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! Time period !! class="unsortable" | Key developments at Tesla
 
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| 2003–2004|| Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded Tesla. Initial prototype, and received series A funding in 2004, led by Elon Musk.
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| 2003–2004 || Tesla is founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. Its initial prototype is produced. Tesla receives series A funding in 2004, led by Elon Musk.
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| 2004 || Musk joins Tesla.<ref name="Reed">{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Eric |title=History of Tesla: Timeline and Facts |url=https://www.thestreet.com/technology/history-of-tesla-15088992 |website=TheStreet |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref>
 
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| 2004–2007 || Eberhard was CEO leading the Tesla development. Tesla continually designs prototypes for the [[wikipedia:Tesla Roadster|Tesla Roadster]]. Elon Musk was Chairman of the board, contributing to the car design and market strategy.  
 
| 2004–2007 || Eberhard was CEO leading the Tesla development. Tesla continually designs prototypes for the [[wikipedia:Tesla Roadster|Tesla Roadster]]. Elon Musk was Chairman of the board, contributing to the car design and market strategy.  
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| 2006 || "Originally, Eberhard and Tarpenning dreamed of building an entirely electric sports car. In 2006 they unveiled the prototype for their Tesla Roadster which entered production in 2008."<ref name="Reed"/>
 
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| 2008–2012 || Elon Musk gains control of Tesla and injects millions of his fortune into the company, which narrowly escapes bankruptcy. These are the years where Tesla sells its [[wikipedia:Tesla Roadster|Tesla Roadster]]s. Sales end when Tesla runs out of Lotus gliders by 2012. Tesla reaches 3,000 employees by the end of 2012.
 
| 2008–2012 || Elon Musk gains control of Tesla and injects millions of his fortune into the company, which narrowly escapes bankruptcy. These are the years where Tesla sells its [[wikipedia:Tesla Roadster|Tesla Roadster]]s. Sales end when Tesla runs out of Lotus gliders by 2012. Tesla reaches 3,000 employees by the end of 2012.
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| 2008 || "The Roadster met those needs. The first model produced in 2008 could travel almost 250 miles on a single battery, with acceleration and top speed compared to many consumer-level sports cars. The Roadster used a standard lithium-ion battery structure, common to many electronic devices, and customers could recharge the car in a standard wall outlet."<ref name="Reed"/>
 
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| 2012–2015|| Tesla starts selling the [[wikipedia:Model S|Model S]] and achieves rapidly growing sales. Tesla expands its network of [[wikipedia:Supercharger|Supercharger]] stations to cover the entire United States, and expands to other countries. Cumulative sales passed 90,000 units by October 2015. By 2015, Tesla introduces rudimentary self-driving software into its vehicles.
 
| 2012–2015|| Tesla starts selling the [[wikipedia:Model S|Model S]] and achieves rapidly growing sales. Tesla expands its network of [[wikipedia:Supercharger|Supercharger]] stations to cover the entire United States, and expands to other countries. Cumulative sales passed 90,000 units by October 2015. By 2015, Tesla introduces rudimentary self-driving software into its vehicles.
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The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of November 6, 2021.
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The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of November 6, 2021.<ref name="Backlinko">{{cite web |title=Tesla Revenue and Production Statistics for 2021 |url=https://backlinko.com/tesla-stats |website=Backlinko |access-date=1 January 2022 |date=30 March 2021}}</ref>
  
 
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! Year !! Month and date !! Category !! Event type !! Details
 
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| 2003 || July 1 || Automotives || Company || Tesla Motors is founded by technology entrepreneurs {{w|Martin Eberhard}} and {{w|Marc Tarpenning}} in {{w|San Carlos, California}}.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-the-origin-story-2014-10 |title=Tesla: The Origin Story - Business Insider |newspaper=Businessinsider.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 8, 2015}}</ref> The company is registered in Delaware. The name is a tribute to inventor and electrical engineer {{w|Nikola Tesla}}.<ref name="Higgins"/>
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| 1887 || || Automotives || Prelude || "In 1887 Nikola Tesla (Serbian, naturalized US-American) files the first patents for a two�phase AC system with four electric power lines, which consists of a generator, a transmis‐ sion system and a multi-phase motor. Presently he invention the three-phase electric power system which is the basis for modern electrical power transmission and advanced"<ref name="Stevic">{{cite book |last1=Stevic |first1=Zoran |title=New Generation of Electric Vehicles |date=19 December 2012 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-953-51-0893-1 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=bm2fDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=New+Generation+of+Electric+Vehicles+Zoran+Stevic&source=bl&ots=3FNrhwiyxa&sig=ACfU3U0w3NaQFA9UjSTgd0cN0Sq3OXGkeQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiepKvbzJH1AhXhrpUCHe3CDwEQ6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q=New%20Generation%20of%20Electric%20Vehicles%20Zoran%20Stevic&f=false |language=en}}</ref> || [[File:Tesla circa 1890.jpeg|thumb|center|150px|{{w|Nikola Tesla}}]]
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| 2003 || July 1 || Automotives || Company || Tesla Motors is founded by technology entrepreneurs {{w|Martin Eberhard}} and {{w|Marc Tarpenning}} in {{w|San Carlos, California}}.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-the-origin-story-2014-10 |title=Tesla: The Origin Story - Business Insider |newspaper=Businessinsider.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 8, 2015}}</ref> The company is registered in Delaware. The name is a tribute to inventor and electrical engineer {{w|Nikola Tesla}}.<ref name="Higgins"/> || [[File:Martin Eberhard.jpg|thumb|center|100px|{{w|Martin Eberhard}}]]
 
