Vaibhav Taneja - 13 May 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)

Reporting relationship: Chief Financial Officer
Issuer ticker: TSLA
Reported as of: 13 May 2026
Net transaction value: -$1,350,000
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 15 May 2026, 19:33:47 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 09 Mar 2026
Next SEC filing: 09 Jun 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: By: Aaron Beckman, Power of Attorney For: Vaibhav Taneja

Key filing fact

Vaibhav Taneja filed Form 4 for Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) on 15 May 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes Vaibhav Taneja's Form 4 filing for Tesla, Inc. (TSLA).
5 reported transactions and 2 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 15 May 2026, 19:33.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 09 Mar 2026.
Current net transaction value: -$1,350,000.

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0001771340 Primary reporting owner

Taneja Vaibhav

Relationship: Chief Financial Officer
Address: C/O TESLA, INC., 1 TESLA ROAD, AUSTIN
Signature: By: Aaron Beckman, Power of Attorney For: Vaibhav Taneja
Signature date: 15 May 2026

Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

TSLA transaction

Common Stock

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: +1,000
Change %: +5.5%
Price: $18.44^*
Shares after: 19,106
Date: 13 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

TSLA transaction

Common Stock

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: +2,000
Change %: +10%
Price: $18.22^*
Shares after: 21,106
Date: 13 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

TSLA transaction

Common Stock

Sale

Transaction value: $1,350,000
Shares: -3,000
Change %: -14%
Price: $450.00
Shares after: 18,106
Date: 13 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1, F2

TSLA holding

Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 111,000
Date: 13 May 2026
Ownership: See Footnote
Footnotes: F3

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

TSLA transaction Derivative

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: -1,000
Change %: -29%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 2,390
Date: 13 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock
Underlying amount: 1,000
Exercise price: $18.44
Footnotes: F1, F4

TSLA transaction Derivative

Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: -2,000
Change %: -0.28%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 711,920
Date: 13 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Common Stock
Underlying amount: 2,000
Exercise price: $18.22
Footnotes: F1, F5

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 5 footnotes

Footnote F1

The transactions reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on November 17, 2025.

Footnote F2

Out of the total of 3,000 shares sold on May 13, 2026, approximately 1,337 shares were sold to cover the exercise price, and to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligations related to the exercise of stock options to purchase 3,000 shares as reported herein.

Footnote F3

55,500 shares are held directly by the reporting person in GRATs, for which the reporting person is a trustee, and 55,500 shares are held directly by the spouse of the reporting person in GRATs, for which the spouse of the reporting person is a trustee.

Footnote F4

Represents part of a single option award grant, including Incentive Stock Options. 1/60th of the aggregate shares subject to the option became vested and exercisable on November 1, 2018, and 1/60th of the shares subject to the option shall become vested and exercisable each month thereafter, so that all such shares subject to this option became fully vested on October 1, 2023.

Footnote F5

1/8th of the shares subject to the option became vested and exercisable on September 13, 2019, and an additional 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vested each month thereafter, so that all such shares subject to this option became fully vested on March 13, 2023.