1. TESLA MOTORS
By: Derek Aasre

2. TESLA MOTORS
 Tesla Motors, Inc. is
a Silicon Valley-based
company that
designs, manufactures and
sells electric cars and electric
vehicle power
train components.

3. ELON MUSK
 Elon Musk, an
American engineer
and entrepreneur of
South African-
Canadian
heritage, is the
CEO and founder of
Tesla Motors
 Best known for co-
founding
PayPal, and Tesla
Motors.

4. HISTORY
 TESLA MOTORS was founded in 2003 by a group
of intrepid Silicon Valley engineers who set out to
prove that electric vehicles could be awesome.
 The Tesla Roadster hit the streets in early 2008
as a car with no equal. Two years later, over 1,650
Roadsters drive emissions-free in more than 31
countries.

5. CORPORATE STRATEGY AND GOALS
 One of Tesla's stated goals is to increase the
number and variety of EVs available to mainstream
consumers in three ways:
1. Sells its own vehicles.
2. Sell patented electric powertrain components to other
automakers so that they may get their own EVs(Electric
vehicles) to customers sooner.
3. Serves as a catalyst and positive example to other
automakers, demonstrating that there is pent-up consumer
demand for vehicles that are both high-performance and
efficient.

6. TESLA CAR MODELS
Tesla Roadster •Both cars are powered by lithium ion
battery cells.
•They have both have a driven range
of 300 miles.
•The Tesla Roadster is now being
sold for over $100,000 while the
Model S will be sold for $60,000.
Tesla Model S •Charging adapters can be plugged in
to any household outlet.
•There most high efficient charging
adapter has a charging rate of 56
miles range per hour. The average
driver

7. PARTNERSHIPS
As part of its collaboration with Mercedes-Benz, Tesla is
building electric powertrain components for the Mercedes A-
Class E-Cell, an electric car with a range of 124 miles
Tesla Motors and Toyota announced in July 2010 that
the two companies have signed an agreement to initiate
the development of a second generation of the
compact Toyota RAV4 EV.