Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an American company that specializes in electric vehicles, energy storage and solar panel manufacturing based in Palo Alto, California.
Founded in 2003, the company has some expertise in electric cars, lithium-particle battery vitality stockpiling, and private photovoltaic boards (through the subsidiary company SolarCity). The extra products Tesla offers include the Tesla Powerwall and Powerpack batteries, solar powered boards and solar roof tiles.’
Chief Elon Musk said that he envisions Tesla as a technology company and independent automaker, went for in the long run offering electric autos at costs reasonable to the normal consumer. The company was named after the electrical specialist and physicist Nikola Tesla by company fellow benefactors Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.
The company’s Model S was the world’s top of the line module electric auto in 2015 and 2016. Global offers of the Model S achieved the 200,000 unit development amid the final quarter of 2017. In September 2015, the company released its Model X, a hybrid SUV. The Model 3 was released in July 2017. Tesla creation passed 300,000 vehicles in February 2018.
Tesla operates various production and get together plants, notably Gigafactory 1 close Reno, Nevada and its principle vehicle fabricating office at Tesla Factory in Fremont, California. The Gigafactory fundamentally produces batteries and battery packs for Tesla vehicles and energy storage products.
Technology
Batteries
Unlike other automakers, Tesla does not use individual large battery cells, but thousands of small, cylindrical, lithium-ion commodity cells like those used in consumer electronics. It utilizes a variant of these cells that is intended to be less expensive to fabricate and lighter than standard cells by evacuating some security features.
According to Tesla Motors, these features are redundant because of the advanced thermal management system and an intumescent chemical in the battery to prevent fires. Panasonic is the sole provider of the cells for Model S, Model X, and Model 3 and cooperates with Tesla in the Gigafactory 1’s ’21-70′ cells.
In February 2016, Tesla battery costs were evaluated at US$200 per kWh. Tesla showed later in 2016 that their batteries cost under $190/kWh.Still later that year Argonne Labs assessed $163/kWh at a creation rate of 500,000 packs for every year.
Motors
Tesla makes two sorts of electric motors: an induction motor with three-stage, four-post AC and copper rotor (by which the Tesla logo is roused); and lasting magnet motors utilized as a part of the Model 3 and Semi. Engines for the Model S and Model X are made at Tesla Factory, while motors for Model 3 are made at Gigafactory 1.
Sales
Tesla worldwide deals passed 250,000 units in September 2017 and its 300,000th vehicle was produced in February 2018.Its best selling car is the Model S, with worldwide sales of around 212,874 units between June 2012 and December 2017, took after by the Model X with around 72,059 units sold between September 2015 and December 2017. Model 3 deliveries totaled 1,764 units in 2017. The now-retired Roadster sold around 2,450 units. In July 2017, Tesla said their vehicles had voyage 5 billion mi (8 billion km).
In 2016 BYD Auto was the world’s best selling plug-in car manufacturer with 101,183 units sold, trailed by Tesla with 76,243. However, Tesla incomes positioned ahead with US$6.35 billion, while BYD scored US$3.88 billion.Also in 2016, the company sold US$1 billion worth of autos in China, the world’s biggest market for electric vehicles, and in October of the next year it achieved a concurrence with the Chinese government to build a factory in Shanghai.
As of October 2016, Tesla worked around 260 exhibitions or retail stores in the United States.In June 2016, Tesla opened its first store-inside a-store: small outpost within the Nordstrom’s department store at The Grove shopping mall in Los Angeles. In 2017, Tesla opened retail stores in Dubai and South Korea.
In August 2015, Tesla launched a revamp of its stores to include interactive displays focused on safety, autopilot, charging network and motors. In 2017 Tesla had a US$52 million advertising spending plan and utilized a referral program and informal exchange to pull in purchasers.