Think Elon Musk named Tesla Think again Back in 2004 Musk joined Tesla a year after engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded it The name Tesla Motors was already taken by someone in ...

Elon Musk did not name nor found Tesla; he bought the name for $75,000 from a stubborn owner in Sacramento through persistent negotiation. The real founders of Tesla were Martin Eberhard and Mark ...