Tesla IPO: Electric-car maker’s stock up 41 percent in debut SAN JOSE — On a day when the stock market tanked, Tesla Motors beat even the most bullish of expectations. The electric car company’s stock shot up 41 percent Tuesday in its first day of public trading, the second-best start of an IPO this year.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk To Sell Nearly One Million Personal Shares At IPO One day before its scheduled IPO , Tesla Motors is increasing the allotment of shares that will be sold to the public from 11.1 million to 13.3 million, according to an a mendment to its S1 filing . The additional shares are

With IPO, Tesla bets on electric car’s future Tesla Motors Inc. starts selling stock to the public on Tuesday. The sale’s success depends on how much investors are willing to bet on a car company that has never made a profit, sells a single vehicle and expects to lose money until at least 2012. As

Tesla Motors Increases Electric Car IPO Size by 20% Tesla Motors Inc., the electric sports-car company that’s attempting the first initial public offering by a U.S. automaker in a half-century, increased the size of its IPO by 20 percent. Read more on BusinessWeek Tesla Increases Shares Offered in IPO by 20% to 13.3 Million Tesla