Tesla Motors‚ Inc. Financial Analysis Project Accounting II – Dr. Frazer Themistoklis Tambassopoulos Introduction In this paper I intend to provide a sound financial analysis of Tesla Motors Incorporated. I will do so by calculating and providing liquidity‚ profitability‚ and solvency ratios and then evaluating those results. Assessment of these ratios will more or less define Tesla Motors’ abilities to meet its short-term debts and obligations (liquidity)
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Introduction Tesla‚ an electric vehicle company founded in California in 2003‚ has been attracting a lot of attention worldwide. Tesla focuses not only on producing luxury electric vehicles—it prides itself on being a high-tech brand known for its innovation and creativity. In and attempt to penetrate the Chinese market‚ Tesla unveiled its model S in 2013. Tesla initially expected Chinese consumers’ interest would be high and ambitious sales forecasts. However‚ Tesla’s entry into China has been
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FINC 664W University of Redlands Capstone Paper General Motors and Tesla Merger Juan Carrillo‚ Shane Cheek‚ Jeffrey Haynes‚ and Peter Delacruz February 23‚ 2013 Dear Fellow Shareholders: A meeting of Shareholders is scheduled for Saturday‚ February 23‚ 2013. Enclosed is a copy of our proxy statement. At this meeting of shareholders‚ the Board of Directors will be seeking approval to acquire Tesla Motors. The Board of Directors believes that this merger will provide General Motors
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Stefan Tian Period 2 War in the Cities Recently‚ Mexico has been facing a horrendous civil war. This internal conflict is coming from the country’s powerful drug leaders. This epic drug war was been taking place ever since these “cartels” relocated from the South American nation of Columbia to Mexico in the mid 1980s. since then ‚ this bloody conflict has arose several issues in Mexico. Mexico’s new president‚ Felipe Calderon‚ just recently launched an all out military campaign
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but the most effective approach for Tesla would be to use a concentrated segmentation strategy. Tesla should not try to appeal to everyone by engaging in a mass marketing campaign. A concentrated segmentation strategy will allow Tesla to employ its limited resources more efficiently. Tesla needs to study different segmentation methods to better understand the profile of the customers in each segment. Studying and differentiating the segments will allow Tesla to look at the consumer similarities
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by Tesla Company. The strategy will be conducted a situation analysis of the electronic car market‚ the opportunities
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Scientist Nikola Tesla was an influential historical figure whose findings and inventions helped shape the modern world of electricity. The 18th-19th century scientist quickly became known as the “Mad Scientist”‚ and later as the “Genius Who Lit the World”. Nikola Tesla is responsible for over 300 inventions and 700 patents worldwide. He was not properly credited or widely accepted as a great inventor until after his death. However‚ that did not stop the great man from furthering his studies and
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Nikola Tesla was extremely significant in America in the late 19th century socially and economically by engineering‚ implementing‚ and advancing the field of electricity. When Tesla came to America in 1884 from Paris‚ the United States was powering homes and businesses with direct current electricity. DC power was severely limited and could only run a mile before another power station had to be built to reenergize the lines that ran overhead. To combat the inefficiency of Thomas Edison’s DC power
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Analysis of the Biography "Edison" by Matthew Josephson Matthew Josephson does an excellent job of covering all the aspects of Edison’s life and career. He portrays Edison as both a great scientist and inventor‚ but also gives the reader a look inside his personal life. Aside from writing about Edison’s life works‚ Josephson also tells us of Edison’s boyhood‚ home life‚ and finances. He even speaks of Mr. Edison’s relationship with Henry Ford. Josephson remains objective as he describes
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and discovering a desirable strategic innovation that improve the industry and company profitability (Wit and Meyer‚2005) The threats to new entrants: The threat from new entrants is very high. Entering the electric automotive industry in 2003‚ Tesla itself faced the challenges of being the new entrant into the market having numerous financial troubles that required high capital investments‚ building the brand and distributions channels. However‚ for established manufacturers with considerable
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