Tesla, an American electric vehicle and energy company, produces and sells electric vehicles, solar panels and energy storage equipment. Headquartered in Palo Alto, it was founded by Martin eberhard and Mark Tapenning on July 1 2003. The founder named the company "Tesla Motors" in memory of physicist nikola tesla. In 2004, elon musk joined the company and led the A round of financing.

Tesla's first car product Roadster was released in 2008, which is a coupe. In 20 12, Tesla released the second automobile product-the four-door pure electric luxury coupe Model S；; The third car product is Model X, a luxury pure electric SUV, delivered in September 2065438+2005. Tesla's next car is Model 3.

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In 2020, Tesla will set up a battery cell pilot production line in its factory in fremont, where the company plans to design its own battery cell production equipment. On August 6th, Tesla registered and established Tesla Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd. with a registered capital of 50 million yuan. On the morning of 12, 19, Tesla was forced to suspend part of the construction work of the German "Super Factory" project because it did not pay the deposit to the local government.

On March 9th, 20021year, Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., the operating entity of Tesla China, made industrial and commercial changes, and its business scope was reduced to "sales of new energy vehicle power exchange facilities", "sales of batteries" and "sales of photovoltaic equipment and components". On March 24th, Tesla official website announced its support for bitcoin payment, and Tesla became the first car company in history to support bitcoin car purchase.