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" I used to have to pick up the phone and talk to people who placed orders for the car. When you reach a certain size, you need to have processes in place. "

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" When we first showed the Karma in January 2008, we had barely started the company. "

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" The car is the most regulated thing in the world. It's more complicated to make a car than it is to send a rocket to space. "

" I remember, as a kid, riding in the back of my dad's old Saab 95 in Denmark. We were on the highway, and suddenly this silver Maserati Bora came upon us, then passed. At the time, to me, this car looked like a spaceship. "

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" I don't take on projects that are a hassle or when someone comes in and says, 'We really need this design,' and I'm like, 'OK, fine, I'll do it.' It really has to be something that I personally feel intrigued and excited about - any product, as long as I'm excited by it. It doesn't have to be a car. "

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