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| 2004 || April || Automotives || Financial (funding) || South African entrepreneur {{w|Elon Musk}} leads the company's $7.5 million Series A financing round and becomes chairman of the board.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c"/><ref name="MyUser_Https:_November_8_2015c">{{cite web |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/tesla-motors |title=Tesla Motors |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 8, 2015}}</ref>
 
| 2004 || April || Automotives || Financial (funding) || South African entrepreneur {{w|Elon Musk}} leads the company's $7.5 million Series A financing round and becomes chairman of the board.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c"/><ref name="MyUser_Https:_November_8_2015c">{{cite web |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/tesla-motors |title=Tesla Motors |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 8, 2015}}</ref>
 
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| 2004 || May || Automotives || Team || {{w|Jeffrey Brian Straubel}} joins Tesla as {{w|Chief Technical Officer}}.<ref name=quest>{{Cite book |last=Vance |first=Ashlee |title=Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future |date=May 19, 2015 |isbn=978-0-06-230123-9 |edition=First |location=New York, NY |pages=151–155 |oclc=881436803 |quote="On July 1, 2003, Eberhard and Tarpenning incorporated their new company. " "The third desk was occupied a few months later by Ian Wright..." "...the three men went hunting for some venture capital funding in January 2004." "With an investment of $6.5 million, Musk had become the largest shareholder of Tesla and the chairman of the company." "Straubel stopped by the office for a meeting, and was hired right away in May 2004..."}}</ref>
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| 2004 || May || Automotives || Team || {{w|Jeffrey Brian Straubel}} joins Tesla as {{w|Chief Technical Officer}}.<ref name=quest>{{Cite book |last=Vance |first=Ashlee |title=Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future |date=May 19, 2015 |isbn=978-0-06-230123-9 |edition=First |location=New York, NY |pages=151–155 |oclc=881436803 |quote="On July 1, 2003, Eberhard and Tarpenning incorporated their new company. " "The third desk was occupied a few months later by Ian Wright..." "...the three men went hunting for some venture capital funding in January 2004." "With an investment of $6.5 million, Musk had become the largest shareholder of Tesla and the chairman of the company." "Straubel stopped by the office for a meeting, and was hired right away in May 2004..."}}</ref> || [[File:The 2012 Fast 500 and VC of the Year Awards.jpg|thumb|center|100px|{{w|Jeffrey Brian Straubel}}]]
 
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| 2005 || February || Automotives || Financial (funding) || {{w|Elon Musk}} injects $13 million more into the company in a Series B round during the development of the yet-announced [[wikipedia:Tesla Roadster|Tesla Roadster]].<ref name="MyUser_Https:_November_8_2015c"/>
 
| 2005 || February || Automotives || Financial (funding) || {{w|Elon Musk}} injects $13 million more into the company in a Series B round during the development of the yet-announced [[wikipedia:Tesla Roadster|Tesla Roadster]].<ref name="MyUser_Https:_November_8_2015c"/>
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| 2007 || August || Automotives || Leadership || {{w|Martin Eberhard}} is asked by the board, led by Elon Musk, to step down as CEO. Eberhard takes the title of "President of Technology".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kanellos |first1=Michael |title=Tesla CEO steps down as possible delays loom |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/tesla-ceo-steps-down-as-possible-delays-loom/ |access-date=3 November 2021 |work=CNET |language=en}}</ref>
 
| 2007 || August || Automotives || Leadership || {{w|Martin Eberhard}} is asked by the board, led by Elon Musk, to step down as CEO. Eberhard takes the title of "President of Technology".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kanellos |first1=Michael |title=Tesla CEO steps down as possible delays loom |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/tesla-ceo-steps-down-as-possible-delays-loom/ |access-date=3 November 2021 |work=CNET |language=en}}</ref>
 
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| 2007 || November || Automotives || Team || Israeli-born American technology entrepreneur {{w|Ze'ev Drori}} becomes Tesla's CEO and President.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c"/>
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| 2007 || November || Automotives || Team || Israeli-born American technology entrepreneur {{w|Ze'ev Drori}} becomes Tesla's CEO and President.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c"/> A high-tech veteran, Drori previously founded Monolithic Memories, which made advances in memory such as programmable read-only memory (PROM) for semiconductors.<ref>{{cite web |title=2007: Tesla names Ze’ev Drori new CEO |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/11/28/2007-tesla-names-zeev-drori-new-ceo/ |website=The Mercury News |access-date=1 January 2022 |date=29 November 2007}}</ref>
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| 2007 || Late year || || Financial || Tesla falls into a serious financial state, with existing shareholders having no alternative but to recapitalize the company. Musk commits almost all his cash reserves to the company, leaving a few million dollars to cover living expenses.<ref name="Seedhouse"/>
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| 2008 || January || Automotives || Team || {{w|Martin Eberhard}} and {{w|Marc Tarpenning}} both leave the company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning {{!}} American entrepreneurs |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Eberhard-and-Marc-Tarpenning |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In the same month, Tesla fires several key personnel to pare down costs after a performance review by new CEO Ze'ev Drori.<ref name="Seedhouse">{{cite book |last1=Seedhouse |first1=Erik |title=SpaceX: Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality |date=15 June 2013 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-1-4614-5514-1 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books/about/SpaceX.html?id=5VVDAAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y |language=en}}</ref>  
 
