Man there is something truly remarkable about Musk that he successfully convinced some people to, in effect, treat Tesla, a for-profit company, as a charity and to donate to them thousands of dollars with no expectation of anything in return.

Any other company would just raise money from investors, whether those be institution or from main street via the stock or bond markets.

But Tesla just sold folks a dream and they bought it, allowing Tesla to generate cashflow without Musk having to worry about pesky shareholders or dilution or even delivering a working product.

I suspect that phenomenon will be studied in business school for years to come.