Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company headquartered in Austin, Texas, founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, with Elon Musk joining as an early investor and chairman in 2004 and becoming its defining public figure and chief executive. It designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery energy storage systems and solar energy products.
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Company Type Founded Year HeadquartersAustin, Texas, United States 1 Company Type
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Did Elon Musk found Tesla?
No. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded Tesla in 2003; Elon Musk joined a year later as an early investor and chairman.
Tesla, Inc. was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, not by Elon Musk. Musk joined the company in 2004 as an early investor and its chairman, and he later became its chief executive and the defining public figure most people now associate with the company. The founding-year and leadership facts are the same ones recorded on Tesla's own entity page in this atlas.
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The Tesla Model 3 is made by Tesla, Inc.
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The company was incorporated in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors.
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Headquarters: Gigafactory Texas, Austin, Texas, United States
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