Namhlanje, i-Tesla yeyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu kwihlabathi yenza iimoto kwaye iimoto zayo zezona zithengisa kakhulu izithuthi zombane kumazwe amaninzi. Kodwa kwiminyaka nje embalwa edlulileyo, inkampani yayisecicini lokuqothuka. Ngapha koko, uTesla wayesokola kakhulu kubomi bakhe, ngakumbi kwiminyaka yokuqala. Ixesha nexesha, umsunguli weTesla U-Elon Musk Uthanda ukubonakalisa la maxesha anzima njengesikhumbuzo sobude bakhe.
Kwintetho ye-Twitter kule veki nentatheli yeshishini kunye nomlobi webhayoloji yakhe u-Ashlee Vance, uMusk wajonga emva kwexesha elimnyama likaTesla embindini weNgxaki yezeMali ye2008.
Zombini i-Tesla kunye ne-SpaceX bezikufuphi, uVance ukhumbule nge-tweet ngoMvulo ebusuku. Ukukhawuleza ukuya kwisibetho sehlabathi se-2020/2021, kwaye iTesla yeyona nkampani yeemoto ebaluleke kakhulu kwaye i-SpaceX yeyona rocket inkulu kwaye inkampani yesathelayithi kwaye ibhabha nabantu nayo.
Umjikelo wezezimali kaTesla uvaliwe nge-6pm ngo-Disemba 24, 2008, [iyure] yokugqibela yomhla wokugqibela okanye umvuzo awuzukubuyela emva kweentsuku ezimbini, uMusk waphendula nge-imeyile. Ndinike uTesla okokugqibela kwemali yam eseleyo evela kwi-PayPal. Wayengenayo nendlu okanye nantoni na ethengiswayo.
Umjikelo wezezimali weTesla uvaliwe nge-6pm Ngomhla we-24th ka-2008-iyure yokugqibela yosuku lokugqibela kunokwenzeka okanye ukubhatalwa kwabasebenzi bekuya kuba kubhuntshile kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva. Ndinike uTesla okokugqibela kwemali yam eseleyo evela kwi-PayPal. Wayengenayo nendlu okanye nantoni na ethengiswayo.
-Elon Musk (@elonmusk) NgoJuni 21, 2021
Loo mjikelo wemali uvela kumenzi wemoto waseJamani uDaimler, owathi, nangona imeko yakhe yayinzima kakhulu ngelo xesha, wafaka i-50 yezigidi zeedola eTesla ngoDisemba ka-2008. UDaimler wakhupha loo ntengo kwi-2014, waphoswa yiminyaka yeTesla ekhula ngokukhawuleza ukuba ayilandele.
Kwiintsuku zokuqala zikaTesla, uMusk wayexhasa le nkampani ngokupheleleyo ngemali yakhe, kuba wayengaqinisekanga ukuba ingcinga yesithuthi sombane iza kusebenza.
Ndacinga ukuba amathuba okuphumelela asezantsi kakhulu kangangokuba ndayinika yonke imali, yena utshilo kumsitho eParis ngo-2015. Yonke le mali ivele kum ngokwam. Bendingafuni ukucela abantu, abanye abatyali mali ngemali ukuba ndicinga ukuba siza kufa kuba bendicinga ukuba siyiyo. Ndityalomali ngokupheleleyo imali endiyifumene kwi-PayPal, yonke loo nto ityalwe kwiTesla, kwiSolar City nakwiSpaceX.
UTesla uqhubeke nokusokola kwiminyaka yokudodobala koqoqosho emva kuka-2008. Kutshanje ngo-2013, besisebenza mhlawumbi neveki enye ukuya kwezimbini, utshilo uMusk kumsitho waseParis.
Ukujika okwenyani kukaTesla akuzange kufike de kube yi-2019 xa ukuthengiswa kweModeli 3, eyona ntengiso yayo yokuqala ye-EV, ivumela inkampani ukuba ithumele inzuzo yekota okokuqala. I-Tesla ibisonyuko lweemeteor ukusukela ngoko, ibona intengiso yayo ikhula ngaphezulu kweepesenti ze-700 kwiinyanga ezili-18 ezidlulileyo.
Kuthatha ixesha ukwenza ubuchwephesha obutsha… Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba awukwazi ukufikelela kwiimoto ezinamaxabiso aphantsi ngaphandle kokuba uqala ngeemoto ezibizayo, watsho uMusk kudliwanondlebe ngo-2008, xa inkampani yakhe kunye naye babenetyala. Iklip yevidiyo yodliwanondlebe yahamba yangena kwi-Twitter kwangoko kulo nyaka.
. @elonmusk Ukuxoxa ngezithuthi zombane ngo-2008 njengoko i-tesla yayiphantse yaphuma ngekheshi. pic.twitter.com/q41Tw9bfx9
-Abanini beTesla beSilicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) NgoFebruwari 22, 2021