Tesla Car at SpaceX Facility, El Segundo, California, 2008

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Artifact Overview

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, developed (and owned) the Tesla Roadster pictured here. The electric-powered vehicle had the ability to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds, and it could travel 245 miles on a single charge. It was arguably the first viable production electric car of the modern era.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital photograph

Subject Date

26 June 2008

Creator Notes

Photographed by Michelle Andonian.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2008.109.3.174

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Elon Musk.

Technique

Digital photography (Digital camera)

Color

Multicolored

Tesla Car at SpaceX Facility, El Segundo, California, 2008