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| 2008 || January || Automotives || Team || {{w|Martin Eberhard}} and {{w|Marc Tarpenning}} both leave the company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning {{!}} American entrepreneurs |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Eberhard-and-Marc-Tarpenning |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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| 2008 || February || Automotives || Funding || A fifth round of funding adds US$4 million, with Musk contribution cumulating US$70 million of his own money at this time.<ref name="Seedhouse"/>
 
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| 2008 || March || Automotives || Product || Tesla starts producing the Roadster.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c"/>
 
| 2008 || March || Automotives || Product || Tesla starts producing the Roadster.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c"/>
 
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| 2008 || May || Automotives || Financial (funding) || German multinational {{w|Daimler AG}} announces a US$50 million investment, giving the company a 10 percent stake in Tesla.<ref name="Higgins"/> Later, Musk would state that this investment saved Tesla.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Christmas miracle that saved Tesla - Business Insider |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001102631/https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-shares-the-miracle-that-saved-tesla-2015-12 |website=web.archive.org |access-date=5 November 2021 |date=1 October 2019}}</ref>
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| 2008 || May || Automotives || Financial (funding) || German multinational {{w|Daimler AG}} announces a US$50 million investment, giving the company a 10 percent stake in Tesla.<ref name="Higgins"/> Later, Musk would state that this investment saved Tesla.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Christmas miracle that saved Tesla - Business Insider |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001102631/https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-shares-the-miracle-that-saved-tesla-2015-12 |website=web.archive.org |access-date=5 November 2021 |date=1 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="Seedhouse"/>
 
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| 2008 || June || Automotives || Product || Tesla announces the [[wikipedia:Model S|Model S]] on June 30, with a starting price of $50,000.<ref name="MyUser_Treehugger.com_November_28_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.treehugger.com/cars/teslas-next-electric-car-to-be-called-model-s-new-factory-to-open-in-north-california.html |title=Tesla's Next Electric Car to be Called "Model S", New Factory to Open in North California : TreeHugger |newspaper=Treehugger.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref>
 
| 2008 || June || Automotives || Product || Tesla announces the [[wikipedia:Model S|Model S]] on June 30, with a starting price of $50,000.<ref name="MyUser_Treehugger.com_November_28_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://www.treehugger.com/cars/teslas-next-electric-car-to-be-called-model-s-new-factory-to-open-in-north-california.html |title=Tesla's Next Electric Car to be Called "Model S", New Factory to Open in North California : TreeHugger |newspaper=Treehugger.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref>
 
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| 2008 || August || || Team || Tesla hires U.S. vehicle designer {{w|Franz von Holzhausen}} as its chief designer. He is involved in the design of the [[wikipedia:Tesla Model S|Tesla Model S]].<ref name="AUTOBLOG1">{{cite web |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/04/franz-von-holzhausen-to-tesla-motors/ |title=Breaking: Franz von Holzhausen to Tesla Motors as design director! |newspaper=Autoblog.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 12, 2015}}</ref>
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| 2008 || August || || Team || Tesla hires U.S. vehicle designer {{w|Franz von Holzhausen}} as its chief designer. He is involved in the design of the {{w|Tesla Model S}}.<ref name="AUTOBLOG1">{{cite web |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/04/franz-von-holzhausen-to-tesla-motors/ |title=Breaking: Franz von Holzhausen to Tesla Motors as design director! |newspaper=Autoblog.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 12, 2015}}</ref> || [[File:Franz von Holzhausen and Elon Musk.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Franz von Holzhausen and Elon Musk]]
 
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| 2008 || October || || Team || Musk succeeds Drori as CEO.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c"/> By then, in what he described as the "worst year of his life", he had divorced [[wikipedia:Justine Musk|Justine Musk]] and has cumulatively injected $70 million of his money into Tesla.  
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| 2008 || October || || Team || Musk succeeds Drori as CEO.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_November_8_2015c"/> "October 2008, Musk took over as CEO of the company and fired 25% of the company's staff."<ref name="Reed"/>
 
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| 2008 || November || || Financial (funding) ||Tesla raises $40 million in a debt-financing round and narrowly escapes bankruptcy.<ref name="WiredFunding">{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/2008/11/tesla-adds-40-m/ |title=Tesla Adds $40 Million to Its Coffers |newspaper=Wired.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 29, 2015}}</ref>
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| 2008 || November || || Financial (funding) || Tesla raises $40 million in a debt-financing round and narrowly escapes bankruptcy.<ref name="WiredFunding">{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/2008/11/tesla-adds-40-m/ |title=Tesla Adds $40 Million to Its Coffers |newspaper=Wired.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 29, 2015}}</ref>
 
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| 2009 || January || || Financial (funding) || By this time, Tesla cumulates US$187 million in funding, having delivered 147 cars. Musk contribution cumulates US$70 million of his own money to the company.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-of-elon-musk-2016-7 | title=Elon Musk's Life Story: Tesla CEO's Early Years, Career | work={{w|Business Insider}} | date=June 28, 2021}}</ref>
 
| 2009 || January || || Financial (funding) || By this time, Tesla cumulates US$187 million in funding, having delivered 147 cars. Musk contribution cumulates US$70 million of his own money to the company.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-of-elon-musk-2016-7 | title=Elon Musk's Life Story: Tesla CEO's Early Years, Career | work={{w|Business Insider}} | date=June 28, 2021}}</ref>
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| 2009 || June || || || Tesla opens its first European store in {{w|London}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tesla opens European flagship store in London |url=https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1033584_tesla-opens-european-flagship-store-in-london |website=Motor Authority |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
| 2009 || June || || || Tesla opens its first European store in {{w|London}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tesla opens European flagship store in London |url=https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1033584_tesla-opens-european-flagship-store-in-london |website=Motor Authority |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
 
