June 25, 2010
VIA FACSIMILE AND EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3720
Attention: | Max A. Webb John Dana Brown Jeffrey Sears Lyn Shenk | |
Re: | Tesla Motors, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 File No. 333-164593 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Tesla Motors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to a telephone conversation on June 25, 2010 with the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we hereby confirm that, based on the information supplied to the Company by or on behalf of the selling stockholders, no selling stockholder is a broker-dealer or an affiliate of a broker-dealer.
If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me at (650) 320-4597.
Sincerely,
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
Professional Corporation
/s/ Mark B. Baudler
Mark B. Baudler
cc: | Deepak Ahuja |
Tesla Motors, Inc.
Larry W. Sonsini, Esq.
David J. Segre, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Kevin P. Kennedy, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP