The project grew out of a Twitter bet between Mike Cannon-Brookes and Elon Musk. Musk promised to deliver a system to South Australia “in 100 days or its free.” Last week Tesla announced the start of its 100-days countdown.
Tesla is stepping in to aid Puerto Rico in its recovery from Hurricane Maria by sending hundreds of Powerwall battery systems.
Elon Musk just unveiled more of his grand plan for colonizing Mars. His rocket company, SpaceX, aims to land at least two cargo ships on the Red Planet in 2022 in order to place power, mining and life support systems there for future flights.
The second Hyperloop Pod Design Competition was a success, with teams from all over the world testing their pod car designs at SpaceX test track in California.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is also considering developing an electric tractor trailer to accompany the vehicle.
Richard Branson said universal basic income might be a valid method of dealing with the advent of technology reducing the overall number of jobs for workers.
Elon Musk made public the first official photo of the commercial SpaceX spacesuit.
The Falcon Heavy—which it’s touting as “the world’s most powerful rocket”—will be able to lift over 54 metric tons into orbit. It has three first-stage boosters that will be entirely reusable.
Elon Musk laid out how to power the entire US with solar power - and it would take just 100 square miles.
At about 700 miles per hour, Hyperloop One, the full-scale hyperloop that’s just been tested successfully, should be faster than air-travel. Commercial services might be launched by 2021.
Tesla’s big Australian battery will demonstrate how renewable energy can be stored in significant quantities. The battery will supply 30,000 homes.
His goal is nothing less than ensuring the survival of the human race by creating a “backup location”, and calls for some serious planning and architecture.
Elon Musk announced that “almost all” Superchargers will be disconnected from the grid as solar and battery arrays are installed at the company’s 800 stations.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that its Solar Roof is ready for order.
Elon Musk said last week he is “fairly confident” his company’s Falcon rockets can be made fully reusable within a couple of years.
