Tesla Motors In 2005

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In January 2005, the company made a scale model in clay and Tesla Motors now had 18 employees. The same month, the workers took the Mule 1 out for a test drive. However, due to some unknown reasons the vehicle wasn’t able to perform well and the company now needed more money. Therefore, on February 2005, all the partners invested more money and opened an office in the UK.
By June 2005 in the Tesla Motors Car History, a full-scale model of the Roadster was introduced and within a month, the company expanded even more with 38 employees present. In August 2005, the company began work on a motor for their Mule 2 project and the company now had 63 employees who were building the Mule 2 in Fiberglass.
In January 2006, a drivable version of the Mule 2 was completed and then 10 prototypes of the same model were created for crash testing and performing other analysis and research. By September 2006, the company expanded to more than 120 employees, all of them performed more tests on their prototypes including susceptibility and radiated emissions testing.
A month later, the company made a durability test, which unfortunately their model was unable to pass. Therefore, the company expanded to 144 employees and more tests were performed. Additionally, in order to build their reputation, Tesla Motors began showing their prototypes in numerous Auto Shows. By 2007, the Roadster was being winter-tested and the company expanded to 205 employees who began building a Validation Prototype (VP).
A few months later, the company had to launch its Roadster Electric Model. However, due to the new transmission failing the durability test, the debut was delayed significantly. In November 2007, Martin Eberhard was forced to leave the company and sued Tesla for mistreatment. But the good news is coming soon for the company and by January 2008, the VPs survived all new tests.
Finally, in March 2008, the company began production of the Tesla Roadster and a few months later began working on other new models. The company opened retail stores in Los Angeles, California. However, in order to start building other vehicles the company required a loan of $400 million, which was approved in June 2009.

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