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"We have essentially no patents in SpaceX… if we published patents… the Chinese would just use them as a recipe book."
— Elon Musk

Elon Musk thinks he can double Twitter’s revenue through subscriptions alone

Elon Musk thinks he can double Twitter’s revenue through subscriptions alone Musk says Twitter will earn $10 billion in subscriptions by 2028.

SpaceX teases more Starship flight tests “in the days ahead”

SpaceX teases more Starship flight tests "in the days ahead" A SpaceX engineer hosting the company’s recent record-breaking Starlink launch told viewers to “stay tuned for additional [Starship] test flights in the days ahead.” Spoken during a segue focused on Starship’s first fully successful landing days prior, the senior SpaceX employee’s choice o...

Elon Musk got $1 billion from Larry Ellison for his Twitter takeover

Elon Musk got $1 billion from Larry Ellison for his Twitter takeover It means Musk is putting less of his personal fortune at risk.

ViaSat asks FCC to halt SpaceX Starlink launches because it can’t compete

ViaSat asks FCC to halt SpaceX Starlink launches because it can't compete Under the hollow pretense of concern for the environment, Starlink satellite internet competitor ViaSat has asked the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to force SpaceX to stop Starlink launches and threatened to take the matter to court if it doesn’t get its way. A long-time satellite interne...

"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."
— Elon Musk

Tesla works with global shipping company to digitize data and “stabilize logistics networks

Tesla works with global shipping company to digitize data and “stabilize logistics networks” Tesla is helping Chinese state-owned company COSCO Shipping digitize its vast shipping data. COSCO has agreed to share shipping data with Tesla so the EV maker can test the system in the Chinese company’s Shanghai port. “We will promote digitization of shipping,” the Chairman of COSCO Shipping...

"You have to say, 'Well, why did it succeed where others did not?’”

Jeda launches ultimate Tesla accessory: 4-in-1 USB hub with smartwatch charger and more

Jeda launches ultimate Tesla accessory: 4-in-1 USB hub with smartwatch charger and more Jeda, well-known manufacturer of accessories for Tesla vehicles, is launches a new 4-in-1 USB hub and console organizer designed for the latest Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. You can reserve one today and receive an exclusive discount. Tesla is known for its spartan interior with minimalist design an...

Tesla’s most bang-for-the-buck car, the new Model S Long Range, starts its deliveries

Tesla’s most bang-for-the-buck car, the new Model S Long Range, starts its deliveries The new Tesla Model S Dual Motor AWD, arguably the company’s most bang-for-the-buck vehicle today, has formally started its deliveries. Images of the freshly delivered premium sedans were shared online over the previous days, and just as expected, the new Model S Long Range seems to be quite a veh...

Elon Musk offers to buy 100 percent of Twitter

"The biggest epiphany I’ve had this year [2016] is that what really matters is the machine that builds the machine - the factory. And that is at least two orders of magnitude harder than the vehicle itself."
— Elon Musk

"Obviously if the President could make the economy great, and there was like a button he could press, he'd be pressing that button at the speed of light, but they can't. They can't just magically make the economy good, no President wants the economy bad - ever - there's just a limit to how much they can do."
— Elon Musk

"Hope we're not just the biological boot loader for digital superintelligence. Unfortunately, that is increasingly probable."
— Elon Musk

Tesla to deliver electric semi trucks before end of the year, says PepsiCo CEO, despite delays

Tesla to deliver electric semi trucks before end of the year, says PepsiCo CEO, despite delays PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta says that it is expecting Tesla Semi electric truck deliveries this quarter, despite Tesla saying that deliveries were delayed to next year. While Tesla has been making progress toward bringing its electric semi truck to low-volume production in Nevada, the automaker recen...

Tesla owners are warned by police that they might be targeted by professional thieves

Tesla owners are warned by police that they might be targeted by professional thieves The police in Norway have warned Tesla owners that they might be targeted by professional thieves after a few Tesla vehicles disappeared, and the police don’t know how they managed to unlock and start the cars. Last night, two Tesla Model S cars in the towns of Frogner and Jessheim, near Oslo in N...

Tesla’s Elon Musk donates over 5 million TSLA shares to charity, reveals SEC filings

Tesla's Elon Musk donates over 5 million TSLA shares to charity, reveals SEC filings Tesla CEO Elon Musk donated over 5 million TSLA shares to an undisclosed charity, according to a SEC Form 5 filed on Monday, February 14, 2022.  The filing reveals that Elon Musk donated approximately 5,044,000 TSLA shares worth about $4.42 billion, considering that Tesla stock is priced at $875.76...

