Tesla, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2010

Jul 2, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TESLA MOTORS INC (TSLA)
CIK: 0001318605
Period of Report: 2010-07-02

Reporting Person: Straubel Jeffrey B (Chief Technology Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-07-02	Common Stock	C	18018	—	Acquired	273267	Direct
2010-07-02	Common Stock	C	6167	—	Acquired	279434	Direct
2010-07-02	Common Stock	P	200	$17.00	Acquired	279634	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-07-02	Series B Preferred Stock	$	C	54054	Disposed		Common Stock (18018)	Direct
2010-07-02	Series C Preferred Stock	$	C	17261	Disposed		Common Stock (6167)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Each share of the Issuer's Series B preferred stock automatically converted to .333333 of a share common stock upon the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering and has no expiration date.

F2: Each share of the Issuer's Series C preferred stock automatically converted into .350013 of a share of common stock upon the closing the Issuer's initial public offering, and has no expiration date.