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"It doesn't help to have a car that's cheap, but that sucks." This isn't the sort of direct language that you typically hear from a CEO these days, but this is exactly the kind of material you can expect from Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk. Over the course of our conversation, Musk (who earlier co-founded PayPal (http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/10/paypal-interview-david-marcus-customer-service/) and who also heads up SpaceX (http://www.engadget.com/tag/spacex)) went on the record calling journalists who didn't understand the benefits of leases "dumbasses" and pledged that use of the company's Supercharger stations (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/19/tesla-supercharger-network-goes-live/) will always, forever and ever, be free. Candid responses such as these are not new (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/20/ce-oh-no-Elon-Musk-says-Fisker-Karma-is-medeocre-and-expensive/) for Mr. Musk, having certainly caused some turmoil (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/14/musk-vs-times/) in the past, and they do make for quite an interesting interview. Join us as we explore why the cheapest Model S was scrapped and we ask just when we can expect the fabled, and truly affordable, third-generation Tesla.
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