A Tesla Motors changed its name to “Tesla Inc ”. That means the company is keen to stop being just an automaker and start producing other products as well.
In addition to the automotive industry, Tesla now has a strong presence in other market areas, such as electric power, where it is a supplier of solutions in formats 'powerpack' for industrial applications and powerwalls for the domestic market.
The desire of the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, always was to expand the company to areas other than electric cars, namely solar roofs and home batteries to store this energy.
Making the name simpler is a relatively common change in technology companies.
The solar panel industry is another that Tesla has been developing, especially after confirming the acquisition process for SolarCity Corp. at the end of last year.
The change was more than obvious, already many called simply Tesla instead of referring to Tesla Motors. The change is related to this marketing behavior and also to the fact that you want to identify yourself with other articles than just cars.
For example, Apple Computer was renamed Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), when a decade ago he presented the iPhone.
