Tesla Repays Energy Department Loan 9 Years Early
PALO ALTO (CBS/AP) -- Electric car maker Tesla Motors says it has repaid a loan from the U.S. government nine years early.
The Palo Alto-based company says it wired a $451.8 million payment to the government on Wednesday to retire a loan it received from the Department of Energy.
The agency loaned Tesla $465 million in 2010 to make advanced-technology vehicles.
The company used money from a $968 million sale of stock and notes to pay off the debt. The sale took place last week and closed on Wednesday.
Tesla sells only one car, the $70,000 Model S. Earlier this month the company reported its first quarterly profit. Its stock price has more than doubled since the first of the year and closed Wednesday at $87.24.
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