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Tesla, Inc.
Public
Traded as
ISIN US88160R1014
Industry
Founded July 1, 2003; 14 years ago (2003-07-01) (as Tesla Motors)
Delaware, US
Founders
Headquarters Palo Alto, California, US
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Revenue IncreaseUS$7.00B (2016)
IncreaseUS$-667.3M (2016)
IncreaseUS$-674.9M (2016)
Total assets IncreaseUS$22.66B (2016)
Total equity IncreaseUS$4.75B (2016)
Owner Elon Musk (20.5%)
Number of employees
33,000 (2017)
Subsidiaries
Website tesla.com
Footnotes / references

Coordinates: 37°23′41″N 122°09′01″W / 37.3947057°N 122.1503251°W / 37.3947057; -122.1503251

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.


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