Daimler buys stake in Tesla

May. 19, 2009
Tesla's dream of creating affordable, all-electric cars got a high-voltage jolt Tuesday when German auto giant Daimler bought a 10 percent stake in the San Carlos company. "We're thrilled," said Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla's vice president of business...
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