Tesla Motors has been expanding its product and service portfolio over the last few years to cover more than just automobiles. Late last year, the company merged with Solar City (another one of Elon Musk’s projects) who are basically the Tesla Motors of the Smart Home. It comes as no surprise then, that the company wants to be known as “Tesla”, which is what most people refer to them as anyway.

Tesla isn’t the only American company to do this – back in ’07, Apple Computer decided to move more towards the lifestyle electronics sector when they called themselves just “Apple”. The difference here is that Tesla’s more of an automotive/transportation/energy company with a much wider scope.

Solar City, for instance, have the PowerWall and Solar Roofs. These will help Tesla vehicle owners create a more pollution-free energy loop for their cars. As it stands, Tesla’s vehicles still rely on electricity produced by the burning of fossil fuels.