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Franz von Holzhausen (born May 10, 1968) is an American vehicle designer. Since 2008, he has been in charge of design at Tesla, Inc. He led design for the Tesla Model S, Model X, Model 3, Model Y, Semi, Cybertruck, and Tesla Roadster (second generation).
Tesla was incorporated (as Tesla Motors) on July 1, 2003, by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California. [2] [3] [4] The founders were influenced to start the company after General Motors recalled all its EV1 electric cars in 2003 and then destroyed them, [5] and seeing the higher fuel efficiency of battery-electric cars as an opportunity to break the usual correlation ...
Tesla, Inc. (/ ˈ t ɛ s l ə / TESS-lə or / ˈ t ɛ z l ə / TEZ-lə [a]) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs), stationary battery energy storage devices from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar shingles, and related products and services.
The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric sportscar with 244 miles (393 km) (EPA) range. On November 30, 2007, Tesla released a press release titled "Martin Eberhard, Co-founder of Tesla Motors, to Transition to Advisory Board." [15] Fortune magazine reported in December 2007 that chairman Elon Musk had asked Eberhard to leave.
The Tesla Cybertruck is a battery electric pickup truck manufactured by Tesla, Inc. since 2023. [4] Introduced as a concept vehicle in November 2019, its body design is reminiscent of low-polygon modelling, consisting of flat stainless steel sheet panels.
The Tesla’s unique angular design is a direct result of the extremely durable stainless steel alloy employed that can repel virtually any ding or minor dent to the fitted exterior panels.
By 2008, von Holzhausen had designed what would become the production Model S's exterior. Tesla unveiled a prototype of the vehicle in March 2009 in Hawthorne, California. To produce the Model S, Tesla acquired a facility in Fremont, California, which was previously owned by General Motors and Toyota.
The final design Tesla started building at Wardenclyffe consisted of a wood-framed tower 186 feet (57 m) tall and the cupola 68 feet (21 m) in diameter. It had a 55-ton steel (some report it was a better conducting material, such as copper) hemispherical structure at the top (referred to as a cupola).