Tesla, located in Palo Alto, 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 initial new energy vehicle entrepreneurial team mainly came from Silicon Valley, and built cars with IT concepts, rather than the ideas of traditional automobile manufacturers represented by Detroit. Therefore, Tesla's electric car is often seen as a story of a Silicon Valley kid against a Detroit giant.
The honor of the company
20 18, 18 In February, Tesla was among the top 500 brands in the world, ranking 81;
20 19 10 10 on 23rd October, 20 19 Fortune 50 list was announced, and Tesla ranked 48th.
June 5438 +20201October 2020 The list of the top 500 most valuable brands in the world was released, and Tesla ranked147;
In 2020, 65438+ 10 and 65438+March were selected as winners of 2020 Hurun to Shangyou products. ?