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Tesla Borrows From Apple to Sell Cars

By Tom Ryan July 11,2012

About Author.
Tom Ryan has more than 15 years experience as

a reporter covering the retail trade. Starting his career as a beat reporter in 1990 for Fairchild Publications Mr. Ryan authored more than 200 front-page articles over a ten-year period for Women's Wear Daily and also wrote extensively for the Daily News Record (DNR) . In 2004. Mr. Ryan became senior editor at Sporting Goods Business (SGB), the leading monthly trade magazine for the sporting goods industry.

Article Summary
The Santa Monica store has only one operational

Model S for show, the skeleton of a Model S platform, and a design prototype of the Model X crossover SUV, which is set to launch in 2013. Mr. Blankenship, who was hired two years ago, is best known for helping guide the opening of Apple's first 150 stores and has likened Tesla's retail model to Apple's. "You'll never see a 'don't touch' sign in a Tesla store," Mr. Blankenship told Forbes. "We want everyone from kindergartners to grandparents to come in and see for themselves why driving electric is the future."

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