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Tesla, Inc.
Formerly
Tesla Motors, Inc. (2003–2017)
Public
Traded as
  • NASDAQTSLA
  • Nasdaq-100 component
  • S&P 100 component
  • S&P 500 component
ISIN ISIN: [https://isin.toolforge.org/?language=en&isin=US88160R1014 US88160R1014]
Industry
Founded July 1, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-07-01) in San Carlos, California, U.S.
Founders Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, Ian Wright, Elon Musk, J. B. Straubel See § Founding
Headquarters Gigafactory Texas,
Austin, Texas
,
U.S.
Number of locations
1,208 sales, service and delivery centers
Area served
  • East Asia
  • Europe
  • Middle East
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
Key people
Products
  • Model S
  • Model X
  • Model 3
  • Model Y
  • Semi
  • Cybertruck
  • Powerwall
  • Megapack
  • Solar Panels
  • Solar Roof
Production output
  • Increase 1,845,985 vehicles (2023)
  • Increase 14.7 GWh battery energy storage systems (2023)
  • Decrease 223 MW solar (2023)
Services
Revenue Increase US$96.8 billion (2023)
Operating income
Decrease US$8.9 billion (2023)
Increase US$15.0 billion (2023)
Total assets Increase US$106.6 billion (2023)
Total equity Increase US$62.6 billion (2023)
Owner Elon Musk (21%)
Number of employees
Increase 140,473 (2023)
Subsidiaries
  • Tesla Automation
  • Tesla Energy
Footnotes / references
Financials as of December 31,  2023 (2023 -12-31).
References:

Tesla, Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California which makes electric cars. It was started in 2003 by Martin Eberhard, Dylan Stott, and Elon Musk (who also co-founded PayPal and SpaceX and is the CEO of SpaceX). Eberhard no longer works there. Today, Elon Musk is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It started selling its first car, the Roadster in 2008.

The Tesla name originally comes from Nikola Tesla. He was an inventor who worked with electricity, electric cars and many other ideas along with Thomas Edison a century earlier.

Available products

Model S

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Tesla Model S

The Model S is a full-size luxury car with a liftback body style and a dual motor, all-wheel drive layout. Development of the Model S began prior to 2007 and deliveries started in June 2012. The Model S has seen two major design refreshes, first in April 2016 which introduced a new front-end design and again in June 2021 which revised the interior. The Model S was the top-selling plug-in electric car worldwide in 2015 and 2016. More than 250,000 vehicles have been sold as of December 2018 (when Tesla merged production numbers for the Model S and Model X).

Model X

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Tesla Model X

The Model X is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV offered in 5-, 6- and 7-passenger configurations with either a dual- or tri-motor, all-wheel drive layout. The rear passenger doors open vertically with an articulating "falcon-wing" design. A prototype Model X was first shown in February 2012 and deliveries started in September 2015. The Model X shares around 30 percent of its content with the Model S. The vehicle has seen one major design refresh in June 2021 which revised the interior.

Model 3

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Tesla Model 3

The Model 3 is a mid-size car with a fastback body style and either a dual-motor, all-wheel drive layout or a rear-motor, rear-wheel drive layout. The vehicle was designed to be more affordable than the luxury Model S sedan. A prototype Model 3 was first shown in 2016 and within a week the company received over 325,000 paid reservations. Deliveries started in July 2017. The Model 3 ranked as the world's bestselling electric car from 2018 to 2021, and cumulative sales passed 1 million in June 2021. The vehicle has seen one major design refresh in September 2023 which revised the exterior and interior.

Model Y

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Tesla Model Y

The Model Y is a mid-size crossover SUV offered in 5- and 7-passenger configurations with a single‐motor, rear-wheel drive or a dual-motor, all-wheel drive layout. The vehicle was designed to be more affordable than the luxury Model X SUV. A prototype Model Y was first shown in March 2019, and deliveries started in March 2020. The Model Y shared around 75 percent of its content with the Model 3. In the first quarter of 2023, the Model Y outsold the Toyota Corolla to become the world's best-selling car, the first electric vehicle to claim the title.

