National geographic megafactories - Tesla

National geographic megafactories - Tesla
Tesla Motors (often shortened to Tesla) is an American automaker and energy storage company co-founded by Elon Musk Martin Eberhard Marc Tarpenning JB Straubel and Ian Wright and is based in Palo Alto California. The company specializes in electric cars their powertrain components and also produces battery charging equipment.
Tesla first gained widespread attention following its production of the Tesla Roadster the first electric sports car in 2008. The company's second vehicle the Model S an electric luxury sedan debuted in 2012 and is built at the Tesla Factory in California. In Q1 2013 Tesla released its stock profits for the first time from its NASDAQ ticker symbol. The Model S has been the world's best-selling plug-in electric car for two years in a row 2015 and 2016. Its global sales achieved the 150 000 unit milestone in November 2016 four years and five months after its introduction. As of December 2016 the Model S ranks as the world's all-time second best-selling plug-in after the Nissan Leaf. The Model S was then followed by the Model X a crossover SUV. Tesla's next vehicle is the Model 3 which was unveiled in March 2016. It is slated for release in 2017 with a price at US$35 000 before any government incentives.
As of December 2016 Tesla Motors has sold over 186 000 electric cars worldwide since delivery of its first Tesla Roadster in 2008 making the carmaker the second largest global pure electric car manufacturer after the Renault-Nissan Alliance. For two years running 2015 and 2016 Tesla Motors ranked as the world's second best selling manufacturer of plug-in electric cars after BYD Auto. Musk the CEO has said that he envisions Tesla Motors as a technology company and independent automaker aimed at eventually offering electric cars at prices affordable to the average consumer.
Tesla has a network of high-powered Superchargers located across North America Europe and Asia for Tesla vehicles. The company also operates a Destination Charging program under which shops restaurants and other venues are offered fast chargers for their customers. Although Tesla operates a number of production and assembly plants the company's most iconic facility is the Gigafactory 1 near Reno Nevada where Panasonic builds 21-70 cells for Tesla batteries. Tesla also manufactures the Tesla Powerwall Powerpack batteries and solar panels (in varying form factors) for home and industry applications.

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