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Tesla Motors, Inc. is an American company that designs, manufactures, and sells electric cars and electric vehicle power train components. Tesla Motors is a public company under the symbol TSLA. Tesla posted profits for the first time in its history in the first quarter of 2013.Tesla Motors first gained widespread attention following their production of the Tesla Roadster, the first fully electric sports car.

The company’s second vehicle is the Model S, a fully electric luxury sedan, and its next two vehicles are the Models X and 3 respectively.

Tesla also markets electric power train components including lithium-ion battery packs to automakers and envisions Tesla as an independent automaker, aimed at offering electric cars at prices affordable to the average consumer.

Overview

New Tesla Model S cars at the Tesla Factory in 2012

Tesla Motors is named after electrical engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla. The Tesla Roadster uses an AC Motor descended directly from Tesla’s original 1882 design. The Tesla Roadster, the company’s first vehicle,the first production EV with a range greater than 200 miles (320 km) per charge. Between 2008 and March 2012, Tesla sold more than 2,250 Roadsters in 31 countries.

Tesla Model S Car is a New Two Side Double motor fastest car in the world. It is Energy Efficient with a very good Battery Technology with a very good charging speed and such type of acceleration with changing speed from 0 to 60 mph in just 3 seconds.

History

Tesla Motors was incorporated in July 2003. Tesla’s Board of Directors as its Chairman was to commercialize electric vehicles, starting with a premium sports car aimed at early adopters and then moving as rapidly as possible into more mainstream vehicles, including sedans and affordable compacts.

The insignia of Tesla Motors as seen on a Tesla Roadster Sport.

In June 2010, it was reported that Tesla sold a total of US$12.2 million zero emission vehicle credits to other automakers, including Honda, up to March 31, 2010.

2010 initial public offering

On May 21, 2010, Tesla announced a “strategic partnership” with Toyota, which agreed to purchase US$50 million in Tesla common stock Less than two months later, Toyota and Tesla confirmed that their first platform collaboration would be to build an electric version.

Technology

Tesla Motors builds electric power train components for vehicles from other automakers, including the lowest-priced car from Daimler, the Smart For Two electric drive, the Toyota RAV4 EV, and Freight liner’s Custom Chassis Electric Van.

Tesla Motors may have the lowest rates for electric car batteries; the estimated battery costs for Tesla Motors is around US$200 dollars per kWh. Currently, Tesla Motors charges $10,000 dollars more for the 85kWh battery than the 60kWh battery, or $400 per kWh. At $200 per kWh, the battery in the 60kWh Model S would cost $12,000, while the 85kWh battery would cost $17,000.

In the Model S, Tesla Motors integrated the battery pack into the floor of the vehicle, unlike in the Roadster, which had the battery pack behind the seats. Because the battery is integrated into the floor of the Model S, no interior space is lost for batteries, unlike in other electric vehicles, which often lose trunk space or interior space to batteries. The location of the battery pack and the lower ride of the Model S does put the battery at a higher risk of being damaged by road debris or an impact. To protect the battery pack, the Model S has 0.25 in (6 mm) aluminum-alloy armor plate.The battery pack’s location allows for quick battery swapping. A battery swap can take as little as 90 seconds in the Model S.There are currently no public Tesla battery swap locations.

Technology sharing

Car models

Tesla Roadster

Main article: Tesla Roadster

Tesla began producing right-hand drive Roadsters in January 2010 and sold them in the UK, Australia and parts of Asia.

Tesla Motors’ first production vehicle, the Tesla Roadster, was an all-electric sports car. The Roadster was the first highway-capable all-electric vehicle in serial production for sale in the United States in the modern era. The Roadster was also the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery cells and first mass production BEV to travel more than 200 miles (320 km) per charge.

Tesla Roadster Sport 2.5, the company’s fourth-generation Roadster

Model S

Main article: Tesla Model S

The Model S was announced in a press release on June 30, 2008. The sedan was originally code-named “White star”Retail deliveries began in the U.S. on June 22, 2012.The first delivery of a Model S to a retail customer in Europe took place on August 7, 2013. The Model S was to have three battery pack options for a range of up to 265 miles (426 km) per charge,but this was reduced to two, due to lack of demand for the shortest range vehicle.

Tesla began production of its Tesla Model S sedan in 2012, and deliveries to retail customers began in June 2012.

Robotic manufacturing of the Model S at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California

Among other awards, the Model S won the 2013 “Motor Trend Car of the Year”, the 2013 “World Green Car”, Automobile Magazine’s 2013 “Car of the Year”, and Time Magazine Best 25 Inventions of the Year 2012 award.

Model X

Main article: Tesla Model X

Model 3

The Model 3 was previously called the Model E and was codenamed Tesla BlueStar in the original business plan; its current name was announced on Twitter on July 16, 2014 This US$35,000–US$40,000 car with a range of 200 miles (320 km) is expected to begin deliveries by2017

Future models

Tesla Model S

Facilities

Tesla Motors’ headquarters are located in Palo Alto, California. As of August 2013, Tesla operates over 50 company-owned showrooms worldwide.In July 2010, Tesla hired former Apple and Gap Executive George Blankenship as Vice President of Design and Store Development to build Tesla’s retail strategy. He left the company in November 2013.

Main article: Tesla station

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Battery

The 60 kWh battery was rated to deliver 230 miles (370 km), while an 85 kWh battery was rated at 320 miles (510 km), assuming a constant speed of 55 mph (89 km/h).

Tesla Model S showing the front trunk where the engine would be in a typical car. Tesla Motors calls this a ‘frunk’.

Charger

Instrument panel