Elon Musk’s car company was founded in 2003 in San Carlos, California, and was named for Serbian-American inventor, futurist and engineer Nikola Tesla, who created the induction motor that ran on alternating-current (AC) power in 1887.
Tesla, Inc. is an American automotive and energy company based in Palo Alto, California. The company specializes in electric car manufacturing. Tesla was founded in July 2003, by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, under the name Tesla Motors. The company's name was derived from physicist Nikola Tesla.
Headquarters Palo Alto, California, United States
2003-now
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