SpaceX Starship flight debut could happen this week, says Elon Musk

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that Starship’s full-scale flight debut could happen as early as this week if a suite of tests planned over the next few days goes according to plan. The SpaceX leader also revealed a bit about the company’s plan to create its own custom steel alloy to build the best Starships […]

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Tesla abandons ‘Teslaquila’ trademark, opens door to new booze branding

Elon Musk may be promising the market debut of Teslaquila as just around the corner (or many), but whether or not the name will stay the same may be a question thanks to issues with procuring the trademark rights. According to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Tesla’s application for the mark was abandoned […]

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Elon Musk unlocks second tranche of bonus, reaches #5 on Forbes “richest” list

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unlocked the second tranche of his massive bonus structure. Musk’s most recently obtained bonus will allow him to reap a $2.1 billion gain thanks to 1.69 million additional stock options he has received as a part of his compensation package. After Tesla’s average trailing market value over six months rose […]

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company outlines three types of Substations using Tesla vehicles

Now that The Boring Company has completed the initial construction of its tunnels at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), it seems Elon Musk’s side venture is ready to start sharing more of its plans to defeat soul-crushing traffic everywhere. More specifically, three new types of passenger substations were recently revealed on the company’s website […]

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Elon Musk is looking for more Neuralink engineers to build brain interfaces

Elon Musk is looking for a few good engineers to work for his brain-machine interface company, Neuralink. The future-focused CEO has made remarks on Twitter in recent days regarding the search, even providing a direct email to send resumes from qualified applicants. “If you’ve solved hard problems with phones / wearables (sealing, signal processing, inductive […]

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Tesla goes deep inside Giga Nevada in rare showcase of battery cell production line

Tesla is pretty open to other companies utilizing some of its technology, so much so that back in 2014, CEO Elon Musk announced through a blog post that the electric car maker is open sourcing its patents for any other company who wants to use them in good faith. But even amidst these initiatives, Tesla […]

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Tesla’s Elon Musk, Obama, Kanye West hacked on Twitter in coordinated crypto scam attack

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other high-profile Twitter accounts got hacked on Wednesday afternoon as part of a coordinated cryptocurrency scam targeting major crypto exchanges and personalities. “I’m feeling generous because of Covid-19. I’ll double any BTC payment sent to my BTC address in the next hour. Good luck, and stay safe out […]

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Tesla teases first look at its European Gigafactory and it’s spectacular

Elon Musk has posted the first official render for what appears to be the first phase of Gigafactory Berlin. The upcoming facility, which features a sprawling, futuristic mammoth of a building that’s covered with solar panels and multiple loading bays, is absolutely stunning.  Immediately noticeable from Musk’s recently shared image was Gigafactory Berlin’s design, which […]

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Tesla wins with FOMO card in Texas as county rushes through tax incentive plan

It appears that Austin, Texas has started feeling a little bit of Tesla FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), with Travis County recently approving tax breaks that the electric car maker requested. The tax breaks are worth a minimum of about $14 million over 10 years, and will be awarded to Tesla provided that the company […]

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A Tesla Gigafactory in India for solar and battery storage can make a killing

It is not rare to see Tesla enthusiasts from India asking CEO Elon Musk about updates on the electric car maker’s entry into the country. This is especially notable considering that some India-based EV enthusiasts have been holding on to their Model 3 deposits for several years now. Musk, for his part, has remarked that […]

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