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Tesla Motors

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Tesla Motors is a company looking to produce a high-performance electric sports car, and is backed by a number of high-profile investors. Introduced in June 2006 to the public complete with a test drive by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Tesla Roadster is able to go from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds (competitive with Porsche and Lamborghini models), while also delivering 100 miles per gallon (double the efficiency of the Toyota Prius). The car’s base price is around $100,000, and orders for the car in 2008 are full per teslamotors.com as of December 2007.

Among Tesla’s investors include Silicon Valley luminaries like Paypal founder Elon Musk and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Milestones

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• Received $82.5M in Unattributed funding. (9/16/09)
  Posted 9/21/09 at 4:29am
• Received $465M in Debt funding. (6/23/09)
  Posted 6/23/09 at 7:10am
• Received $50M in Series F funding. (5/19/09)
  Posted 6/23/09 at 6:48am
• Received $40M in Debt funding. (11/3/08)
  Posted 11/3/08 at 7:43am
• Tesla Motors — Tesla announced layoffs, and founder Elon Musk became CEO. (10/15/08)
  Posted 10/15/08 at 5:30pm
• Received $40M in Series E funding. (2/8/08)
  Posted 3/3/08 at 4:28pm
• Received $45M in Series D funding. (5/1/07)
  Posted 12/23/07 at 10:14pm
• Received $40M in Series C funding. (5/1/06)
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:57pm
• Received $13M in Series B funding. (2/1/05)
  Posted 12/23/07 at 10:21pm
• Received $7.5M in Series A funding. (4/1/04)
  Posted 12/23/07 at 10:18pm
• Malcolm Powell, VP, Vehicle Integration added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:43pm
• Tom Colson, VP, Manufacturing added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:45pm
• Malcolm Smith, VP, Vehicle Engineering added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:44pm
• Jim Marver, Board added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:46pm
• JB Straubel, CTO added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:43pm
• Marc Tarpenning, Co-Founder, VP Engineering added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:42pm
• Ze'Ev Drori, President & CEO added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:42pm
• Kimbal Musk, Director, Board added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:46pm
• Laurie Yoler, Board added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:46pm
• Steve Westly, Board added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:47pm
• Ira Ehrenpreis, Board added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:47pm
• Antonio Gracias, Board added.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:48pm
• Elon Musk, CEO added.
  Posted 10/15/08 at 1:22pm
• Ze'Ev Drori, Board of Directors, Vice Chairman added.
  Posted 10/15/08 at 5:28pm
• Franz von Holzhausen, Chief Designer added.
  Posted 4/9/09 at 4:00pm
• Steve Jurvetson, Board Member added.
  Posted 7/11/09 at 9:21am
• Ricardo Reyes, VP of Communcations added.
  Posted 8/31/09 at 8:49am

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Model S

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Website	teslamotors.com/models/index.php
Stage	In Development
Launch Date	June, 2008

The Model S is the second model from electric car manufacturer Tesla. The car has a maximum range of 300 miles and can transport five passengers. The car’s base price is $49,900.

Above: Model S Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 6/4/09

Tesla Roadster

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Website	teslamotors.com
Blog	teslamotors.com/blogs.php
Stage	Live
Tags	electric-car

Above: Tesla Roadster Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

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