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
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed by Michelle Andonian.
Collection Title
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
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Few American cities embraced the automobile like Los Angeles. The southern California metropolis opened the first of its many limited-access freeways in 1940. Work on the Harbor Freeway, seen here, began in the early 1950s. Now designated Interstate 110, this freeway connects the downtown area with the Port of Los Angeles to the south, and with Pasadena to the northeast.