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Tesla Up 1,081%: The Big Bet to Make Now

"You're insane." My friend Sasha scoffed as we sipped lattes for our Sunday morning ritual. Across the table, Brian just shrugged, confident in his claim. "You'll see. Soon even your parents are going to want one. Top Gear is just lying." I watched the exchange between my two friends, familiar with this discussion by now. See, this was in 2011, and we were debating electric cars. More specifically, the Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) Roadster - the first highway-legal electric car series you could purchase from a company. By then, the car had been on the market for about three years, and we had seen the Top Gear episode that implied the shiny-new vehicle was defective (the reason Tesla sued Top Gear). We were fascinated by what this tech meant for our futures, so I ended up routinely discussing it with my 20-something friends over coffee. After all, it was practically something out of a sci-fi novel - a peppy sports car that ran solely on lithium batteries. I

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