Tesla Headquarters in Palo Alto
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ISIN | US88160R1014 |
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Founded | July 1, 2003 Delaware, US |
(as Tesla Motors)
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Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, US |
Area served
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Worldwide |
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Revenue | US$7.00B (2016) |
US$-667.3M (2016) | |
US$-674.9M (2016) | |
Total assets | US$22.66B (2016) |
Total equity | US$4.75B (2016) |
Owner | Elon Musk (20.5%) |
Number of employees
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33,000 (2017) |
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Website | tesla |
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Coordinates: 37°23′41″N 122°09′01″W / 37.3947057°N 122.1503251°W
Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an American automaker, energy storage company, and solar panel manufacturer based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2003, the company specializes in electric cars, lithium-ion battery energy storage, and residential photovoltaic panels (through the subsidiary company SolarCity). The additional products Tesla sells include the Tesla Powerwall and Powerpack batteries, solar panels and solar roof tiles.
CEO Elon Musk said that he envisions Tesla as a technology company and independent automaker, aimed at eventually offering electric cars at prices affordable to the average consumer. The company was named after the Serbian-American electrical engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla by company co-founders Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.