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Tesla Motors, Inc Strategic Audit Current performance Tesla Motors, Inc deals with designing, manufacturing and selling of automobile items such as electric cars, batteries and train products. It is a public company listed in NASDAQ securities exchange and has enjoyed record profits in the recent times. It currently has received global attention for its innovation approach to remain competitive. It is the company that pioneered electric cars purposely for sporting events. The innovation…

Like most entrepreneurs Preston Tucker was determined to create the greatest possible product. The movie “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” shows the life of Preston Tucker and the journey of starting his automolie company. He dreamt of creating a vehicle that would become the safest car on the market and he would name it the “Tucker Torpedo”. The Big Three automobile companies in Detroit were the biggest challenge Tucker would have to face. He aslso began facing fraud problems, but no matter the…

QUESTION 2 Tesla Motors, Inc. is a US company, founded in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, aiming to build electric cars for a wide audience. In the spring of 2004, venture capital investors rose, with Elon Musk becoming chairman of the supervisory board, and soon becoming the defining figure of Tesla (Tesla, 2016). Musk is financially involved in Tesla Motors; he has re-invested the profit from other products into the company. At the end of 2008, Tesla Motors was close to…

Will electric cars take over the automobile industry? After reading the article, “For The Electric Car, A Slow Road to Success,’’ by Jim Motavalli, in my opinion, I think electric cars will take over the automobile industry. Electric cars will take over because: 1) In 2011, was the year where electric cars were being sold to consumers in Detroit’s auto dealers, 2) Mileage of usage will increase because of prices, and 3) China, United States, and Europe’s automobile companies are producing…

Tesla Motors is a company that designs, develops and manufacturer’s electric vehiclesalong with advanced powertrains and electric components. Tesla is a pioneer of electric technologies for cars as well. The company also owns their own service centers and supercharges stations. In addition to electric car manufacturing, the organization has designed and developed electric components for other car manufacturers. For example, Daimler AG, also known as Mercedes Benz, purchased electric…

The Industrial Revolution was an era of monumental change for the world. Before the 18th century, cultures had an agricultural lifestyle with kings, lords and dukes as if from a story. But with the invention of the steam engine, these societies began to transform into nations - nations that competed, helped, and destroyed each other; a new world was emerging. Machinery improved, technologies advanced, and the modern world started to form. Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism all began to replace…

Evaluating the Efficiency of Tesla Motors Inc. Nowadays, efficiency considerations are an integral part of corporate planning. For different types of companies, there are always some different perspectives which make them efficient. According to Nordqvist (2014), Tesla Motors Inc. is an American company built in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. The company focuses on design, developing manufactures, and selling electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components. Although…

perfectly balancing performance and efficiency - Tesla Motors, Inc. Tesla Motors was founded in California when a few engineers set out to make gasoline cars obsolete. Despite what you would think, their first creation, the Tesla Roadster, turned out to be the very first electric sports car. The Roadster looks like the american version of the Porsche, reaches speeds of over 210 km/hr , and managed an unprecedented range of 320 km per charge. Not only did Tesla break the stereotype that electric…

$7500 tax credit. However, the Volt is a plug in hybrid, that claims to be a full electric with a battery extender (an internal combustion (IC) engine). The other is a true full electric. As such, the Bolt is wasting no time before gunning for the Tesla Model 3’s prestige, which will be a main competitor when it is released. Chevy’s full electric auto was announced quite a while ago; beginning of this year, in the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) if I am not mistaken. When it came…

More than 10 years ago, on the 2nd of August 2006, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, unveiled his now infamous Product Masterplan. Summary of the document reads as follows: “Build a sports car. Use that money to build an affordable car. Use that money to build an even more affordable car. While doing above, also provide zero emission electric power generation options. Don’t tell anyone.“ Needless to say, Tesla Motors is on its way to tick every single box of the plan. Tesla’s 4th generation vehicle,…