A new Bloomberg article popped up in recent days with a headline that sort of irked me. The title was: “Elon Musk Looks Increasingly Isolated As Automakers Embrace Lidar.” I don’t know what is in the article since I’m not a Bloomberg subscriber, but I could guess, since we cover this space quite obsessively. Most automakers are using NVIDIA or Intel/Mobileye tech to…
CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla’s Model X Refresh ramp-up was a disaster that the automaker “still hasn’t fully recovered” from. The all-electric SUV from Tesla was its third vehicle release behind the Roadster and Model S, but it is still proving to give the company manufacturing difficulties; as Musk said, the “Model X is…
AdQuick Vice President of Growth Chris Gadek shared with me why he put Elon Musk’s response to President Biden on a Times Square billboard earlier this month. Going backward to provide context, President Biden shared a video last month of himself with General Motors CEO Mary Barra. The two were talking about how GM is leading by producing EVs…
Elon Musk’s flight-tracking rival Jack Sweeney won a small victory today after receiving approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue tracking the billionaire’s flights. Sweeney announced that his permission from the FAA, which was submitted via a Freedom of Information Act request, was approved via Twitter. “My FAA FOIA request went thru, Now…
Tesla said in a Monday morning filing with the SEC that it was subpoenaed by the agency regarding information related to the company’s governance processes and compliance surrounding a Tweet from CEO Elon Musk in November 2021. The Tweet, which polled Musk’s Twitter followers on whether he should sell 10 percent of his Tesla holdings,…
In its recently filed Form 10-K to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the EV maker revealed that the fair market value of its bitcoin holdings amounted to $1.99 billion as of the end of 2021. Tesla initially invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin during the first quarter of 2021. Bitcoin is a digital asset, and…
On Saturday, February 5, The Boring Company’s (TBC) Prufrock-1 surfaced at Resorts World after laying the groundwork for the Vegas Loop’s first station. TBC published a video on Twitter of Purfrock-1 emerging from the ground near Resorts World over the weekend. Prufrock-1’s latest achievement officially connects the Las Vegas Convention Center to Resorts World via…
Elon Musk is the world’s richest man, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and one of the most recognizable people on Earth. His many fans and supporters, whether they drive the electric automaker’s cars or are simply impressed by his work in science and automotive industries, simply want a glimpse of him. So several years…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to dealing with negative publicity against electric cars. Having led Tesla since the days of the original Roadster, Musk knows how challenging it is to go against the narrative that EVs are dangerous, unreliable, and prone to catching fire. Recently, however, Musk stated that he believes reports covering…
Elon Musk has posted what could very well be his cheekiest response yet to US President Joe Biden. Musk’s sharp comments came after the US President’s official Twitter handle posted a video featuring GM CEO Mary Barra and the veteran automaker’s EV plans. The US President’s post stated that GM and Ford are “building more…