A Case Study: Tesla's Acquisition of Solar City

Abstract

This paper analyzes Tesla's acquisition of Solar City in 2016 with the purpose of comprehensively evaluating the positive and negative impacts of this acquisition on Tesla. First, this article will introduce acquisition, a common means of business operation in the process of company development. Combined with the basic concept of acquisition, the paper analyzes the details of the typical acquisition case of Tesla's acquisition of Sun City. From the background of both companies, it mainly studies the main revenue mode and the main revenue source of the acquirer and the target company. Next, this paper will evaluate the benefits and disadvantages that the changes brought by the acquisition will bring to the company based on other acquisition cases. Then, this paper uses the SWOT model to analyze the motivation for Tesla's acquisition of SolarCity. After that, this paper will comprehensively evaluate the acquisition of Tesla from two perspectives. Finally, this article will synthesize all the above content of this acquisition to summarize.