▣About Tesla, Inc.

Tesla, Inc. (founded as Tesla Motors in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning) is a leading electric-vehicle and clean-energy company that grew under early investment and long-term leadership from Elon Musk. Tesla attracted major attention from the Bitcoin community after disclosing a $1.5 billion Bitcoin purchase and plans to accept BTC for car purchases in February 2021, later suspending Bitcoin payments over environmental concerns in May 2021 and converting roughly 75% of its Bitcoin holdings to fiat in Q2 2022. Tesla’s executive team and board include CEO Elon Musk, CFO Vaibhav Taneja, President of Automotive Tom Zhu, Chair Robyn M. Denholm, and board member Kimbal Musk, among others.