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Origins
How the company began.
The founder story explains why the later cars took the form they did.
Manufacturer history
Tesla through time.
Read the company as a sequence of engineering, design and business decisions.
Museum catalogue
Every model gets a plaque.
An image on the right, a concise interpretation on the left and a clear statement of why the car belongs in the chronology. Missing images fall back gracefully until you upload the WebP.
2010s
3 models2012–2024Passenger Car
Model S
Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.
Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.
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2016–2024Passenger Car
Model X
Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.
Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.
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2017–2024Passenger Car
Model 3
Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.
Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.
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2020s
2 models2020–2024Passenger Car
Model Y
Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.
Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.
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2022–2024Passenger Car
Cybertruck
Discovery Timeline model-nameplate record. US catalogue observation.
Why it matters: This model forms part of the manufacturer’s evolving road-car chronology.
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