Showing posts with label Tesla Motors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tesla Motors. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Tesla Motor Now a Publicly Traded Company

Tesla Motors (TSLA), the first company to make production electric cars, went public yesterday, with the shares increasing substantially during the day. Shares were offered at $17 per share and closed at 23.89 yesterday. At the time this is being written, the shares are up again today. Goldman, Sachs & Co. (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), J.P. Morgan (JPM) and Deutsche Bank Securities (DB) were the lead underwriters.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Tesla Motors Going Public


It looks like Tesla Motors may be going public soon. The company's S-1 and prospectus were submitted to the SEC back on January 29 of this year. Listed as underwriters are Goldman, Sachs & Co. (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), J.P. Morgan (JPM), and Deutsche Bank Securities (DB).

The prospectus lists 39 pages of risk factors. No specific date is specified nor is any share price listed.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Toyota Invests in Tesla

Toyota Motors (TM) has agreed to invest $50 million in the electric car company, Tesla Motors. This is the second auto company to do so, as Daimler (DAI) had previously bought slightly less than 10% of the company.