Tesla, Inc., is an American company that manufactures electric vehicles, batteries and solar energy products and formerly known as Tesla Motors.
Elon Musk and a group of engineers founded Tesla in 2003 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Musk is the CEO and product architect of Tesla. Its vehicles and components are produced at its factory in Fremont, California.
Tesla, Inc., opened Gigafactory, a lithium-ion battery factory and acquired SolarCity, a solar energy services provider. It caters household and commercial demands for energy products that incorporate solar, storage, and grid services.
Timeline
Tesla's Model 3 earned safety award.
Tesla's Model 3 sedan has received the "top safety pick plus" designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
Model S unveilling
Tesla officially announced the Model S sedan at a press release on June 30, 2008. The first ten customers received their cars at the Fremont factory on June 22, 2012 at the official launch. Production grew from 15–20 cars completed per week in August 2012 to about 1,000 cars per week in 2015.
Tesla Roadster unveilling
Tesla announced their first sports car, the Tesla Roadster, based on the Lotus Elise chassis. It has a range of 393 kilometres (244 mi), a top speed of 201 km/h (125 mph) and can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) in 3.7 or 3.9 seconds depending on the model.
Production of the electric car started in 2008 and ended in 2012.
Funding rounds
Tesla, Inc. Series C round
Compass Technology Partners
DFJ
Elon Musk
Google
Larry Page
Sergey Brin
Valor Equity Partners
Aabar Investments
Daimler Company
Fjord Ventures
Series B round
Series A roundPeople
Steve Rath
Founder
Further reading
Tesla - Annual Report
Tesla, Inc.,
TESLA MOTORS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OPEN INNOVATION, AND THE CARBON CRISIS
Dr. Matthew Rimmer
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Revenge of the Electric Car
2011
www.imdb.com/title/tt1413496/
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Contributors
- 1
João Gonçalves
Born and incubated on the Internet - 2
Jed Christiansen
Special Projects & Business Development at Golden, Founder - Seed-DB. - 3
Neelam Jhaveri
Techno Geek + Gamer + Fashionista + Sense of Humor = It's ME - 4
Thomas Shaddox
Programmer at Golden, wilderness backpacker, trivia enthusiast. - 5
Will Suter
Student at the University of Notre Dame looking to expand my knowledge in topics that pique my interest. - 6
Jude Gomila
Founder and CEO of Golden, Entrepreneur. Investor in 100+ companies. Cantabrigian (Gonville and Caius). Interested in the universe.