The History of Tesla & SpaceX By cammie3 Jun 1, 2002 SpaceX was founded in Hawthorne, CA founded by Elon Musk 2003 Tesla founded in San Carlos, CA by Elon Musk, Martin Eberhard, JB Straubel, Ian Wright, and Marc Tarpenning 2004 Elon Musk becomes chairman of Tesla Elon Musk led the company's $7.4 million series A financing round in February Mar 1, 2006 Musk invest $100M into a reusable rocket 2008 Tesla releases Roadster the 1st electric car 2008 Tesla & SpaceX on the brink of bankruptcy 2012 Tesla releases Model S 1st luxury electric car Mar 9, 2013 SX successfully runs a 24-story test flight with grasshopper 2014 Released Model S- the first dual electric car 2015 P90D gets released 2015 70D gets released 2015 90D gets released 2015 Released Model X with falcon wings 2016 Tesla plans to acquire SolarCity Mar 30, 2017 SX re-launches an orbital falcon