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| 2009 || August || || Financial (profit) || Tesla announces having achieved overall corporate profitability for the month of July 2009.<ref>{{cite news |first=Josie |last=Garthwaite |work=Gigaom |url=http://gigaom.com/2009/08/07/tesla-motors-claims-1m-july-profit-a-first-thanks-to-roadster-2/ |title=Tesla Motors Claims $1M July Profit (a First!), Thanks to Roadster 2 |date=2009-08-07 |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref>
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| 2009 || July || || Financial (profit) || Shortly after being approved to receive US$465 million in interest-bearing loans from the Department of Energy, Tesla announces having achieved corporate profitability for that month, having earned approximately US$1 million on revenue of US$20 million.<ref>{{cite news |first=Josie |last=Garthwaite |work=Gigaom |url=http://gigaom.com/2009/08/07/tesla-motors-claims-1m-july-profit-a-first-thanks-to-roadster-2/ |title=Tesla Motors Claims $1M July Profit (a First!), Thanks to Roadster 2 |date=2009-08-07 |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Seedhouse"/>
 
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| 2009 || September || || Financial (funding) || Tesla announces a US$82.5 million round to accelerate Tesla's retail expansion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tesla Puts Another $82.5 Million In The Tank |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/09/15/tesla-puts-another-82-5-million-in-the-tank/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>
 
| 2009 || September || || Financial (funding) || Tesla announces a US$82.5 million round to accelerate Tesla's retail expansion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tesla Puts Another $82.5 Million In The Tank |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/09/15/tesla-puts-another-82-5-million-in-the-tank/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>
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| 2009 || || || || "2009 Eberhard sued Tesla and Musk for issues including libel and slander. He alleged that he had been forced out of the company and that the delays and financial problems associated with the Roadster had been unfairly blamed on his leadership. Eberhard dropped his suit later that same year."<ref name="Reed"/>
 
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| 2010 || June 29 || || Financial ({{w|IPO}}) || Tesla goes IPO at US$17 per share.<ref name="MyUser_Techcrunch.com_November_8_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/28/tesla-prices-ipo-at-17-per-share/ |title=Tesla Prices IPO At $17 Per Share |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 8, 2015}}</ref>
 
| 2010 || June 29 || || Financial ({{w|IPO}}) || Tesla goes IPO at US$17 per share.<ref name="MyUser_Techcrunch.com_November_8_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/28/tesla-prices-ipo-at-17-per-share/ |title=Tesla Prices IPO At $17 Per Share |newspaper=Techcrunch.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 8, 2015}}</ref>
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| 2012 || February 9 || Automotives || Product launch || Tesla unlocks the [[wikipedia:Tesla Model X|Model X]] SUV.<ref name="BLOGModelX">{{cite web |url=https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-unveils-model-x |title=Tesla Unveils Model X |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref>
 
| 2012 || February 9 || Automotives || Product launch || Tesla unlocks the [[wikipedia:Tesla Model X|Model X]] SUV.<ref name="BLOGModelX">{{cite web |url=https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-unveils-model-x |title=Tesla Unveils Model X |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref>
 
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| 2012 || June 22 || Automotives || Product launch || Tesla officially starts selling its {{w|Model S}}<ref name="MyUser_Https:_November_28_2015c">{{cite web |url=https://www.cars.com/articles/2012/06/2012-tesla-model-s-deliveries-start-today-epa-figures-official/ |title=2012 Tesla Model S Deliveries Start Today, EPA Figures Official |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref>, a {{w|sedan}} intended for the mainstream public.<ref name="Higgins">{{cite book |last1=Higgins (Journalist) |first1=Tim |title=Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century |date=3 August 2021 |publisher=Random House LCC US |isbn=978-0-385-54747-5 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books/about/Power_Play.html?id=I8LhzQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y |language=en}}</ref>
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| 2012 || June 22 || Automotives || Product launch || Tesla officially starts selling its {{w|Model S}}<ref name="MyUser_Https:_November_28_2015c">{{cite web |url=https://www.cars.com/articles/2012/06/2012-tesla-model-s-deliveries-start-today-epa-figures-official/ |title=2012 Tesla Model S Deliveries Start Today, EPA Figures Official |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref>, a {{w|sedan}} intended for the mainstream public.<ref name="Higgins">{{cite book |last1=Higgins (Journalist) |first1=Tim |title=Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century |date=3 August 2021 |publisher=Random House LCC US |isbn=978-0-385-54747-5 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books/about/Power_Play.html?id=I8LhzQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y |language=en}}</ref> || [[File:2018 Tesla Model S 75D.jpg|thumb|center|150px|{{w|Tesla Model S}}]]
 
