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Martin Eberhard (Martin Forest Eberhard) was born on 15 May, 1960 in Berkeley, California, United States, is an American engineer and business executive. Discover Martin Eberhard's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

Popular As Martin Forest Eberhard
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Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 15 May, 1960
Birthday 15 May
Birthplace Berkeley, California, United States
Nationality United States

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1961

Martin Eberhard (born 1961 (age 45)) is an American inventor, engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Tesla, Inc. (then Tesla Motors) with Marc Tarpenning in 2003.

1982

He received a B.S. in computer engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1982 and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the same school in 1984.

Eberhard began his career as an electrical engineer at Wyse Technology, where he designed the WY-30 ASCII computer terminal as his first product.

1987

Eberhard co-founded Network Computing Devices in 1987, where he served as chief engineer through its IPO on 1992.

1996

In 1996, Eberhard founded NuvoMedia with Marc Tarpenning, where they developed the Rocket eBook, the first e-book with secure internet delivery of content.

2000

Eberhard served as chairman and CEO until NuvoMedia’s acquisition by Gemstar in 2000.

Eberhard's interest in sports cars, concern about the dependence on oil imports, and global warming led him to think about EV cars as part of the solution.

Their development of the second generation of NuvoMedia's ebook reader also had an impact due to their experience in sourcing lithium ion cell technology.

Eberhard found out about and attempted to purchase a prototype EV sports car called the AC Propulsion tzero.

He provided some financial and technical support in the conversion of the tzero to lithium-ion batteries.

Eberhard then tried to convince AC Propulsion founder Alan Cocconi to turn the tzero into a production car.

2003

When Cocconi declined, Eberhard co-founded (with Marc Tarpenning), and became the first CEO of Tesla Motors, an electric car company in Menlo Park, California in 2003.

Eberhard’s guiding principles were:

1) An electric car should not be a compromise. With the right technology choices, it is possible to build electric cars that are actually better cars than their competition.

2) Battery technology is key to a successful electric car. Lithium ion batteries are not only suitable of automotive use; they are game-changing, making decent driving range a reality.

3) If designed right, electric cars can appeal to even the most serious car enthusiast, as electric drive is capable of seriously outperforming internal combustion engines.

In a now well-known tale, Eberhard and Tarpenning in 2003 gathered consumer data for their nascent company by driving up and down the streets of the wealthy suburb of Palo Alto, California, and peering into driveways to see what kinds of cars the suburbanites owned.

What they found tucked between the $2 million homes was Priuses.

Many of the driveways contained one luxury car and one Prius, which was the environmental darling of the day.

So they’d see a Porsche and a Prius.

Or a BMW and a Prius.

Or a Lexus and a Prius.

Economists have since identified this phenomenon.

They call it “conspicuous conservation,” a wrinkle on Thorstein Veblen’s century-old theory of conspicuous consumption.

The idea is that some modern consumers purchase products as a way of displaying their green virtue.

In 2003, Eberhard and Tarpenning couldn’t have known the term “conspicuous conservation,” but they had the wisdom to understand what they were seeing: Environmentalism had come to the doorstep of the wealthy.

Thus, they concluded, they could sell electric cars to the affluent.

2007

Eberhard served as Tesla's original chairman, and its CEO until late 2007.

On November 30, 2007, Tesla released a press release titled "Martin Eberhard, Co-founder of Tesla Motors, to Transition to Advisory Board."

Fortune magazine reported in December 2007 that chairman Elon Musk had asked Eberhard to leave.

Musk stated in an interview that it was not due to ideological differences, but that he did not see a role for Eberhard.

2008

Eberhard drives the second of Tesla Motors Founder's Series Roadsters cars, which is the first series of the Tesla Roadster (2008).

The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric sportscar with 244 mi (EPA) range.

On January 7, 2008, the New York Times reported that Tesla Motors issued a statement explaining that the co-founder and former chief executive, Martin Eberhard, "has transitioned from the board of directors and executive management of the company to the advisory board."

Eberhard noted that while he had signed a non-disclosure agreement with Tesla, "so I must, by contract, be a bit careful about how I word things", he was not happy with the transition.

In his since-deleted Tesla Founders Blog, Eberhard criticized Tesla layoffs, which he labeled a "stealth bloodbath".

2009

In June 2009, Eberhard brought a lawsuit against Elon Musk for libel, slander, and breach of contract, alleging that Musk pushed him out of the company, publicly disparaged him, and compromised Tesla's financial health.

In August 2009, Eberhard dropped the lawsuit for undisclosed reasons.

2015

In 2015, he was inducted into the University of Illinois Engineering Hall of Fame.

Eberhard grew up in Kensington, California, a community in the Berkeley Hills.