See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325746549 Tesla PESTEL Analysis – Harvard Article · June 2018 CITATIONS READS 0 28,402 1 author: Rakesh Naga Naidu Chinta University of Michigan 12 PUBLICATIONS 0 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Disney, Pixar Strategic, Competitive Analysis View project Tesla Strategic Competitive Analysis, Future predictions on sustainance View project All content following this page was uploaded by Rakesh Naga Naidu Chinta on 28 May 2020. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. PESTLE Analysis - Tesla This paper is a strategic analysis of Tesla Motors, Inc.: “How Tesla Motors Inc. can improve its strategy to sustain its competitive advantage on the electric vehicle market and confirm its position as a transformational leader in sustainable lifestyle?”. Tesla Motors was created in 2003 by a group of engineers in Silicon Valley with a vision to create the most compelling car company of the 21st century by driving the world’s transition to electric vehicles. In 2008, Tesla shattered those standards by creating the Roadster, a car capable of traveling 245 miles on a single charge, along with a 0-60 time of 3.7 seconds. With slow growth and declining sales margin within the early release of its “Roadster”, tesla has made a remarkable recovery and has proved that “electric vehicles can be safe, user-friendly usable and reliable to the market. The Model S, an electric luxury sedan, being released in 2012, won Motor trends 2013 car of the year award. It has been the best-selling plug-in electric car for two consecutive years: 2015, 2016. Of the approximate 356,232 electric vehicles around the world today, Tesla accounts for 50,000. It reached a peak of 150000 units sold by November 2016. As of December 2016, it lies best, being second to the Nissan Leaf. The Model S was then followed in September 2015 by the Model X. Tesla’s next vehicle is the Model 3, releasing mid-2017 with a base price of US$35,000, assuming it to be the most-affordable wide-range EV ever released in the industry. All large auto manufactures, other than Toyota (the limited production Rav4e can travel 103 miles per charge), have yet to create an electric vehicle that can travel more than 100 miles on a charge. A seventh of the market share is remarkable for a company that started just more than a decade ago. The EV company specializes in lithium-ion batteries, electric vehicles, and residential-consumer based solar panels, in cooperation with Solar City. External Analysis of Tesla PESTEL Analysis Political The U.S. government has shown interest in renewable energy and electric vehicles, Tesla was granted a $465 million low-interest loan from the Department of Energy, Tesla has paid off the loan, but without it, they may have never been able to get the company to attract so many investors. Some states, like Colorado and Virginia, offer state tax credits over 5,000 dollars to entice customers to buy electric vehicles. Tesla wants to distribute vehicles from the manufacturer to the consumer, eliminating the third party middle man, the private-owned dealerships. Dealership transactional finance is given by Exhibit 2. Legal- Michigan recently passed H.B. 5606, which forces all manufacturers to have third party dealerships. Electric vehicles have lower maintenance costs making them ill-suited for this type of business model. Also, if consumers and producers are being negatively impacted by-laws; isn’t that infringement on a free and open market? Regardless, the only group contributing political contributions and the only one benefiting from the laws being passed are the automotive dealerships. Economics Growth rates are slow in the U.S, but that hasn’t stopped people from buying cars on credit through “deals” such as 0% financing. The catch that most people don’t realize is that the interest is already added into the MSRP when the car is sold increasing the base price but making it seem as if the customer is getting a deal in the long run. New car sales have been rising rapidly since the recession in 2008. The sales are back to the same level they were prior to the market collapsing. Tesla has managed to come out of the recession with ever-increasing stock prices. Social View publication stats Most citizens support the idea of investing our taxes into sustainable fuels and products using sustainable resources. Even after most companies who were given large government loans failed to materialize into successful companies; Americans are still supportive of the endeavors to create a sustainable economy. Going green is a very popular term these days Technology Tesla assembled a team that was a mix of specialists from the car industry and people with their roots in Silicon Valley. Musk believed that Tesla’s Silicon Valley roots gave it an important edge when it came to this kind of innovation. Exhibit 8 explains the division of stakeholders within the company. Their improvements in batteries, aerodynamics, and rolling resistance are leading to an increase of 40-50% in range efficiency for the prototype Roadster 3.0; making it the first car to have an expected range of 400 miles. Environmental Driving vehicles without consuming and burning gasoline is great, but using electricity derived from coal plants defeats the purpose. Tesla is in the process of developing battery packs to be used in conjunction with solar panels to help utilize the sun’s abundant energy truly making Tesla eco friendly.
