Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls, under Creative Commons license

Electric car maker Tesla has been on a tear as of late, with its share price having shot past $1,100 a pop and given the company status as the world’s most valuable automaker. Currently (as of writing), Tesla has a market capitalization hovering around $208 billion, beating the likes of Ford, GM, and Toyota which actually manufacture way more cars and mint much more revenue. Before now, Toyota had been the automaker with the largest public market capitalization. Toyota (as of writing) has a market capitalization hovering around $203 billion, a bit lower than Tesla’s.

Investors seem to be drooling for Tesla shares given its valuation despite minting lesser revenue than other traditional automakers. For a quick comparison, Tesla delivered 367,500 vehicles last year while Toyota delivered 10 million, about 27 times Tesla’s. Investors seem to have much courage in Tesla’s future potential, given it’s a company that only debuted on the public markets 10 years ago. The likes of Toyota, Ford, and General Motors have been around for a sizeable number of decades.

Tesla is set to soon report its delivery and production figures for the second quarter of this year, so the company’s shares could even be headed for another rise, depending on the released figures.