PALO ALTO, Calif., October 20, 2014 - Tesla announces that it will post its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014, after market close on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. At that time, Tesla will issue a brief advisory release containing a link to the Q3 2014 Shareholder Letter, available on the company website. Tesla management will hold a live question & answer webcast at 2:30pm Pacific Time (5:30pm Eastern Time) to discuss the Company's financial and business results and outlook.

• What: Tesla Motors, Inc. Q3 2014 Financial Results Q&A Webcast
• When: Wednesday, November 5, 2014
  2:30pm Pacific Time / 5:30pm Eastern Time
• Shareholder Letter: http://ir.teslamotors.com
• Webcast: http://ir.teslamotors.com (live and replay)

Approximately two hours after the Q&A session, an archived version of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for a period of one year.

Investor Relations Contact:
Jeff Evanson
ir@teslamotors.com

Press Contact:
Liz Jarvis-Shean
Tesla Motors
ejs@teslamotors.com

For additional information, please visit http://ir.teslamotors.com.