
spectrum.ieee.org
September 18, 2026
18 min read
51/100
Summary
In December 2003, Eberhard also proposed a demo at Buck’s of Woodside, a popular restaurant frequented by tech entrepreneurs. At 5 o’clock on any evening, Buck’s probably had more VCs per square foot than any building in the country. Eberhard’s plan was to “show off what a real electric sports car can do,” he wrote in an email to Buck’s owner, Jamis MacNiven. MacNiven happily obliged. In some ways...