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Tesla banks on low factory outlays in drive to profits
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To build the Model S, Tesla paid $42 million for a former GM plant in 2010, spent $17 million for some presses and machinery, and received other used equipment at a "fraction" of the original cost from parts suppliers.
(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)
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Alan Ohnsman
April 14, 2012 05:00 AM
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