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Cars have always been a fascinating vehicle for people of all age groups. Further, the brand new cars with additional smart features add an extra flavor to this fascination. Thereby, making the brand an important aspect in buying a car. Along with many other car brands, Tesla motors has an important reputation in the automobile industry.

Tesla Motors: The beginning.

Having an American manufacturer, Tesla Motors was established by Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard in 2003. The industry was titled after an electrical engineer and a physicist, Nikolas Tesla who got his AC induction motor technology patented in 1888.

The company had Elon Musk, as the third member who provided the major part of the initial funding of its foundation and is currently the core person behind Tesla Motors. Tesla is presently known as the world’s best manufacturer and seller of battery-electric cars with solar roofs and panels. It trades its different car models under models S,3, X, and Model Y to over 30 countries.

Primarily manufactured models.

Taking over as its initiation point, Tesla motors brought forward several car models having every model with an additional feature from the previous one. A few of them are as follows:

a) The Roadster.

Having a target of commercializing the use of electric automobiles to motivate people to choose a greener path, the company started up its period with a Roadster model in 2008. Its important features were:

  • The roadster was built from the outer covering of a Lotus Elise.
  • It had an average of nearly 245 miles (390 km).

Having the title of the quickest car, it came with a power up to 288 Hp.

b) Model-S.

It was only after Tesla sold all of its units allotted by Lotus Elite, did it sprung up with its Model-S in 2012. It was the first entirely home-developed electric car that came at a reasonable price. This model had a range of over 647 km.

Sequentially, other car models like Model X in 2015, Model 3 in 2017 (priced as low as 37,990 dollars), etc, were then launched one after the other, with improved efficiency and features. Even now, the company is making grounds to manufacture the best out with reduced prices

In Indian market.

Since, the last few years, Tesla has become trustworthy of the Indian market, adding the  Indians as the prospective buyers. There have been several buyers like Mukesh Ambani, Ritesh Deshmukh with Prashant Ruia as the first one.

First Indian to own Tesla.

Prashant Ruia, CEO, as a famous business leader at Essar conglomerate in India has become the first owner of a Tesla car with model X 90D, which he brought to India back in 2017. Since, that fortunate year, Ruia is found to have been driving his Tesla on many events.

The Tesla model owned by Mr. Ruia is standard, fully electric and a luxurious SUV, that usages falcon-wing doors to enter second and third-row seats. Once it is fully charged, provides a power of 259 Hp with an average of 414 kilometers.  Having been exempted from RTO taxes, this electric royal blue-colored vehicle plays a part in charm for many eyes.

Also Read: Electric Vehicle- A Change To Future Of Transport.