Tesla Motors produces electric vehicles, including the Tesla Roadster sports car launched in 2008 and Model S sedan launched in 2012. The Model S has received high ratings and was the best selling plug-in electric car in the United States in 2014. Tesla has experienced rapid growth, with $2 billion in revenue in 2013 and a current market capitalization over half of GM and Ford, but also faced challenges including almost going out of business in 2009.

1. Tesla Motors
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2. Products
• Tesla Roadster (2008-
2012)
• Base Price of $109,000
• 244 mi on a single
charge
• Made for early adopters

3. Products
• Tesla Model S (2012 - )
• Base Price of $70,000
• 265 mi on a single
charge
• The only car to have
ever achieved a 5 star
rating from the NHTS
and the Euro NCAP
• Consumer Reports rating
– 99/100 (highest ever!)

4. Financials
• $2B in revenue for 2013
• $130 million from selling ZEV credits
• Current market cap of $31 Billion – over half of GM ($50 Billion) and
Ford ($60 Billion)

5. History
• 2003: Tesla is founded
• 2008: Tesla starts delivering the Tesla Roadster
• 2009: Tesla almost goes out of business
• 2010: Tesla’s IPO
• 2012: Tesla starts delivering the Model S
• 2014: A total of 46,948 Model S vehicles have been sold

6. What’s Hot
• Basic autopilot features introduced in the Model S in Sep. 2014
• All wheel drive variants of the Model S
• P85D model can accelerate from 0 – 60 in 3.2 seconds – fastest four-door car
in the world!
• Plans to release the Model X in 2015

7. Secret Sauce
• Good Engineering
• Supercharging network that will cover 98% of the U.S. in 2015 (and can
charge much quicker than competitors!)
• Elon Musk

8. Story Time

9. Competition

10. Future
• Plans to launch a mass-affordable electric car in 2017, the Model 3
• Complete autonomous vehicles in a few years
• The Gigafactory