I thought it was more like $0.52 when he took over but the point is he should have raised money to run the machines and proved they worked before shutting them down and trying to sell them without any run tickets.

If Tesla shut down, didn't do a single thing for the next 5 years, would you buy the 3rd car they ever made?

You keep saying Rick kept the company alive.

I think he killed it by shutting everything down.