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Driven to Tesla

I Ordered My Tesla a Year Ago Today

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Matt Margolis
Apr 18, 2026
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I’m taking a little break from politics today…

Back in 2018, I walked into a Tesla showroom in California, sat down inside a Model X, and never quite got the experience out of my head.

I didn’t even get to drive it. Didn’t matter. The technology was unlike anything I’d seen, and from that moment, Tesla remained on my radar — even as I told myself an elect…

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