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| 2012 || November || Automotives || Recognition || Just a few months after it started shipping, the {{w|Model S}} is named Car of the Year by American automobile magazine ''Motor Trend'', in an unanimous vote.<ref name="Higgins"/>
 
| 2012 || November || Automotives || Recognition || Just a few months after it started shipping, the {{w|Model S}} is named Car of the Year by American automobile magazine ''Motor Trend'', in an unanimous vote.<ref name="Higgins"/>
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| 2017 || October || Solar energy || Philanthropy || Tesla installs a solar plus storage system to restore electricity at a hospital in {{w|San Juan, Puerto Rico}}, after the country is hit by {{w|Hurricane Maria}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chappell |first1=Bill |title=Tesla Turns Power Back On At Children's Hospital In Puerto Rico |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/25/560045944/tesla-turns-power-back-on-at-childrens-hospital-in-puerto-rico |website=NPR |access-date=5 November 2021 |language=en |date=25 October 2017}}</ref>
 
| 2017 || October || Solar energy || Philanthropy || Tesla installs a solar plus storage system to restore electricity at a hospital in {{w|San Juan, Puerto Rico}}, after the country is hit by {{w|Hurricane Maria}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chappell |first1=Bill |title=Tesla Turns Power Back On At Children's Hospital In Puerto Rico |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/25/560045944/tesla-turns-power-back-on-at-childrens-hospital-in-puerto-rico |website=NPR |access-date=5 November 2021 |language=en |date=25 October 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2017 || November 16 || Automotives || || The {{w|Tesla Semi}} is unveiled at a press conference, as an [[w:electric truck|all-electric]] [[w:battery electric vehicle|battery-powered]] [[w:Truck classification#Class 8|Class 8]] [[w:Semi-trailer truck|semi-truck]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tesla, Inc. 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH51-loeLgM |website=youtube.com |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Production is planned for 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tesla, Inc. 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH51-loeLgM |website=youtube.com |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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| 2017 || November 16 || Automotives || || The {{w|Tesla Semi}} is unveiled at a press conference, as an [[w:electric truck|all-electric]] [[w:battery electric vehicle|battery-powered]] [[w:Truck classification#Class 8|Class 8]] [[w:Semi-trailer truck|semi-truck]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tesla, Inc. 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH51-loeLgM |website=youtube.com |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Production is planned for 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tesla, Inc. 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH51-loeLgM |website=youtube.com |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> || [[File:The Tesla Semi Truck (40705940423).jpg|thumb|center|150px|{{w|Tesla Semi}}]]
 
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| 2018 || July || || Philanthropy || Tesla donates US$37.5 million to kindergarten to 12th grade [[w:STEM|science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] education in {{w|Nevada}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rojc |first1=Philip |title=Next Gen: What's Behind Tesla's Latest STEM Education Give? |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2018/7/26/next-gen-whats-behind-teslas-latest-stem-education-give |website=Inside Philanthropy |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>  
 
| 2018 || July || || Philanthropy || Tesla donates US$37.5 million to kindergarten to 12th grade [[w:STEM|science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] education in {{w|Nevada}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rojc |first1=Philip |title=Next Gen: What's Behind Tesla's Latest STEM Education Give? |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2018/7/26/next-gen-whats-behind-teslas-latest-stem-education-give |website=Inside Philanthropy |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>  
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| 2018 || December || Automotives || Commercial performance || {{w|Tesla Model 3}} becomes the world's best selling plug-in electric car for the year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Kane |first1=Sean |title=Tesla’s Model 3 was the best-selling EV in the world last year |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236707/tesla-model-3-2018-best-selling-ev-global |website=The Verge |access-date=5 November 2021 |language=en |date=22 February 2019}}</ref>
 
| 2018 || December || Automotives || Commercial performance || {{w|Tesla Model 3}} becomes the world's best selling plug-in electric car for the year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Kane |first1=Sean |title=Tesla’s Model 3 was the best-selling EV in the world last year |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236707/tesla-model-3-2018-best-selling-ev-global |website=The Verge |access-date=5 November 2021 |language=en |date=22 February 2019}}</ref>
 
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| 2019 || March 14 || Automotives || Product launch || The {{w|Tesla Model Y}} is unveiled.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hawkins |first1=Andrew J. |title=Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be a ‘manufacturing revolution’ |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/2/17313026/tesla-model-y-elon-musk-production-manufacturing-revolution |website=The Verge |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en |date=2 May 2018}}</ref>
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| 2019 || March 14 || Automotives || Product launch || The {{w|Tesla Model Y}} is unveiled.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hawkins |first1=Andrew J. |title=Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be a ‘manufacturing revolution’ |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/2/17313026/tesla-model-y-elon-musk-production-manufacturing-revolution |website=The Verge |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en |date=2 May 2018}}</ref> || [[File:2020 Tesla Model Y, front 8.1.20.jpg|thumb|center|150px|{{w|Tesla Model Y}}]]
 
