Company
Tesla, Inc.
Tesla designs, manufactures and sells battery electric vehicles, stationary battery energy storage, solar panels and solar shingles. ↗
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas ↗ |
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| Founded | 2003 ↗ |
| Founders | Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning ↗ |
| Leadership | Elon Musk, CEO ↗; Robyn Denholm, chair ↗ |
| Department of War obligations | $19 million in prime contracts since fiscal 2022 ↗ |
| Ownership | Public (Nasdaq: TSLA) ↗ |
Products
- Tesla makes the Model S, a luxury sedan, first produced in 2012. ↗
- Tesla makes the Model 3 sedan, which began production in 2017. ↗
- Tesla makes the Model Y crossover, which began production in 2020. ↗
- Tesla makes the Semi, a truck that began production in 2022. ↗
- Tesla makes the Cybertruck, a pickup truck that began production in 2023. ↗
- Tesla sells the Powerwall, a home battery pack unveiled in April 2015. ↗
Acquisitions
- Tesla acquired the solar energy company SolarCity in 2016 and later merged it with its battery storage division to form Tesla Energy. ↗
- Tesla acquired the German engineering firm Grohmann Engineering in late 2016 as a division focused on automation. ↗
- Tesla acquired Maxwell Technologies for over $200 million. ↗