Tesla, Inc. facts for kids
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Gigafactory Texas, Tesla's headquarters, in Austin, Texas
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Tesla Motors, Inc. (2003–2017) |
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| ISIN | ISIN: [https://isin.toolforge.org/?language=en&isin=US88160R1014 US88160R1014] |
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| Founded | July 1, 2003 in San Carlos, California, U.S. |
| Founders | Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, Ian Wright, Elon Musk, J. B. Straubel See § Founding |
| Headquarters | Gigafactory Texas,
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1,208 sales, service and delivery centers |
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| Revenue |  US$96.8 billion (2023) |
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 US$8.9 billion (2023) |
| US$15.0 billion (2023) |
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| Total assets | US$106.6 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | US$62.6 billion (2023) |
| Owner | Elon Musk (21%) |
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140,473 (2023) |
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| Footnotes / references Financials as of December 31, 2023[update]. References: |
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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.
Contents
Available products
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[update] (when Tesla merged production numbers for the Model S and Model X).
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
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
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
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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[update], the truck remains in pilot production.
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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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)
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
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.
Images for kids
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The insignia of Tesla as seen on a Tesla Roadster Sport
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The Tesla obelisk is used to identify the Supercharger network sites in California.
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Tesla gallery in Austin, Texas.
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Tesla Electric Car Recharging Station (USA, 2014)
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The Tesla Patent Wall at its headquarters was removed after the company announced its patents are part of the open source movement.
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Comparison of EPA-rated range for model year 2016 and 2017 electric cars rated up until March 2017, and the upcoming Tesla Model 3. Tesla vehicles included correspond to the variants with the longest and shortest range for each model (Tesla Model S and Tesla Model X).
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Tesla started production of its Tesla Model S sedan in 2012, and deliveries to retail customers began in June 2012.
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Quarterly Model S global sales up to March 2017.
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Norway is the Model S largest overseas market thanks to the country's comprehensive incentives for the adoption of pure electric cars.
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Robotic manufacturing of the Model S at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California
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Elon Musk delivering one of the first six Model X Founders Series models
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The Tesla Model X (right) shares the same platform and 30% of the parts of the Tesla Model S (left).
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Tesla Model 3 prototype at the unveiling on March 31, 2016 in Hawthorne, California.
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Tesla Model S charging at the Supercharger station in Delaware
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Panoramic view of Tesla Supercharger rapid charging station in Tejon Ranch, California
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New Tesla Model S cars at the Tesla Factory in 2012
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Tesla store in Toronto.
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Tesla showroom in Munich, Germany
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Tesla Motor's Japanese showroom in Aoyama, Tokyo, which was the first showroom opened in the country
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The Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive uses a battery pack developed by Tesla.
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Toyota RAV4 EV second generation
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Panasonic Energy Company President Naoto Noguchi presented Tesla CTO JB Straubel with the first production run of lithium-ion cells from Panasonic's facility in Suminoe, Japan.
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See also
In Spanish: Tesla, Inc. para niños
