Despite Tesla’s setback this week due to its stock split, CEO Elon Musk still pulled in an impressive payout of $8.8 billion. Musk’s option payout, tied to the value of Tesla’s stock, came amid the roughest week for the company’s stock since July. After Tesla’s market cap hit an all-time high on Monday, the value […]
Elon Musk made another surprising stop on his trip through Germany to visit Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess and see what Volkswagen has in store in the world of electric vehicles. The two innovators complimented each other’s work at the Golden Steering Wheel Awards in Berlin last year, where Musk received an award for the Tesla […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is certainly known for his entrepreneurial spirit, as well as his ability to work across industries to help resolve some of the world’s greatest problems. On Thursday, Musk spoke volumes of German vaccine manufacturers CureVac CVAC.O, calling them one of the most innovative firms in the world, according to Reuters. Musk […]
It’s not every day you run into Tesla CEO Elon Musk while visiting one of the Gigafactory sites. In a new YouTube video released by Tobias Lindh, Musk is seen answering questions outside the under-construction Giga Berlin. In it, Musk responds to several reporters’ queries and talks about the progress and sustainability factors going into […]
Tesla will have “every assistance” from the German government, according to a comment from the economy minister in a meeting with CEO Elon Musk. Musk met with three German ministers and other senior politicians on Wednesday to discuss the progress of a collaboration between the car maker and a German biotech company and a planned […]
For the time being, Elon Musk is sitting high as the world’s third-richest person. On Monday, Musk surpassed Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg as the third-richest person in the world, following the announcement and split adjustment for Tesla’s new five-for-one split stocks, according to Yahoo Finance. At 11:25 am, Musk was worth $111.3 billion USD, while Zuckerberg […]
On August 30, 2020, Elon Musk stated on Twitter that he would be traveling to Germany to work on not only a production plant for Tesla vehicles, but also potential vaccines for COVID-19. According to Teslarati, Musk’s main objective for the trip is to visit Tesla’s Giga Berlin production plant, but will also be meeting […]
The modern world is strange, and there’s no way around it – Neuralink is a great example of today’s craziest if you haven’t heard of them before. Neuralink released its summer 2020 progress update Friday, which depicts an updated deep brain implant developed by the neural engineering company which supposedly can be applied minimally-invasively, and […]
Tesla has recently had a near-miss, almost falling victim to a Russian cybersecurity attack. In a response on Twitter Tuesday night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the Nevada Gigafactory was, in fact, under a Russian cybersecurity attack, as we reported Thursday. Luckily, the employee remained loyal to Tesla and turned down a $1 million […]
In the modern age of electric vehicles (EVs), battery capacity is everything. Battery capacity technology has been making leaps and bounds every year, although this year is set to be a particularly impressive milestone. On Tuesday, Elon Musk shared that Tesla would likely be able to make batteries with 50% more energy density in just […]
While billionaires have only existed for about a century, the amount of them has increased significantly in modern history, as entrepreneurs try their hand at making products that will deliver cash flow. According to Yahoo Finance, Elon Musk has now been named the world’s fourth-richest person, following the rise of Tesla’s shares by 11% on Monday. […]
While self-driving cars are just beyond the horizon, it’s hard to imagine what’s happening behind closed doors to take this tech from pipe dream to dream come true. In a recent interview with Tesla’s Elon Musk, Musk told Zachary Shahan of CleanTechnica that there is a team of 300 engineers behind the electric vehicle’s famed Autopilot […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has detailed what’s coming next for the company’s Full Self-Driving feature within Autopilot. On Friday, Musk provided more details in regards to the rewrite of Full Self-Driving, saying, "The FSD improvement will come as a quantum leap, because it’s a fundamental architectural rewrite, not an incremental tweak. I drive the bleeding...
Part of the hope in the future of electric vehicles is the minimized impact they’ll have on our environment. However, this goal cannot be achieved if products are not also sourced ethically and sustainably, or the efforts will be counterproductive at best. As reported by Eye on the Arctic, indigenous groups in Russia wrote a […]
There’s no denying that Elon Musk is on top of the world, but some crazed fans and companies are taking his reputation to a whole new level using designer products. Now, a Russian luxury technology company, called Caviar, is accepting preorders for a special edition smartphone depicting the SpaceX Dragon as it lifts off, as […]
