Tesla, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2013

May 2, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TESLA MOTORS INC (TSLA)
CIK: 0001318605
Period of Report: 2013-04-30

Reporting Person: Straubel Jeffrey B (Chief Technical Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-04-30	Common Stock	M	10416	$0.36	Acquired	91050	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-04-30	Incentive Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.36	M	10416	Disposed	2013-05-30	Common Stock (10416)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Amount of secutities beneficially owned includes 500 shares acquired under the Tesla Motors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan on August 31, 2012 and 500 shares acquired on February 28, 2013 under the same plan.

F2: 1/4 of the shares became vested and exercisable on May 31, 2007 and 1/48th of the shares subject to the option became vested and exercisable each month thereafter.