Franz von Holzhausen

The initial offerings were not what Musk had envisioned, and massive amounts of time and money were wasted on designs that did not meet the expectations or vision. When von Holzhausen was hired in 200, Tesla was near bankruptcy. Once he had presented a concept that Musk was pleases with, the changes started. Make a sedan that fit 7, as Musk had 5 youg children. Make a master touchscreen to handle the majority of the cars functions, this was years before the iPad was released. The touch screen had to be designed from scratch and capable of withstanding the rigors of the being part of an automobile. The car had to be made of aluminum in order to be light enough to be powered by batteries. Equipment to tool and stamp the redesigned Model S had to be purchased and fitted and the technique to stamp aluminum bodies that not only were strong but good looking had yet to be perfected (aluminum body cars made up less than 5%…