Tesla had only 2 profitable quarters in 8 yrs as listed firm
Elon Musk-led carmaker Tesla has reported only two quarterly profits in its 8 years as a listed company, once each in 2013 and 2016. On June 29, 2010, Tesla became the first car company to go public in the United States since Ford Motor Company in 1956. Musk recently proposed to take Tesla private, valuing the company at $72 billion.