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| 2019 || April || Automotives || Product launch || Tesla announces that all of its cars would include Autopilot software (defined as just ''Traffic-Aware Cruise Control'' and ''Autosteer'' (Beta)) as a standard feature moving forward.<ref name=BusinessInsider_201904>{{cite news |last1=Logan |first1=Bryan |title=Tesla made Autopilot a standard feature on all its vehicles and announced sweeping changes to the Model 3 lineup |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-3-lineup-changes-autopilot-comes-standard-2019-4 |work={{w|Business Insider}} |date=April 11, 2019}}</ref>  
 
| 2019 || April || Automotives || Product launch || Tesla announces that all of its cars would include Autopilot software (defined as just ''Traffic-Aware Cruise Control'' and ''Autosteer'' (Beta)) as a standard feature moving forward.<ref name=BusinessInsider_201904>{{cite news |last1=Logan |first1=Bryan |title=Tesla made Autopilot a standard feature on all its vehicles and announced sweeping changes to the Model 3 lineup |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-3-lineup-changes-autopilot-comes-standard-2019-4 |work={{w|Business Insider}} |date=April 11, 2019}}</ref>  
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| 2021 || October || || || Tesla announces that it would move its headquarters from {{w|Palo Alto, California}}, to {{w|Austin, Texas}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elon Musk says Tesla will move Palo Alto headquarters to Austin |url=https://abc7news.com/11096209/ |website=ABC7 San Francisco |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en |date=7 October 2021}}</ref>
 
| 2021 || October || || || Tesla announces that it would move its headquarters from {{w|Palo Alto, California}}, to {{w|Austin, Texas}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elon Musk says Tesla will move Palo Alto headquarters to Austin |url=https://abc7news.com/11096209/ |website=ABC7 San Francisco |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en |date=7 October 2021}}</ref>
 
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This is a timeline of the American company Tesla, Inc., a car manufacturer, energy storage manufacturer, and solar power installer.

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Time period Key developments at Tesla
2003–2004 Tesla is founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. Its initial prototype is produced. Tesla receives series A funding in 2004, led by Elon Musk.
2004 Musk joins Tesla.[1]
2004–2007 Eberhard was CEO leading the Tesla development. Tesla continually designs prototypes for the Tesla Roadster. Elon Musk was Chairman of the board, contributing to the car design and market strategy.
2006 "Originally, Eberhard and Tarpenning dreamed of building an entirely electric sports car. In 2006 they unveiled the prototype for their Tesla Roadster which entered production in 2008."[1]
2008–2012 Elon Musk gains control of Tesla and injects millions of his fortune into the company, which narrowly escapes bankruptcy. These are the years where Tesla sells its Tesla Roadsters. Sales end when Tesla runs out of Lotus gliders by 2012. Tesla reaches 3,000 employees by the end of 2012.
2008 "The Roadster met those needs. The first model produced in 2008 could travel almost 250 miles on a single battery, with acceleration and top speed compared to many consumer-level sports cars. The Roadster used a standard lithium-ion battery structure, common to many electronic devices, and customers could recharge the car in a standard wall outlet."[1]
2012–2015 Tesla starts selling the Model S and achieves rapidly growing sales. Tesla expands its network of Supercharger stations to cover the entire United States, and expands to other countries. Cumulative sales passed 90,000 units by October 2015. By 2015, Tesla introduces rudimentary self-driving software into its vehicles.
2018 In the competition arena, the world’s largest automakers, rushing to catch up with their own electric cars, invest more than US$100 billion.[2]
2019 Tesla opens its first "Gigafactory" outside the United States in Shanghai, China.
2020 Tesla hits its goal of building a half-million cars.[3]

Numerical and visual data

Google Scholar

The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of November 6, 2021.[4]

Year Tesla Motors Tesla, Inc.
2005 855
2006 1,060
2007 1,170
2008 1,410
2009 1,580
2010 1,720
2011 1,820
2012 2,450
2013 2,430
2014 2,730
2015 3,110
2016 3,540
2017 4,090
2018 4,080
2019 4,140
2020 4,280
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Year Deliveries Production Annual revenue Employees
2008 $15 million
2009 $112 million
2010 $117 million 899
2011 $204 million 1,417
2012 $413 million 2,964
2013 22,442 $2.01 billion 5,859
2014 31,655 35,000 $3.2 billion 10,161
2015 50,517 51,095 $4.05 billion 13,058
2016 76,243 83,922 $7 billion 17,782
2017 103,091 100,757 $11.76 billion 37,543
2018 245,491 254,530 $21.46 billion 48,817
2019 367,656 365,232 $24.58 billion 48,016
2020 499,535 509,737 $31.54 billion 70,757
2021 (Q1+Q2) 386,181 386,759 $22.35 billion


Date Active superchargers
January 2013 7
July 2013 15
January 2014 84
July 2014 145
January 2015 328
July 2015 432
January 2016 553
July 2016 640
January 2017 767
July 2017 889
January 2018 1,133
July 2018 1,314
January 2019 1,433
July 2019 1,594
January 2020 1,770
July 2020 1,915
January 2021 2,613
July 2021 2,966
October 2021 3,059

Google Trends

The chart below shows Google Trends data for Tesla, Inc.(Vehicle manufacturer), from January 2004 to November 2021, when the screenshot was taken. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.[5]

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Wikipedia Views

The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article Tesla, Inc., from July 2015 to October 2021.[6]

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Google Ngram Viewer

The comparative chart below shows Google Ngram Viewer data for Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, SpaceX andTesla Inc., from 2003 to 2013.[7]

