Tesla CEO Elon Musk has committed to building a 100-megawatt battery farm in Australia to meet the needs of South Australia’s energy infrastructure. While not strictly car related, the lithium-ion battery farm will likely be produced at the Nevada Gigafactory, which has facilitated the production of new vehicles including the […]
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Musk’s ‘Boring Company’ reveals boring-looking transit pod
Elon Musk shocked the world when he unveiled another novel transport solution, in The Boring Company and his intention to create an underground network of tunnels and 200km/h electric sleds. After introducing the world to self-driving electric cars and Hyerloop, this tunnel idea was something that makes you wonder why […]
Elon Musk demonstrates tunnel driving at 200km/h
Last month we reported about Elon Musk’s latest brainstorm – The Boring Company – in which a vessel in the street carries your car into a subterranean tunnel network, where computer controlled sleds on rails can catapult you to your destination at 200km/h. Well, the proof of concept is now […]
Elon Musk envisions ‘The Boring Company’ tunnel system (video)
Elon Musk is not afraid to put radical ideas into the public sphere, and his latest vision is no exception. After a tunneling machine with ‘The Boring Company’ was spotted by an intrepid photographer, questions started to be asked. Now, Elon Musk has revealed another vision of the future, to […]
Tesla starts charging users for ‘parking’ in Supercharger spaces
Tesla has introduced a new idle fee system that will charge Supercharger uses who leave their fully-charged vehicle unoccupied in a congested Supercharger centre. The new fee is a response from Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk to a tweet he received from a frustrated Tesla owner last week. The system will […]
Elon Musk joins Donald Trump’s administration advisory team
In a shock announcement, president-elect Donald Trump has confirmed Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Uber’s CEO will join his administration’s advisory team. Trump’s transition office announced on Wednesday that Elon Musk, alongside Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi, will become part of the new administration’s strategic and […]
Trump to meet with Elon Musk, Google, Apple execs tomorrow
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, alongside CEOs from some of the world’s biggest tech companies including Google and Apple, are reportedly meeting president-elect Donald Trump at a summit tomorrow. Executive members from companies including Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Intel, Google, Tesla and Oracle make up “a very heady group of less than […]
Change.org petition asks Trump & Musk to discuss climate change
There’s a petition floating around online asking for Elon Musk to meet with US president-elect Donald Trump and discuss the dangers of climate change. The Change.org petition has so far (at time of writing) racked up over 8000 supporters, with the aim of hitting 10,000 signatories. If you’re after a […]