Tesla Motors opens California plant to press

Tesla Motors opens California plant to press

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Assembly line robots are at work at Tesla Motors Inc.'s plant in Fremont, California, on Jan. 8, 2015, during its opening to the media. The U.S. venture business for electric vehicles said it has improved plant productivity by increasing the use of robots.

Tesla mass-market model

Tesla mass-market model

FREMONT, United States - Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk answers reporters' questions in Fremont, California, on June 22, 2012. The electric vehicle maker began manufacturing its first mass-market sedan, Model S.

Tesla to make EV at new plant

Tesla to make EV at new plant

FREMONT, United States - Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk stands by a prototype of his company's new Model S electric vehicle in Fremont, California, on Oct. 1, 2011. Tesla the U.S. electric vehicle maker showed its new plant in Fremont to reporters and said it will be ready to produce the Model S at the plant, bought from the now-liquidated joint venture of Toyota Motor corp. and then General Motors Corp, by the end of 2011.

Tesla to make EV at new plant

Tesla to make EV at new plant

FREMONT, United States - Photo shows a new plant of U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors Inc. in Fremont, California, that was shown to reporters on Oct. 1, 2011. Tesla said it will be ready to produce its new Model S electric vehicle by the end of 2011 at the plant bought from the now-liquidated joint venture of Toyota Motor Corp. and then General Motors Corp.

GM, Toyota launch new sedan earmarked for Japan

GM, Toyota launch new sedan earmarked for Japan

FREMONT, United States - Workers at a joint assembly plant of Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Corp. (GM) in Fremont, California, celebrate June 3 the start of production of the Voltz sedan, a small car jointly developed by the two automakers for the Japanese market.