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Full timeline

Year Month and date Category Event type Details
1887 Automotives Prelude "In 1887 Nikola Tesla (Serbian, naturalized US-American) files the first patents for a two�phase AC system with four electric power lines, which consists of a generator, a transmis‐ sion system and a multi-phase motor. Presently he invention the three-phase electric power system which is the basis for modern electrical power transmission and advanced"[8]
2003 July 1 Automotives Company Tesla Motors is founded by technology entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California.[9] The company is registered in Delaware. The name is a tribute to inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla.[2]
2004 April Automotives Financial (funding) South African entrepreneur Elon Musk leads the company's $7.5 million Series A financing round and becomes chairman of the board.[9][10]
2004 May Automotives Team Jeffrey Brian Straubel joins Tesla as Chief Technical Officer.[11]
2005 February Automotives Financial (funding) Elon Musk injects $13 million more into the company in a Series B round during the development of the yet-announced Tesla Roadster.[10]
2005 July 11 Automotives Legal Tesla signs production contract for Lotus to manufacture complete cars for what would later become the Tesla Roadster.[12]
2006 May Automotives Financial (funding) Elon Musk and Technology Partners raise $40 million in a Series C round for Tesla.[10]
2006 July Elon Musk cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive, with help of Elon, found SolarCity, a solar energy generation company that would later be acquired by Tesla.[2]
2006 July 19 Automotives Product launch Prototypes of Tesla's first car, the Roadster, are officially revealed to the public in Santa Monica, California, at a 350-person invitation-only event held in Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport.[13]
2007 August Automotives Leadership Martin Eberhard is asked by the board, led by Elon Musk, to step down as CEO. Eberhard takes the title of "President of Technology".[14]
2007 November Automotives Team Israeli-born American technology entrepreneur Ze'ev Drori becomes Tesla's CEO and President.[9] A high-tech veteran, Drori previously founded Monolithic Memories, which made advances in memory such as programmable read-only memory (PROM) for semiconductors.[15]
2007 Late year Financial Tesla falls into a serious financial state, with existing shareholders having no alternative but to recapitalize the company. Musk commits almost all his cash reserves to the company, leaving a few million dollars to cover living expenses.[16]
2008 January Automotives Team Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning both leave the company.[17] In the same month, Tesla fires several key personnel to pare down costs after a performance review by new CEO Ze'ev Drori.[16]
2008 February Automotives Funding A fifth round of funding adds US$4 million, with Musk contribution cumulating US$70 million of his own money at this time.[16]
2008 March Automotives Product Tesla starts producing the Roadster.[9]
2008 May Automotives Financial (funding) German multinational Daimler AG announces a US$50 million investment, giving the company a 10 percent stake in Tesla.[2] Later, Musk would state that this investment saved Tesla.[18][16]
2008 June Automotives Product Tesla announces the Model S on June 30, with a starting price of $50,000.[19]
2008 August Team Tesla hires U.S. vehicle designer Franz von Holzhausen as its chief designer. He is involved in the design of the Tesla Model S.[20]
Franz von Holzhausen and Elon Musk
2008 October Team Musk succeeds Drori as CEO.[9] "October 2008, Musk took over as CEO of the company and fired 25% of the company's staff."[1]
2008 November Financial (funding) Tesla raises $40 million in a debt-financing round and narrowly escapes bankruptcy.[21]
2009 January Financial (funding) By this time, Tesla cumulates US$187 million in funding, having delivered 147 cars. Musk contribution cumulates US$70 million of his own money to the company.[22]
2009 May Automotives Company Tesla enters into a strategic partnership with Daimler AG, which acquires 10% equity stake in Tesla for $50 million.[23]
2009 June Financial (funding) Tesla takes a US$465 million loan from the United States Department of Energy. The company would repay its loan by May 2013.[24]
2009 June Tesla opens its first European store in London.[25]
2009 July Financial (profit) Shortly after being approved to receive US$465 million in interest-bearing loans from the Department of Energy, Tesla announces having achieved corporate profitability for that month, having earned approximately US$1 million on revenue of US$20 million.[26][16]
2009 September Financial (funding) Tesla announces a US$82.5 million round to accelerate Tesla's retail expansion.[27]
2009 "2009 Eberhard sued Tesla and Musk for issues including libel and slander. He alleged that he had been forced out of the company and that the delays and financial problems associated with the Roadster had been unfairly blamed on his leadership. Eberhard dropped his suit later that same year."[1]
2010 June 29 Financial (IPO) Tesla goes IPO at US$17 per share.[28]
2010 June 30 Expansion Tesla announces Japan to be the first destination in Asia.[29]
2010 October Automotives Facility Tesla officially takes possession of the Tesla Factory site in Fremont, California and opens it.[30] The facility is acquired from Toyota for US$42 million.[31]
2010 October Automotives Tesla opens its first Japanese showroom in Tokyo.[32]
2012 February 9 Automotives Product launch Tesla unlocks the Model X SUV.[33]
2012 June 22 Automotives Product launch Tesla officially starts selling its Model S[34], a sedan intended for the mainstream public.[2]
2012 November Automotives Recognition Just a few months after it started shipping, the Model S is named Car of the Year by American automobile magazine Motor Trend, in an unanimous vote.[2]
2013 June 11 Service (charging) Product launch Tesla announces the goal to deploy a battery swapping station in each of its existing supercharging stations, now to be renamed Tesla stations.[35]
2013 October 2 Automotives Safety A Tesla Model S catches on fire after hitting debris on the highway.[36]
2014 March Automotives Legal New Jersey bans sales of the Tesla in the state, by finding that Tesla’s sales model violated regulations requiring that auto sales happen through a middleman franchisee.[37]
