{"id":46163,"date":"2009-11-20T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/11\/20\/report-tesla-motors-planning-ipo-soon\/"},"modified":"2009-11-20T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T20:30:00","slug":"report-tesla-motors-planning-ipo-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/46163","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Tesla Motors planning IPO &#8220;soon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/earnings-financials\/\" rel=\"tag\">Earnings\/Financials<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/tesla\/\" rel=\"tag\">Tesla<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/electric\/\" rel=\"tag\">Electric<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/first-drive-tesla-roadster\/#4\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/11\/tesla_drive_b_01-630op.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Tesla Roadster &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nRumors about Tesla&#8217;s plan to go public have been circulating since 2008, but a down stock market seemed to put a damper on the start-up&#8217;s IPO. Now, the word <strike>on the street<\/strike> from Reuters is that Tesla is planning to go public &#8220;soon.&#8221; When might that be, exactly? Who knows. A source told <em>Reuters<\/em> it could happen &#8220;any day,&#8221; but Stephan Dolezalek, managing director of VantagePoint Venture Partners and a Tesla investor, said in September that it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/2009\/09\/11\/tesla-motors-ipo-unlikely-to-come-before-late-2010\/\">unlikely to happen in 2009<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For its part, Tesla continues to offer little guidance on the report other than to dismiss it as &#8220;rumor or speculation.&#8221; We shall see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-tesla-roadster\/low\/\">First Drive: Tesla Roadster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-tesla-roadster\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2008\/01\/tesla_drive_b_03_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-tesla-roadster\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2008\/01\/tesla_drive_b_04_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-tesla-roadster\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2008\/01\/tesla_drive_b_01_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-tesla-roadster\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2008\/01\/tesla_drive_b_02_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/first-drive-tesla-roadster\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2008\/01\/tesla_drive_b_05_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/marketsNews\/idUSWEN683620091120\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/11\/20\/report-tesla-motors-planning-ipo-soon\/\">REPORT: Tesla Motors planning IPO &#8220;soon&#8221;<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST.  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