Owning your own car company has a lot of little-considered benefits: all the slightly-damaged car seats you want for napping, easy access to stacks of tires to build forts, and the ability to cancel any customer’s order just because you don’t like them. Guess which one Elon Musk just took advantage of? Read more…
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Elon Musk Cancels Blogger’s Model X Order Because He Bitched About Event
When Elon Musk makes his next big announcement later this month he won’t be joined by an electric car or a space-bound capsule. Tesla will finally be passing along details on its long-awaited batteries designed for home use, plus a “utility-scale” battery as well—both of which will likely be manufactured in its new Gigafactory in Nevada. Read more…
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Following earlier reports that Google was finalizing a $1 billion investment in Elon Musk’s zany new space internet project, SpaceX has confirmed a new round of funding worth—you guessed it—$1 billion. The new investors include not only Google but also Fidelity, Founders Fund and others. The new investors now own slightly less than 10 percent of SpaceX’s new venture. Read more…
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Google (and Friends) Just Invested $1 Billion in SpaceX Internet
Elon Musk just said that his SpaceX spaceships will get humans to Mars by 2026, with or without NASA. It may seem cocky, but coming from a man who has built this entire company so he can die on Mars —and to “help ensure the survival of humanity”—those words are not to be taken lightly. Read more…
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Elon Musk vows for 2026 manned Mars mission—wants self-sustaining city
Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced that he would publish an alpha design for his crazy-sounding “Hyperloop” by August 12. According to Musk , the diagram above is as close as anyone has gotten to figuring out how the super-fast transit technology might work. And it seems bonkers. Read more…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that he would be willing to donate even more money as a way to accelerate the widening of a major north-south highway in Los Angeles, known as the 405 Freeway. So far, he’s already donated $50,000 out of a total cost that has now ballooned to $1.1 billion, but he said he’d gladly pay more to add more workers. “[I’d pay more] as a contribution to the city and my own happiness,” Musk told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday . “If it can actually make a difference, I would gladly contribute funds and ideas. I’ve super had it.” On Wednesday, the city received the dubious honor of having the worst traffic in the country , according to data company Inrix. Read 3 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Tesla CEO says he’ll pay more to speed up LA freeway widening: “I’ve super had it”
Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of the private spaceflight company SpaceX, has announced an ambitious plan to colonize Mars by shuttling 80,000 pioneers to the Red Planet at a cost of $500,000 a trip. The first phase of the program, which is contingent on the development of reusable rocket that can take off and land vertically, would start off modestly with only a handful of explorers leaving Earth at a time. But in short order, the self-sustaining population could grow into something far greater. More »
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SpaceX founder unveils plan to send 80,000 people to Mars