FIRST SEMESTER 2014/2015 ASSIGNMENT: CASE STUDY “TESLA MOTORS. INC” PREPARED FOR: PROF‚ MADYA DR. HARTINI BT AHMAD PREPARED BY: MOHAMMED HALIRU BERI (816081) SUBMISSION DATE 24TH NOVEMBER‚ 2014. 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
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TESLA Motors IPO June 2010 By: Brad Taylor Tesla Motors‚ Inc. was formed in 2003 to design and produce affordable EV’s (electric vehicle) and sell into the mainstream market place. The company is in the auto manufacturing industry and the consumer goods sector. To sustain its significant cash flow needs to support its heavy research and development spending and growing infrastructure needs (dealerships)‚ the company completed a public offering in June of 2010 where it sold 13.3 M shares
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manned flight in 2015. In 2003 Elon founded Tesla Motors an electric car company. He went into this company with several different investors Martin Eberhard‚ Marc Tarpenning‚ Ian Wright‚ and JB Straubel. He personally invested 70 million dollars into Tesla Motors. With the other investors the combined investment is more than 180 million dollars. Elon became CEO of the company after a performance review replacing Ze’ev Drori. Elon said that Tesla needed to cut about 10 percent of the company’s
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the average supplier over our newly extended forecast window (and at least as structurally improved relative to history) but valuation which is only in line with historical average (Ford) or even significantly below (GM). We are more cautious on Tesla‚ however‚ with our Neutral rating balancing incremental news flow likely to track positive with valuation that appears stretched and execution and competitive risk that seems underappreciated. Autos & Auto Parts Ryan Brinkman AC (1-212)
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A Brand-New Vehicle at Your Local Kia Dealership Kia continues to find ways to amaze consumers across the globe and they have definitely succeeded in this goal with the launch of the 2018 Kia Stinger in Albuquerque. The vehicle is the first sports sedan made by this manufacturer and comes with features such as an oversized hatch and fastback roofline. Drivers find rear-wheel drive is standard on this model‚ while all-wheel drive can be obtained if desired. These are only a few of the many reasons
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The world’s greatest car website Top Gear has reported that Aston Martin‚ the British sports and ultra expensive cars manufacturer announced that the battery pack/set for their model AM-RB 001 will be delivered by the Croatian company Rimac Automobili. Aston Martin has been developing the hypercar in cooperation with Red Bull Racing and in according to a design of the legendary F1 racing car constructor Adrian Newey. AM-RB 001 should be the world’s most extreme road car ever seen on the road with
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Toyota is the leader of the hybrid technology with its Prius. The Prius was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car (Case‚ paragraph 2‚ ‘The Prius…higher speeds.’). Toyota used the Prius as the centre-piece of their campaign to give themselves a more environmental image compared to their rivals. The reason why the Prius was such a success and other hybrid models were having troubles to get buyers‚ is that the buyers of the Prius want to make a statement about themselves. They want to show people
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MKTG6011W Strategic Marketing Action Learning Project TESLA MOTORS Students: Marcus Chau (1155038866) Subrato Chowdhury (1155058345) Rodrigo Gonzalez (1155065430) Michael Ngan (1155040726) Carolina Quiroz (1155065428) Marcelo Seguel (1155065429) Samir Sepúlveda (1155065427) Professor: Larry K. Y. Poon Teaching Assistant: Yvonne Ning Date: May 10th‚ 2015 Index Executive Summary 1 Methodology 2 Business Strategy of Tesla in the US: 3 Value proposition and Competitive advantage:
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Tesla Motors was not really challenged the way other innovative ideas have been in the past‚ however it was repeatedly dismissed. Before the Roadster came out people put the idea of an practical electric auto into the boondoggle category. After it came out detractors denounced it as a niche market car. Belittled Tesla Motors by implying they had only succeeded in editing a Lotus Elise into an electric go-kart. After the Tesla Model S was released the tune changed drastically. For the first time
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Tesla Motors INTRODUCTION Attention Getter/ Thesis Statement: Tesla’s designs and ideas have changed the world. Most of our cars and trucks currently run on gasoline‚ and the shortage of fossil fuel is becoming a serious matter. The available alternatives are Electric‚ Hydrogen and Hybrid vehicles. Hybrid cars still emit carbon dioxide; Hydrogen cars produce pure water as waste‚ but technical problems need to be overcome. Moreover‚ hydrogen fuel cells use platinum for catalysts and supplies
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