Tesla Motors trivia: 45 facts about the automotive and energy company!

Tesla Motors is one of the biggest automotive and energy companies in the United States and is based in California!

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1. Tesla, Inc. is an American automotive and energy company
2. It is based in Palo Alto, California
3. Formerly Tesla Motors, Inc.
4. The company specializes in electric car manufacturing
5. And, through its SolarCity subsidiary, solar panel manufacturing
6. It operates multiple production and assembly plants
7. Notably Gigafactory 1 near Reno, Nevada
8. Its main vehicle manufacturing facility at Tesla Factory in Fremont, California
9. As of June 2018, Tesla sells the Model S, Model X and Model 3 vehicles
10. Powerwall and Powerpack batteries, solar panels, solar roof tiles
11. And some related products
12. Tesla was founded in July 2003, by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning
13. Under the name Tesla Motors
14. The company’s name was derived from physicist Nikola Tesla.
15. In early Series A funding, Tesla Motors was joined by Elon Musk, J. B. Straubel and Ian Wright
16. All of whom are retroactively allowed to call themselves co- founders of the company
17. Musk, who formerly served as chairman
18. He is the current chief executive officer
19. He said that he envisioned Tesla Motors as a technology company and independent automaker
20. Aimed at eventually offering electric cars at prices affordable to the average consumer
21. Tesla Motors shortened its name to Tesla in February 2017
22. After 10 years in the market, Tesla ranked as the world’s best selling plug- in passenger car manufacturer in 2018,
23. Both as a brand and by automotive group
24. With 245,240 units delivered
25. A market share of 12% of the plug- in segment sales
26. Tesla vehicle sales in the U.S. increased by 280% from 48,000 in 2017 to 182,400 in 2018
27. Globally were up by 138% from 2017
28. Tesla Motors was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning
29. They financed the company until the Series A round of funding
30. The founders were influenced to start the company after GM recalled all its EV1 electric cars in 2003 and then destroyed them
31. Elon Musk led the Series A round of investment in February 2004
32. Joining Tesla’s board of directors as its chairman
33. Tesla’s primary goal was to commercialize electric vehicles
34. Starting with a premium sports car aimed at early adopters
35. Then moving into more mainstream vehicles, including sedans and affordable compacts
36. Musk took an active role within the company
37. He oversaw Roadster product design at a detailed level
38. In addition to his daily operational roles, Musk was the controlling investor in Tesla from the first financing round
39. Funding the large majority of the Series A capital investment round of US$7.5 million with personal funds
40. Musk later led Tesla Motors’ Series B, US$13 million
41. A nd co-led the third, US$40 million round in May 2006
42. Tesla’s third round included investment from prominent entrepreneurs
43. Including Google co- founders Sergey Brin & Larry Page, former eBay President Jeff Skoll, Hyatt heir Nick Pritzker
44. It also added the VC firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Capricorn Management and The Bay Area Equity Fund managed by JPMorgan Chase
45. The fourth round in May 2007 added another US$45 million and brought the total investments to over US$105 million through private financing