[av_heading heading='Self-driving automation with Tesla Motors' tag='h3' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] On Thursday, August 13 Tesla Motors announced they would be releasing $500 million dollars in stock options for investors. Fortune reported that Tesla Motors has raised over $730 million since the release last week. The company has increased their amount of vehicles produced from 10,030 in the first quarter of 2015, up to 11,507 in the second quarter. Tesla also continues to build new charging stations worldwide to give customers outlets to keep their cars going for long distance driving trips.