Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) – If you bought Tesla shares instead of a Model S at launch, here’s how many you would have now

Tesla Motors began deliveries to customers of its Model S in June 2012.

The car changed the face of electric vehicles and helped make Tesla one of the best-known brands and stocks.

The stock or the car? In June 2012, the 300-mile range version of the Tesla Model S was selling for $ 77,400.

If a client had chosen to invest in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) – the business rather than the physical car – at this moment, they would probably be very happy with the result.

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On June 22, 2012, Tesla’s stock opened at a price of $ 6.796 adjusted for the split. An investment of $ 77,400 would have been good for 11,389 Tesla shares.

Keeping these stocks for the next eight years and more would give a customer the ability to buy many Tesla cars.

The value of the 11,389 Tesla shares is $ 9,409,136 as of January 15.

Many Tesla car owners have also invested in the business. Investments in the company over the years have turned Tesla car owners into millionaires along the way.

TSLA Price Action: Tesla shares ended Tuesday’s session up 2.23% to $ 844.55.

Photo courtesy of Tesla.