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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 ...
In 2008, [9] he went to work for Tesla, where he led the design of vehicles including the Model S, [10] Model X, [11] Model 3, [12] [13] Model Y, [14] Semi, [15] Cybertruck, [16] and second-generation Tesla Roadster. [17] He became known to a wide audience as the result of inadvertently smashing the windows of the Cybertruck during an unveiling ...
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.
3) If designed right, electric cars can appeal to even the most serious car enthusiast, as electric drive is capable of seriously outperforming internal combustion engines. Eberhard drives the second of Tesla Motors Founder's Series Roadsters cars, which is the first series of the Tesla Roadster (2008). [14]
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A 2009 lawsuit settlement with Eberhard designated Musk as a Tesla co-founder, along with Tarpenning and two others. [120] [121] Tesla began delivery of the Roadster, an electric sports car, in 2008. With sales of about 2,500 vehicles, it was the first mass production all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells. [122]
The Tesla Model S is a battery-electric, four-door full-size car produced by the American automaker Tesla since 2012. The automaker's second vehicle and longest-produced model, critics have called the Model S one of the most significant and influential electric cars in the industry.
The second-generation Tesla Roadster is a 2+2 coupé [48] with a removable glass roof. It was designed by Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla's chief designer who has been responsible for most Tesla vehicles. The Roadster has a 2+2 seating arrangement, with smaller rear seats for two passengers.