2014 June Company Tesla open-sources its patents.[38]
2014 September Automotives Product launch All Tesla cars start shipping with sensors and software to support Tesla Autopilot, a suite of advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) features that amounts to Level 2 vehicle automation.[39]
2015 February Automotives Competition Apple Inc. rumors to be working on a project, codenamed "Titan", to create an Apple-branded electric vehicle that resembles a minivan.[40]
2015 March 18 Legal Chris Christie signs a law reversing New Jersey's ban on Tesla selling its cars directly in New Jersey.[41]
2015 April Energy storage Product launch Tesla enters the energy storage industry by announcing the Tesla Powerwall, a set of high-capacity batteries that can be used for home energy storage.[42]
2015 September Automotives Competition Porsche unveils its new Mission E electric car concept at the International Auto Show in Frankfurt. It will be expected to reach the market by 2020.[43]
2015 September Automotives Product launch Tesla officially starts deliveries of the Model X.[44]
2015 October Automotives Product launch Tesla introduces autopilot for its Model S.[45] The software already starts auto-improving later the month.[46] Later, Tesla restricted autopilot mode to stop people from doing "crazy things".
2015 December Automotives Sales Global sales of the Tesla Model S achieve the 100,000 unit milestone.[47]
2016 April Automotives Product launch Tesla Unveils the Model 3. Aimed for mass market consumers so it is planned to have a more affordable price[48] of $35,000 (£24,423) and will have a range of at least 215 miles (346km) per charge. It has over 375,000 pre-orders[49] that exceeded expectations; the car is due to be delivered in late 2017.[50]
2016 November Photovoltaics Acquisition Tesla acquires SolarCity, in an all-stock US$2.6 billion deal, entering the photovoltaics market.[51]
2016 December Automotives Acquisition Tesla acquires German engineering firm Grohmann Engineering in Prüm as a new division dedicated to helping Tesla increase the automation and effectiveness of its manufacturing process.[52]
2017 February Company Tesla Motors is renamed to Tesla Inc,[53] to better reflect the scope of its expanded business, which now includes electric vehicles, battery energy storage systems, and solar power generation.[54][55][56]
2017 February Expansion Tesla begins operating in Portugal and Taiwan.[57]
2017 February Automotives Recognition Consumer Reports ranks Tesla as the top American car brand and the 8th among global carmakers.[58]
2017 July Automotives Product launch Tesla begins selling the Model 3, its fourth vehicle model.[59] With its pledged starting pricing of US$35,000, this model responds to Musk’s ambition to bring a fully electric car to the mass market.[2]
2017 October Solar energy Philanthropy Tesla installs a solar plus storage system to restore electricity at a hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after the country is hit by Hurricane Maria.[60]
2017 November 16 Automotives The Tesla Semi is unveiled at a press conference, as an all-electric battery-powered Class 8 semi-truck.[61] Production is planned for 2023.[62]
2018 July Philanthropy Tesla donates US$37.5 million to kindergarten to 12th grade science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in Nevada.[63]
2018 July Expansion Tesla signs an agreement with Chinese authorities to build a factory in Shangha, which would be Tesla's first Gigafactory outside of the United States.[64]
2018 August Company Elon Musk briefly considers taking Tesla private.[65][66] The plan would not materialize, giving rise to much controversy and many lawsuits including a securities fraud charge from the SEC.
2018 December Automotives Commercial performance Tesla Model 3 becomes the world's best selling plug-in electric car for the year.[67]
2019 March 14 Automotives Product launch The Tesla Model Y is unveiled.[68]
2019 April Automotives Product launch Tesla announces that all of its cars would include Autopilot software (defined as just Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer (Beta)) as a standard feature moving forward.[69]
2019–2020 From July 2019 to June 2020 Financial (profit) Tesla reports four profitable quarters in a row for the first time, which makes it eligible for inclusion in the S&P 500.[70]
2020 January 10 Financial (valuation) Tesla reaches a market capitalization of US$86 billion, breaking the record for greatest valuation of any American automaker.[71]
2020 January Philantropy Tesla donates 5 million Yuan (US$723,000) to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China.[72]
2020 March Automotives Product launch Tesla begins deliveries of its fifth vehicle model, the Model Y crossover.[73]
2020 June 10 Financial (valuation) Tesla's market capitalization surpasses those of BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen combined.[74]
2020 July Financial (valuation) Tesla reaches a valuation of US$206 billion, surpassing Toyota's $202 billion and becoming the world's most valuable automaker by market capitalization.[75]
2020 August 31 Financial (stock split) Following this increase in value, Tesla has a 5-for-1 stock split.[76]
2020 December 21 Financial Tesla is added to the S&P 500 share index.[77]
2021 February Financial (investment) Tesla reveals having invested some US$1.5 billion in Bitcoin in 2020.[78]
2021 March 24 Automotives Tesla starts accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment for vehicle purchases in the United States and states that they would introduce Bitcoin payment in other countries later in the year.[79]
2021 August 19 Robot Project launch The Tesla Bot is unveiled at the company's AI Day as a conceptual general purpose robotic humanoid planned by Tesla. Musk claims during the event that Tesla would build a prototype by 2022.[80]
2021 September Automotives Safety The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) orders Tesla to submit data pertaining to all sold US vehicles equipped with Autopilot.
2021 October Financial (valuation) Tesla's market capitalization reaches US$1 trillion, the sixth company to do so in U.S. history.
2021 October Tesla announces that it would move its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas.[81]
2021 Literature Tim Higgins publishes Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century.[2]

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