Tesla, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2011

Oct 13, 2011

SEC Form 4/A — Form 4/A

Issuer: TESLA MOTORS INC (TSLA)
CIK: 0001318605
Period of Report: 2011-09-26

Reporting Person: Straubel Jeffrey B (CTO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-09-26	Common Stock	S	11800	$25.379	Disposed	186334	Direct
2011-09-26	Common Stock	S	200	$26.34	Disposed	186134	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The sales reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on December 15, 2010.

F2: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $24.94 to $25.92, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Tesla Motors, Inc., any security holder of Tesla Motors, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

F3: Amount of securities beneficially owned includes 500 shares acquired under the Tesla Motors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan on August 31, 2011.

F4: The purpose of this Amendment is to correct the number of shares reported in Column 5 of Table I on the Form 4 filed by the Reporting Person on September 27, 2011. The corrected numbers reflect additional shares acquired by the Reporting Person as detailed in Footnote (3).