General Motors and Tesla: How they stack up

By The Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) _ General Motors and Tesla hold annual meetings on the same day, June 6. Below is a comparison between the two companies.

                                               General Motors                 Tesla
Year founded                                             1908                  2003
Headquarters                                          Detroit Palo Alto, California
Vehicles sold (2016)                               10 million                76,230
Global vehicle assembly plants                             77                     1
Employees                                             225,000                30,000
Global dealers/stores                                  19,000                   250
Revenue (2016)                                 $166.3 billion          $7.0 billion
Net income/loss (2016)                           $9.4 billion       (-$675 million)
Profitable quarters (2010-2017)                            29                     2
Cash and marketable securities (as of March 31) $20.4 billion          $4.0 billion
Operating cash flow (1Q 2017)                    $1.4 billion      (-$69.8 million)
Gross profit margin (1Q 2017)                    13.2 percent          24.8 percent
CEO                                            Mary Barra, 55         Elon Musk, 45

 

Source: The Associated Press; company filings

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