Tesla eclipsed Toyota to become the world’s largest car maker by market cap last week — truly a milestone in automotive history. While founded in 2003, it’s been 10 years since the Elon Musk-led electric car company (that also produces batteries) went public. In that time, its market value has grown spectacularly, by nearly 10,000%. [Read: Tesla short sellers lost $1.33B on Thursday’s stock pump — Musk only got richer] Yep, that’s right. 10,000%. At the end of its first day of public trading on June 29, 2010, Tesla stock finished at $23.89, awarding it a $2.2 billion market value. Last…
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