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| − | '''Tesla''' is | + | '''Tesla''' is an automotive and energy storage company co-founded by Elon Musk, Marc Tarpenning, Martin Eberhard, Ian Wright, and JB Straubel. Named after the electrical engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla, the company is based in Palo Alto, California, the company specializes in electric cars, energy charging equipment and is known for its autonomous driving software. It was founded in July, 2013 and has so far released three models, Tesla Roadster, Model S, and Model X. Under Elon Musk, Tesla has a master plan to fundamentally change the automobile and energy industry. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| + | Christie Nicolson, a multimedia science journalist, met Elon Must for the first time at a party in 1989. The second sentence that Must said was, "I think a lot about electric cars". The reason being that the electric motor is easier, cheaper, and more sensible long-term plan for power cars. Yet, there tends to be three age-old concerns regarding the viability of electric cars: range, performance, and price. When Musk decided in 2003 to start making electric cars, there were high barriers to entry that prevented any startup car company from succeeding. However, in the Silicon Valley there were people in one little car technology company, AC Propulsion, that were experimenting and making incremental EV breakthroughs. During 2003, another Californian named JB Straubel who was also tinkering with EV and met Musk to ask for funding for a car project he was working on. Later, Straubel brought Musk by AC Propulsion. At the time, Musk was already running SpaceX but wanted to fund AC Propulsion in bringing one of their prototypes into market, but they didn't want to deal with that. Instead they introduced Musk to three guys who included Martin Elberhard and Marc Tarpenning. | ||
| + | ===Master Plan=== | ||
| − | + | ====Part One==== | |
| + | ====Part Deux==== | ||
==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
===Technology sharing=== | ===Technology sharing=== | ||
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by Austin Cai
Tesla is an automotive and energy storage company co-founded by Elon Musk, Marc Tarpenning, Martin Eberhard, Ian Wright, and JB Straubel. Named after the electrical engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla, the company is based in Palo Alto, California, the company specializes in electric cars, energy charging equipment and is known for its autonomous driving software. It was founded in July, 2013 and has so far released three models, Tesla Roadster, Model S, and Model X. Under Elon Musk, Tesla has a master plan to fundamentally change the automobile and energy industry.
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History
Christie Nicolson, a multimedia science journalist, met Elon Must for the first time at a party in 1989. The second sentence that Must said was, "I think a lot about electric cars". The reason being that the electric motor is easier, cheaper, and more sensible long-term plan for power cars. Yet, there tends to be three age-old concerns regarding the viability of electric cars: range, performance, and price. When Musk decided in 2003 to start making electric cars, there were high barriers to entry that prevented any startup car company from succeeding. However, in the Silicon Valley there were people in one little car technology company, AC Propulsion, that were experimenting and making incremental EV breakthroughs. During 2003, another Californian named JB Straubel who was also tinkering with EV and met Musk to ask for funding for a car project he was working on. Later, Straubel brought Musk by AC Propulsion. At the time, Musk was already running SpaceX but wanted to fund AC Propulsion in bringing one of their prototypes into market, but they didn't want to deal with that. Instead they introduced Musk to three guys who included Martin Elberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
