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Tesla Motors

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Tesla Motors, founded by Elon Musk, Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard, is a company that produces 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 less than 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 can be ordered online.

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

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  Tesla Motors added Atsuko Doi as Head of Communications, Asia Pacific. (8/1/10)
  Posted 7/21/11 at 6:06pm
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  Tesla Motors added Darryl Siry as SVP Sales, Marketing & Service. (12/1/06)
  Posted 11/23/09 at 8:04am
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  Tesla Motors added Ricardo Reyes as VP of Communcations.
  Posted 8/31/09 at 8:49am
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  Tesla Motors added Steve Jurvetson as Board Member.
  Posted 7/11/09 at 9:21am
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  Tesla Motors added Franz von Holzhausen as Chief Designer.
  Posted 4/9/09 at 4:00pm
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  Tesla Motors added Ze'Ev Drori as Board of Directors, Vice Chairman.
  Posted 10/15/08 at 5:28pm
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  Tesla Motors added Elon Musk as Cofounder & CEO.
  Posted 10/15/08 at 1:22pm
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  Tesla Motors added Antonio Gracias as Board.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:48pm
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  Tesla Motors added Ira Ehrenpreis as Board.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:47pm
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  Tesla Motors added Steve Westly as Board.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:47pm
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  Tesla Motors added Laurie Yoler as Board.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:46pm
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  Tesla Motors added Kimbal Musk as Director, Board.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:46pm
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  Tesla Motors added Jim Marver as Board.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:46pm
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  Tesla Motors added Tom Colson as VP, Manufacturing.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:45pm
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  Tesla Motors added Malcolm Smith as VP, Vehicle Engineering.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:44pm
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  Tesla Motors added Malcolm Powell as VP, Vehicle Integration.
  Posted 12/23/07 at 9:43pm

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5. Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) [edit]
6. Reuters (reuters.com) [edit]
7. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Tesla Wins $465M in DOE Loans; Nissan Gets $1.6B for Electric Cars (earth2tech.com) [edit]
9. Tesla Motors Lands New $82.5 Million Investment (cleantechbrief.com) [edit]
10. Panasonic Invests $30 Million In Tesla, For 2% Stake (techcrunch.com) [edit]
teslamotors.com [edit]
Tesla Files For $100 Million IPO (businessinsider.com) [edit]
Toyota buys into electric car pioneer Tesla (globalcleantech.com) [edit]
Tesla Files $178M IPO. Becomes A Political Issue. (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
Tesla Hits The Public Markets, Stock Opens Up 9% (businessinsider.com) [edit]
Tesla Stock Sinks Below $17 IPO Price (earth2tech.com) [edit]
Milestone: Tesla Completes $42M NUMMI Acquisition (gigaom.com) [edit]
BusinessWire (businesswire.com) [edit]
Tesla Taps Public Markets Again; Raises Over $200M To Develop Model X Vehicle (techcrunch.com) [edit]

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