Future Talk – Tesla Motors

Future Talk – Tesla Motors

An examination of electric car maker Tesla Motors. Based in Palo Alto, CA, Tesla was founded by Elon Musk, who is also the founder of SpaceX, which builds rocket ships under contract to NASA. Tesla has leading edge battery technology and ample funding, and is the first automaker to have an initial public stock offering since Ford did it in 1956. The studio guests are two Tesla employees, engineering manager Ali Javidan who discusses Tesla’s technology and its plans for the future, and service and parts director Greg Zanghi who discusses Tesla’s customer service philosophy and its charging station infrastructure.