Overview

Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company based in Austin, Texas. It designs and manufactures electric cars, battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, and related products and services.

Role in this knowledge base

Tesla is used by Elon Musk as a primary example of a heavily regulated company whose automotive products must comply with extensive rules to be sold.

Key facts

  • To sell cars, Tesla must comply with a ‘vast body of Regulation’, described as being as large as a room full of phone books.

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