All the highlights (and quips) from Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting Michael J. Coren, qz.com, June 6, 2017 Tesla CEO Elon Musk likes to use his annual meetings to banter with fans in the audience when he isn’t batting away challenges from shareholders. At the 2017 meeting today (June 6), fresh off a streak of stock success dating back to Dec….
Steve Hanley, Teslarati, August 17, 2016 Steve Wozniak calls Tesla “biggest disruptor” In an interview with CNBC Asia on August 16, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he thinks Tesla Motors is currently the “biggest disruptor” in the marketplace. “Tesla is probably the one I think of personally because a lot of what Elon Musk does is just really driving toward…
Elon Musk & SolarCity CTO Peter Rive Announce “Solar Roof” (Not “Solar On The Roof”) August 12th, 2016 by Steve Hanley Clean Technica Originally published on SolarLove. Speaking to analysts and investors during the Q2 earnings call for SolarCity on August 9, Elon Musk went into detail about his plans for what he calls the “Solar Roof.” It is not…
The long awaited sequel to Elon Musk’s master plan part one was unveiled on the Tesla Blog website yesterday around 5:30 pm Pacific time. Most of the Tesla community was waiting anxiously and repeatedly checking Twitter for the bat signal from Elon that the master plan part two was ready. You can read it here in its entirety. It begins: …
Submitted by Marc Semail, VEVC Forum Monitor Very few of us can buy a car by way of an apology. Even fewer still can buy a Tesla Model S to make up for our goof. Then again, as our connections and our pocketbooks go, none of us are Jay Leno. Here, we have Leno telling the story of his…
Elon Musk debunks scare stories about a shortage of lithium June 17, 2016 by Charles Morris, Charged EVs Elon Musk and JB Straubel covered a lot of ground in a nearly-three-hour performance at Tesla’s 2016 annual shareholder meeting (video below). They recapped the history of the company, explained why Supercharging will not be free for Model 3 buyers, and discussed…
Musk’s manufacturing math: Cars should be able to exit the factory at walking speed Posted June 8, 2016 by Charles Morris, Chargedevs.com As it faces a huge pile of orders for Model 3, Tesla’s new challenge is not to build great cars (it’s already proven it can do that), but to build great cars quickly, in large volume. Along the…
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk live from Code 2016 The Verge, June 2, 2016 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Walt Mossberg about his plans to send a one-way rocket to Mars in 2018. He estimates colonists could start arriving on the Red Planet by 2024. Play by play infused with jokes and…
Jeff Stuafenberg, Independent.co.uk, June 4, 2016 ‘What an amazingly awesome country’, Elon Musk tweeted in response to the plan. Norway will ban the sale of all fossil fuel-based cars in the next decade, continuing its trend towards becoming one of the most ecologically progressive countries on the planet, according to reports. Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have reportedly reached some concrete conclusions about…
Shareholders Meeting video starts around 30 minute mark. Lasts for 3 1/2 hours – jammed with Tesla history and stories. See below for play by play of some of the highlights. Play by Play: Elon Musk Recounts the Secret History of Tesla Motors Chris Woodyard, USA Today, May 31, 2016 Tesla CEO Elon Musk is talking to shareholders, starting with a…