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Tesla Is the Decade's Best-Performing Auto Company
Anyone who bought the stock when Tesla went public in 2010 has a bonanza of 1,190%.
Elon Musk with the Tesla Cybertruck last month.
Photographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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Among the biggest surprises of the past decade was the initial public offering of the Palo Alto company that outperformed every automaker from Detroit to Toyota City to Wolfsburg and is now the undisputed champion of total return, sales growth and long-term shareholder value.
That would be 10-year-old Tesla and its zero-emission, battery electric Model S, X and 3 vehicles.