http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/ Engadget Comments for Tesla Motors IPO coming 'any day' now, says report http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/
By John Jones]]>Nov 21st 2009 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/]]>Nov 21st 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/
"An initial public stock offering (IPO) referred to simply as an "offering" or "flotation," is when a company issues common stock or shares to the public for the first time. They are often issued by smaller, younger companies seeking capital to expand, but can also be done by large privately-owned companies looking to become publicly traded."]]>Nov 21st 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/
Maybe I'm biased because I like their Model S.]]>Nov 21st 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/
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I have high hopes that Tesla can prove the business model works, and then we might see some more diversification in the industry with more smaller manufacturers. I hear there are a lot of manufacturing plants lying idle these days...]]>Nov 21st 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 22nd 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/
Tesla is a horrible company. They have no existing infrastructure to manufacture cars let alone sell them. they have ONE store in one city. Their ceo is an incompetent douche and uses profanity when speaking to the press. this is all just a huge scam.]]>Nov 21st 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/31/tesla-roadster-keeps-on-rollin-goes-313-miles-on-single-charge/

So, they hold the record for the furthest traveled on a single charge by a production EV - what precisely do you want from them?

As for what they have to do with gadgets... really? Did you really ask that? A Tesla is, at least for me, the ultimate gadget. Nothing on Engadget says that their posts can't include aspirational devices.]]>Nov 21st 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 22nd 2009 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/
When a company is preparing to go public the sr. executives go on a "road show" to meet with potential investors. These meetings are not secret. And they file an S-1 document with the SEC, which is freely available to the world.

In other words, if/when they go public there will be lots of obvious signs. the Reuters reports just says that Telsa will soon be filing their S-1. Big fucking deal. My dog is "very close" to filing his S-1.

And something companies file their S-1, but delay their IPO because of lack of investor interest, poor market conditions, etc.

So the Telsa report from Reuters isn't news. It's speculation about something that might eventual turn into news.]]>Nov 21st 2009 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Nov 21st 2009 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/Elon Musk is heavily opposed to going public, I don't see him allowing this. Once you go public you get a good amount of capital but then you are forced to satisfy greedy investors quarter after quarter, with the partnership with Daimler, and the government loan, I'm sure they can last without an IPO]]>Nov 21st 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/21/tesla-motors-ipo-coming-any-day-now-says-report/2)IPO
3)????
4)Profit!.

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