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Did Elon Musk invent electric cars?

I know Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla, but did he also have any hand in actually inventing electric cars?

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Allison Stone · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
While you can certainly credit
Tesla
CEO Elon Musk for his business savvy, he can’t take credit for inventing the electric car, nor did he invent any of the next-gen battery technology that we use in electric cars today.
While Musk has arguably helped launch Tesla into the mainstream and had a hand in developing some of the most successful electric cars to date, he did not create Tesla either.
Tesla Motors
was first founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, two automotive engineers who eventually attracted Musk as an investor.
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