Founded in 2003, Tesla Company was formerly known as Tesla Motors, Inc. Tesla has locations across the globe, including Australia, and its main office is located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States.

After honing its skills in the production of electric vehicles, Tesla ventured into the commercial and household storage of batteries. The company gained prominence in the home energy storage market in 2015 with the release of the Tesla Powerwall battery, then in 2016 it released the Powerwall 2.