5. Tesla’s Financials
▪ Went public on June 29, 2010
▪ The stock price has increased from $17 to $306.53
▪ Is popular with investors, but keeps losing money
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6. Tesla’s Business Model
▪ April 10, 2017 Surpassed Ford ($45 billion) and GM
($50 billion) to become America’s most valuable car
company ($51 billion)
▪ While only shipping 76,000 vehicles and recording a
loss of $675 million
▪ Apple of the car business
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7. “
Tesla believes that the faster the
world stops relying on fossil fuels and
moves toward a zero-emission future,
the better.
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8. Founding
Tesla was founded in 2003
with Elon Musk coming on
as an investor in 2004
using his money from
PayPal they managed to
build the Roadster by 2008
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9. Secret Sauce
▪ Safest vehicles
▪ Speed (Model S), best selling luxury sedan
▪ Style, cult following
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10. The Competition
Google
Google has a
self-driving car project
called Waymo
Detroit
General Motors Chevy
Bolt, GM can get
batteries cheaper
Uber
Uber has teamed up
with volvo to produce
self-driving cars
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11. My Prediction
▪ Autopilot Safety Concerns
▪ Model 3 (~$35,000) production bottleneck
▪ Scaling Issues and Competition
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