Tesla Semi

The Tesla Semi Truck (40705940423)
Tesla Semi prototype

The Tesla Semi is a Class 8 semi-truck by Tesla, Inc. with a tri-motor, rear-wheel drive layout. Tesla claims that the Semi has approximately three times the power of a typical diesel semi truck, a range of 500 miles (800 km). Two prototype trucks were first shown in November 2017 and initial deliveries were made to PepsiCo on December 1, 2022. As of December 2023, the truck remains in pilot production.

Cybertruck

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Tesla Cybertruck

The Cybertruck is a full-sized pickup truck. First announced in November 2019, pilot production began in July 2023, after being pushed back multiple times, and deliveries began on November 30, 2023. Three models are offered: rear-wheel drive, dual-motor all-wheel drive, and tri-motor all-wheel drive, with EPA range estimates of 320–340 miles (510–550 km), depending on the model. The truck's exterior design made from flat sheets of unpainted stainless steel earned a notably polarizing reception from media.

Announced products

Roadster (second generation)

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Tesla Roadster prototype

On November 16, 2017, Tesla unveiled the second generation Roadster with a purported range of 620 miles (1,000 km) with a 200 kilowatt-hours (720 MJ) battery pack that would achieve 0–60 miles per hour (0–97 km/h) in 1.9 seconds; and 0–100 mph (0–161 km/h) in 4.2 seconds, and a top speed over 250 mph (400 km/h). A "SpaceX Package" would include cold-gas thrusters. The vehicle would have three electric motors, allowing all-wheel drive and torque vectoring during cornering. The base price was set at $200,000. Musk has said that the Roadster should ship in 2024.

Tesla next-generation vehicle

The Tesla next-generation vehicle is an announced battery electric platform. It would become the third platform for the company. Vehicles based on this platform are not expected before 2025.

Future products

Roadster (second generation)

Tesla roadster 2020 prototype
Tesla Roadster prototype

In a surprise reveal at the end of the event that introduced the Tesla Semi on November 16, 2017, Tesla unveiled the second generation Roadster. Musk said that the new model will have a range of 620 miles (1,000 km) with the 200 kilowatt-hours (720 MJ) battery pack and will achieve 0–60 miles per hour (0–97 km/h) in 1.9 seconds; it also will achieve 0–100 miles per hour (0–161 km/h) in 4.2 seconds, and the top speed will be over 250 miles per hour (400 km/h). The SpaceX Package will include cold air thrusters that will increase the speed even more. The vehicle will have three electric motors allowing for all-wheel drive and torque vectoring during cornering.

At the time, the base price was set at $200,000, while the first 1,000 units (the Founder's series) will sell for $250,000. Reservations required a deposit of $50,000, and those who ordered the Founder's series paid the $250,000 in full upon ordering. Those who made a reservation at the event were allowed a test drive (with a driver) in the prototype. Deliveries are expected to start in 2023.

Tesla next-generation vehicle

The Tesla next-generation vehicle is an upcoming battery electric car under development by Tesla as of 2022. The unnamed next-generation vehicle will be the third mainstream platform for the company and Musk has claimed that its production volumes will greatly surpass those of the Model 3/Y platform, which would happen no earlier than 2025 according to Forbes.

Discontinued

Tesla Roadster

Tesla Roadster Japanese display
The original Roadster

The only discontinued Tesla vehicle model is the original Tesla Roadster. The Roadster was a two-seater sports car, evolved from the Lotus Elise chassis, that was produced from 2008 to 2012. The Roadster was the first highway legal serial production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells and the first production all-electric car to travel more than 200 miles (320 km) per charge. It is also the first production car to be launched into space; Musk launched his Roadster into a Mars-crossing orbit on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test flight on February 6, 2018.

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