Event

Tesla and Toyota announce EV partnership and NUMMI collaboration

May 21, 2010 · Partnership · Tesla · Automotive

Toyota and Tesla announced they intend to cooperate on EV development, parts, production systems and engineering support. Toyota also agreed to purchase $50 million of Tesla common stock in a private placement.

  • Toyota announced a $50 million investment in Tesla as part of the partnership.
  • The companies said they would cooperate on electric vehicles, parts, and production systems.
  • Tesla linked the announcement to plans to produce Model S at the Fremont NUMMI facility.

Tesla is an automotive and AI company developing Optimus, a general-purpose humanoid built on its autonomy, battery, and vertically integrated manufacturing stack.

Company
Tesla
Segment
Automotive
Event type
Partnership
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