Statistics
Company Type: | Public |
Industry: | Automotive, Energy Production, Energy Storage |
Founded: | July 1, 2003 |
Founders: | Disputed, see text |
Headquarters: |
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Website: | tesla |
About Tesla
Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company with an estimated net worth of $812.93 billion. The company is based in Palo Alto, California. Tesla’s current products include electric cars, battery energy storage from home to grid scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, as well as other related products and services. Tesla was founded by Elon Musk, JB Straubel, Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, and Ian Wright. The companies current and longest reigning CEO is Elon Musk who is also the majority and largest shareholder of the company. In 2020 the company reportedly produced a total production output of 509,737 vehicles, and had revenues of $24.578 billion in 2019. The company is famously known for creating the Tesla Roadster from 2005 – 2009, Tesla Model S and Model X from 2010 – 2015 during the companies IPO, acquiring Solar City threw a hostile takeover, and manufacturing the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y.