9-714-413 REV: JANUARY 24, 2014 ERIC VAN DEN STEEN Tesla Motors “Tesla is in California, so it is not April Fool’s yet!” tweeted Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, around 10 PM PT on March 31, 2013. “First profitable Q for Tesla thanks to awesome customers & hard work by a super dedicated team”1 he had tweeted a few minutes earlier. And indeed, on May 8, Tesla announced a net income of more than $10mln on $560 mln in sales.2 Tesla had outsold both Nissan and GM in electric cars in the U
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Tesla Motors - Challenges in International Management. 1. Introductions Today, it is difficult to find anyone who is interested in cars, environmental protection, or IT technologies and who has never heard about Tesla Motors, the company which was found in 2003 by Elon Musk. He developed a person-to-person payment platform known as PayPal, which made him a billionaire. And after that he decided to focus on realization of his long-standing dreams: one is Space X – the company, the main purpose of
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1. History of Tesla Motors Global warming is the issue of universe but let’s keep it limited with our planet EARTH, to save earth from global warming Tesla motors took great step ahead to control pollution on EARTH by discovering electric car with high cost saving cars, soon they will be launch electric motorcycles. Tesla motors are baby of great person ELON MUSK and his team, who is founder of PAYPAL, SPACEX and now TESLA MOTORS. His visionary thinking to save planet by pollutions, creating
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marketing strategy for motor cars. Don't set up a traditional car yard in the cheap rentals along highways. Set up in the shoppings malls! Increase consumer volume through segmentation and targeting! Capitalize off it by strategic positioning! Provide great service and a top-notch product, along with nifty little trinkets, and create customer value. What is Tesla? - Tesla Motors Inc is a public, California based electric car manufacturer. They have recently introduced the Tesla Model S. This was their
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Tesla Motors is a relatively new company in which case it must find a way to inform the public about its product. Tesla’s main focus is on its technological advancements in 100% electric cars. The company promotes its products through the use of articles in magazines such as Wired Magazine. Wired Magazine is a magazine that does reports about new products in the technological industry and how these products affect our culture, the environment, and certain political aspects. Tesla wants the public
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BUS 478 – STRATEGY / SECTION: D300 Tesla Motors Inc. Case Synopsis Date: March 17, 2014 [Edited] Yafeng(Elsie) Liu Yingying Kang Hao Wu Chan Chen Edith Hon Firm history Background Tesla Motors, Inc. is an American company that was founded in 2003 by a group of brilliant and innovative Silicon Valley engineers. These engineers proved that electric vehicles could be awesome substitute of the gasoline powered cars. Tesla not only designs, produces and markets electric cars, but it also provides
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.Page 23 Introduction Tesla was created in 2003 in the Silicon Valley by a group of engineers including current CEO, Elon Musk. They created the first fully electric vehicle and then released the Model S in 2012 which came to market as the first fully electric luxury vehicle. The Model S can drive 426 kilometers on a single charge. Tesla tapped into a market that is still expanding and growing with more and more competitors entering the market every day. Tesla is a young and innovative company
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1. Considering the 3 updated news, the following can be definitely mentioned. Tesla model Y is going to be an absolutely new lower cost electric SUV. This one is said to have falcon doors as one of the future products. At the same time Elon Musk has also mentioned that “there will be a model 3 and a model Y, one of the two will”. This version is going to have 70 kilowatt power pack (John Voelcker, 2014). Tesla Roadster 3.0 is going to have a $29000 battery upgrade which will have a range of
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Tesla Motors Norbert Binkiewicz Justin Chen June 4, 2008 Matt Czubakowski 1 SWOT Analysis Strengths • • • • Good engineering and technology research capability Able to raise large amounts of capital First mover advantage; the first company to offer a relatively practical fully electric car, customers include high-profile figures like Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, and Jay Leno Designs and builds many of the components in its cars, including the power electronics, motor and battery
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St. John’s University Graduate Student Managed Investment Fund Presents: Tesla Motors, Inc.: TSLA Analysts: Rutvig Bhatt (rutvig@gmail.com) Yanchen Liu (yanchen.liu12@stjohns.edu) Gaoting Liu (liugaoting@gmail.com) Kevin Shanker (kevin.shanker05@stjohns.edu) Share Data: Fundamentals: Price 5/7/14: $201.35 GAAP EPS (FY Dec’13): -0.62 Market Cap: $24.80B E[EPS2015]: 1.83 52 Week Range: $63.69 – $265.00 Beta: 1.10 1 Contents 1. Executive Summary……………………………………………………3
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