with step 1 was all he could afford to do with what he made from PayPal.” (said 20 July 2016). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_cc1c258bd671, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_cc1c258bd671

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