The Electric Vehicles Made By Tesla Motors
Survey of Tesla Motors Electric Vehicles
NAIXUAN MA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854
[email protected] 6
Abstract
This paper mainly introduces the electric vehicles made by Tesla Motors, Inc. in
many aspects, including comparisons with traditional gasoline fueled vehicles,
environmental impact, 5 years ownership cost, safety and ease of use. At last,
drawing the conclusion that for a relatively long period, choosing a Tesla electric
vehicle rather than gasoline fueled cars is a wise decision for it?s greener and more
economical. Firstly, few similarities and differences between Tesla electric cars and
traditional ones are generally compared. Then analyzing the ... Show more content on
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In the last few years, Tesla Motors, Inc. is growing rapidly. Tesla has more than three
thousand employees in December, 2012. [3] And the number has been increased to
six thousand in January, 2014. However, the relatively high price of Tesla electric
cars cannot be ignored. Average customers cannot afford such a car that is priced
more that $70,000. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, Inc., gave the opinion that
Tesla is trying to eventually offer electric vehicles that are affordable to most
consumers. [4][5] A mature model under $40,000 is expected by 2017. [6][7]
Under such cases, some research on the famous Tesla Motors, Inc. and its electric
vehicles will be conducted in the paper. The study mainly focuses on whether the
electric vehicles made by Tesla is really more environmentally friendly as what
people heard about. And will it cost too much in daily use? Although many people
assume such electric cars can pollute less, a few people have another theory that
such kind of vehicles isn?t as environmentally friendly as what people expected. In a
way, it makes sense because there are still