Tesla, Inc.  is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs), stationary battery energy storage devices from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar shingles, and related products and services. The company was incorporated as Tesla Motors, Inc. on July 1, 2003, by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. They served as chief executive officer and chief financial officer, respectively.

The Tesla Motors name is a tribute to inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla.

In February 2004, Elon Musk led Tesla's first funding round and became the company's chairman; in 2008, he was named chief executive officer. In 2008, the company began production of its first car model, the Roadster sports car,

roadster

The first generation Tesla Roadster is a battery electric sports car, that is based on the Lotus Elise chassis, and was produced by Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) from 2008 to 2012. The Roadster was the first highway legal, serial production, all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than 393 km per charge.

Tesla sold about 2450 Roadsters in over 30 countries, and most of the last Roadsters were sold in Europe and Asia.

The vehicle can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.7 or 3.9 seconds depending on the model. It has a top speed of 201 km/h. 

The Roadster shares roughly 7% of its components with the Lotus Elise including the windshield, airbags, some dashboard parts, and suspension components. Tesla ended production of the Roadster in January 2012 after Lotus ending production of the Elise in 2011.

model s

The Tesla Model S is a battery-electric, four-door full-size car produced since 2012. The automaker's second vehicle and longest-produced model, critics have called the Model S one of the most significant and influential electric cars in the industry. It is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Motor Trend Car of the Year Award in 2013.

All versions of the Model S come equipped with a single-speed transmission.

The car initially used an alternating current induction motor, which was replaced by a permanent magnet synchronous reluctance motor in 2019.

Constructed mostly of aluminum, the Model S shares 30 percent of its components with the Model X—a crossover SUV that was introduced in 2015. The Model S has undergone several updates during its production, the most prominent ones occurring in 2016 and 2021.

Beginning in 2012, three battery pack configurations of the Model S were offered as 2013 model year vehicles.

model x

The Tesla Model X is a battery electric mid-size luxury crossover SUV built by Tesla, Inc. since 2015. Developed from the full-sized sedan platform of the Tesla Model S, the vehicle notably uses falcon wing doors for rear passenger access.

The Model X has an EPA size class as an SUV, and shares around 30 percent of its content with the Model S, half of the originally planned 60 percent, and weighs about 10 percent more. Both the Model X and Model S are produced at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California.

After one full year on the market, in 2016, the Model X ranked seventh among the world's best-selling plug-in cars.

The Model X has double-hinged falcon wing doors which open upwards, allowing the leading edge of the door to remain tucked close to the body, unlike traditional gull-wing doors. Tesla claims the falcon-wing (modified gull-wing) doors ease access to the vehicle by having the door raise up vertically, rather than swinging out hinged at the front, which tremendously reduces accessibility. The Model X offers room for seven adults and their luggage in three rows of seating and front and rear trunks.

Over the years, the Model X has been available with four lithium-ion battery packs, rated at either 60, 75, 90, or 100 kW·h. The highest performance version, the Model X Performance, goes from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds, outperforming the fastest SUVs and most sports cars.

model 3

The Tesla Model 3 is a battery electric powered mid-size sedan with a fastback body style.

The Model 3 was the world's top-selling plug-in electric car for three years, from 2018 to 2020, before the Tesla Model Y, a crossover SUV based on the Model 3 chassis, took the top spot. In June 2021, the Model 3 became the first electric car to pass global sales of 1 million.

Within a week of unveiling the Model 3 in 2016, Tesla revealed they had taken 325.000 reservations for the car. These reservations represented potential sales of over US$14 billion. By August 2017, there were 455.000 net reservations.

In November 2020, the Model 3 received exterior and interior styling changes, many carried over from the then-new Model Y crossover SUV, which was based on the Model 3.

Tesla announced a design refresh of the Model 3 in 2023, bringing a longer driving range, lower production costs, technical improvements, and a restyled exterior and interior.

When production began in 2017, the base Model 3 was announced to have a 50-kWh battery with a range of about 350 km while the optional 75-kWh battery would have a range of about 500 km.

model y

The Tesla Model Y is a battery electric compact crossover SUV produced  since 2020. The vehicle was presented in March 2019 as the company's fifth production model since its inception after the Roadster, Model S, Model X and Model 3.

