Company record
Tesla, Inc.
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About Tesla, Inc.
From the research on the Tesla brand record · Electric vehicle and energy company
Tesla, Inc. is an American company that makes electric vehicles and energy storage and solar products. It was incorporated as Tesla Motors on 1 July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
Tesla is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and its name is a tribute to the inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. Elon Musk led the company’s first funding round in February 2004, became chairman of the board and was named chief executive officer in 2008. [1]
- 2003-07-01 Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning incorporated the company as Tesla Motors, Inc. [1]
- 2004-02 Elon Musk led Tesla’s US$7.5 million Series A funding round and became chairman of the board. [1]
- 2017-02-01 Tesla Motors, Inc. changed its corporate name to Tesla, Inc.; the company had moved its website from teslamotors.com to tesla.com the previous year. [2]
Sources (2)
- Tesla, Inc. ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- Tesla Motors, Inc. is now officially Tesla, Inc. ↗ · TechCrunch, 2017-02-01 · accessed 2026-09-25
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