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prototype at a car show to see how it will perform. meanwhile the company has sold just more than 1,100 tesla roadsters. it's obviously not that many. but if you can turn your head fast enough and spot one, they definitely stand out. other car companies have taken notice of more than just its aesthetics. >> by the end of this year we'll have delivered 35 electric rav 4 prototypes to toyota. the purpose of that is for toyota to assess tesla power train technology in greater detail. daimler is already purchasing batteries and charging systems for some of their products. toyota may do so in larger quantities in the future. certainly if other companies are interested in doing that sort of thing we would discuss that with them. >> reporter: that may be an increasingly large part of tesla's strategy. farming out its technology as traditional carmakers look for more alternative energy solutions. c-net's brian cooley. >> this to me is a relationship investment, to make sure they have access to toyota's intellectual property, what

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