Tesla (TSLA) is reportedly receiving competing bids for second Gigafactory in China

Tesla (TSLA) is reportedly receiving competing bids for second Gigafactory in China Tesla (TSLA) is receiving competing bids for a second Gigafactory in China, according to new documents released by a Chinese province. The automaker said that it expects to announce a new factory location this year. Tesla currently operates two main factories, Tesla Fremont and Gigafactory Shanghai,...

TSLA analyst thinks postponing $25k car is a potential risk to Tesla’s yearly sales growth

TSLA analyst thinks postponing $25k car is a potential risk to Tesla’s yearly sales growth Bernstein analyst Tony Sacconaghi believes Tesla’s decision to not work on its $25,000 car now is a potential risk, specifically to its sales growth in the future. At the Q4 and Full Year 2021 earnings call, Elon Musk said that Tesla was not “currently” working on the $25,000 car. He noted tha...

SpaceX Falcon 9 debris mistaken for Chinese rocket on a collision course with the Moon

Chinese rocket mistaken for a SpaceX upper stage on a collision course with the Moon Rocket debris that is expected to crash into Earth’s Moon next month appears to have been incorrectly identified as part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 after a minor media blitz that saw a range of outlets criticize the company for the nonissue. Instead, the debris is likely a remnant from a Moon-bound laun...

A third world may be orbiting around our closest neighboring star

A third world may be orbiting around our closest neighboring star Proxima Centauri may be awash in planets.

Tesla purchases its own track to make Giga Berlin employees’ commute easier

Tesla purchases its own track to make Giga Berlin employees’ commute easier Tesla may not be allowed to operate Giga Berlin fully yet, but the company is not wasting any time in ensuring that its employees in the Grünheide complex can get to work as efficiently and conveniently as possible. As per recent statements from a spokesperson of the Ministry of Infrastructure and ...

Tesla’s push for telematic rates rejected by California Insurance Commissioner

Tesla's push for telematic rates rejected by California Insurance Commissioner Tesla CEO Elon Musk said yesterday during the Q4 2021 Earnings Call that the automaker is pushing California to adopt telematics-based insurance rates. Ricardo Lara, the State’s Insurance Commissioner, is advising Musk to ease off. Telematics insurance adjusts the price of premiums based on usage....

"If we can effectively merge with A.I. by improving the neural link between the cortex and your digital extension of yourself - which already exists, it just has a bandwidth issue - then effectively you become an A.I. human symbiote. And if that then is wide spread, [where] anyone who wants it can have it, then we solve the control problem as well. We don’t have to worry about some evil dictator A.I., because we are the A.I. collectively. That seems to be the best outcome I can think of."
— Elon Musk

“People sometimes think technology just automatically gets better every year, but it actually doesn’t. It only gets better if smart people work like crazy to make it better. That’s how any technology actually gets better. Look at the history of civilization, many civilizations. And look at say ancient Egypt where they built all these incredible pyramids, and then they forgot basically how to build pyramids. And even hieroglyphics, they forgot how to read hieroglyphics. Or you look at Rome, and how they built these incredible road ways and aqueducts and indoor plumbing, they forgot how to do all of those things. And there are many such examples in history, so I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.”
— Elon Musk

Tesla Cybertruck leaked images show clear look at updated alpha prototype

Tesla Cybertruck leaked images show clear look at updated alpha prototype A couple of recently shared images of what appears to be Tesla’s updated Cybertruck alpha prototype has provided what could very well be the clearest look yet at the upcoming vehicle. Thanks to the photos’ clear nature, one could see that the vehicle’s door handles do appear to have been remov...

Tesla raises Full Self-Driving Capability’s price to $12,000

Tesla raises Full Self-Driving Capability’s price to $12,000 Tesla has raised the price of its Full Self-Driving Capability to $12,000. The adjustment comes less than two years since the company raised FSD’s price from $8,000 to $10,000 back in 2020. The recent price increase was initially announced by CEO Elon Musk on Twitter earlier this month. In his upd...

Tesla Subscription service launches in California with 100 Model 3s, aims for fleet of 10,000

Tesla Subscription service launches in California with 100 Model 3s, aims for fleet of 10,000 A new startup called Autonomy launches in California as a Tesla subscription service with a fleet of 100 Model 3 vehicles, which it aims to grow to 10,000 Tesla vehicles by the end of the year. The question is: Who is it for? The concept of “subscribing” to a car instead of outright buying it [....