3.1 Political
With selling cars in 17 countries of North America, Western Europe and Asia (Tesla, 2014), Tesla Motors has to deal with distinctive political patterns influencing its business operations. One of the major political factors affecting the industry is environmental protection laws to induce production of more environmental cars to meet strict emission levels(Environmental-protection.org.uk, 2014). The second important factor is US government energy loan programs for research and development of new vehicle technologies(Department of Energy, 2014). In this case, many auto manufacturers will be interested in entering the market.