Tesla Logo According to CEO Elon Musk, it is a stylized section of the cross-section of an electric motor that represents a section of the stator and rotor that compose it. The main part of the tee is one of the rotor windings, while the top line, separated by a space, is the stator. June 15, 2020.
It has been a long-standing theory that the Tesla logo is not just a fancy 'T', but actually represents the cross-section of an electric motor first designed by the company's namesake, physicist, and inventor, Nikola Tesla.
Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors, Inc.) is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company based in Palo Alto, California. The company specializes in the manufacture of electric vehicles, battery energy storage from home to grid scale, and, through the acquisition of SolarCity, manufacture of solar panels and solar tiles.
Tesla Motors was founded in July 2003 by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. The company name is a tribute to the inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla.
Tesla Model 3 was the world's best-selling electric vehicle from 2018 to 2019 and had a maximum electric range of 500 km (310 miles) according to the EPA. It is ahead of the competition in terms of powertrain technology, infotainment technology, and semi-autonomous driving characteristics.