LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY - SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE
The undersigned, as a Director of Tesla, Inc. (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Todd Maron, Jonathan Chang,
Yun Huh, Aaron Beckman and each of them, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to complete and execute
such Forms 144, Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms as such
attorney shall in his discretion determine to be required or
advisable pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933 (as amended), Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations,
as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or
disposition of securities of the Company, and to do all acts
necessary in order to file such forms with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or national
association, the Company and such other person or agency as the
attorney shall deem appropriate. The undersigned hereby ratifies
and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
This Limited Power of Attorney is executed at 200 S Michigan
Ave, Chicago, IL, as of the date set forth below.

/s/Linda Johnson Rice
July 18, 2017
WITNESS
Renee K Cogdell Lewis
July 18, 2017