Tesla Car at SpaceX Facility, El Segundo, California, 2008
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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.
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
Digital photograph
Subject Date
26 June 2008
Collection Title
On Exhibit
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
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