After its 2019 introduction, the Model Y started production at the Tesla Fremont Factory in California, US in January 2020. Production at Giga Shanghai, China was added in December 2020, and at Gigafactory Texas, US since late 2021. Deliveries from Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany started in March 2022.

The Model Y is based on the Model 3 sedan and serves as a larger variant, with around 76 percent of parts being shared between the two and identical exterior and interior styling.^[9][10] While most Model Y are configured with two-row seating, in the US the Model Y offers optional third-row seats for a seven-passenger seating capacity.

In 2023, Tesla delivered 1.2 million Model Ys, making it the world's best-selling vehicle that year, surpassing the Toyota Corolla and becoming the first electric vehicle to claim that title. With at least 2.16 million units delivered since its start of production up to December 2023, the Model Y is also the most popular electric vehicle of all time. Tesla claims the Model Y was again the best-selling vehicle in the world in 2024. 

A refreshed version of the Model Y was revealed in January 2025, with upgrades similar to the upgraded Model 3. The new Model Y features a full width light bar as its daytime running lights and tail light, as well as a touchscreen for passengers in the rear seat.

cybertruck

2023-now

The Tesla Cybertruck is a battery-electric full-size pickup truck manufactured by Tesla, Inc. since 2023. It was first unveiled as a prototype in November 2019, featuring a distinctive angular design composed of flat, unpainted stainless steel body panels, drawing comparisons to low-polygon computer models.

Originally scheduled for production in late 2021, the vehicle faced multiple delays before entering limited production at Gigafactory Texas in November 2023, with initial customer deliveries occurring later that month.

As of 2025, three variants are available: a tri-motor all-wheel drive (AWD) model marketed as the "Cyberbeast", a dual-motor AWD model, and a single-motor rear-wheel drive (RWD) "Long Range" model. EPA range estimates vary by configuration, from 480 to 560 km, with total power outputs ranging from 845 hp in the tri-motor variant to 315 hp in the single-motor version. All powertrain components are integrated into a liquid-cooled subassembly that houses the motor, inverter, and gear set.

According to Musk, the design of the Cybertruck was inspired by Blade Runner and "Wet Nellie", the Lotus Esprit driven by James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me, which doubled as a submarine. Like most vehicles, the Cybertruck can float for short periods of time.

The Cybertruck is sold exclusively in the United States and Canada.

roadster II

2025-now

The Tesla Roadster is an upcoming battery electric four-seater sports car to be built by Tesla, Inc. The company claimed it will be capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.9 seconds, which would be quicker than any street legal production car to date at its announcement in November 2017. 

The Roadster is the successor to Tesla's first production car, the 2008 Roadster.

Originally set to ship in 2020 with 10.000 units, the release has been delayed multiple times. In October 2024, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the Roadster would begin production in 2025. 

Musk said that higher-performance trim levels will be available beyond the base specifications, including a SpaceX package that would "include ~10 small rocket cold air thrusters arranged seamlessly around the car" which would allow for dramatic improvements in "acceleration, top speed, braking & cornering," and such as a 1.1 second 0–100 km/h time, and "maybe ... even allow a Tesla to fly".

The second-generation Tesla Roadster is a 2+2 coupé with a removable glass roof. It was designed by Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla's chief designer who has been responsible for most Tesla vehicles. The Roadster has a 2+2 seating arrangement, with smaller rear seats for two passengers.

The Roadster has three electric motors: one in the front and two in the rear, allowing for all-wheel drive, and torque vectoring during cornering. The vehicle will have a 200 kWh battery, twice the capacity of the largest battery in an existing Tesla car (the Tesla Model S or Model X), and much larger than the 123 kWh battery of the Tesla Cybertruck. The Roadster will have a 1000 km range on a single charge at highway speeds.  The rear wheels are larger than the front wheels.

cybercab

The Tesla Cybercab, also known as the Robotaxi, is an upcoming two-passenger battery-electric self-driving car under development by Tesla. The vehicle is planned to be fully autonomous. The prototype vehicles have no steering wheel or pedals.

A concept version of the Cybercab was unveiled in October 2024, with 20 prototypes providing short rides to attendees of the announcement event. Tesla reports production is planned to commence sometime before 2027.

The production vehicle design will include inductive charging.

On the Tesla investor call on October 23, 2024, Tesla said they were aiming to be in volume production with Cybercab by the end of 2026, and that the annual production goal was 2 million Cybercabs per year, when several factories are at full design capacity.