We know that Tesla Motors will have to go public to produce the White Star
How do we know that? I don't remember reading anything to indicate this?
Although I would love to be able to purchase stock in this company, I would hope that Tesla will remain private as long as possible to reduce the probability that they be subsumed by a vehicle manufacturer that decides to kill the Tesla as not being profitable enough to produce, or as too much competition for their existing line of business.
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