Tesla is an electric vehicle and energy company in the United States, headquartered in Palo Alto, with a market value of US $210 billion, producing and selling electric vehicles, solar panels, and energy storage equipment. On July 1, 2003, the company was jointly founded by Martin Eberhard and Mark Tapenning. The founders named the company "Tesla Motors" in memory of physicist Nicola Tesla. Tesla strives to provide every ordinary consumer with pure electric vehicles within their consumption capacity; Tesla's vision is to "accelerate the global transformation to sustainable energy".
