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Elon Musk offered a deadpan reaction to officially becoming the richest person in the world after a surge in Tesla shares increased his net worth to more than $188billion, dethroning Amazon’s Jeff Bezos for the top spot. The car marker’s stock price jumped 6 per cent on Thursday morning, barely 24 hours after climbing to 4.6 … Read more
Elon Musk is on track to become the richest person in the world after a surge in Tesla shares increased his net worth to a whopping $184.5billion. The car marker’s stock price jumped 4.9 per cent on Wednesday afternoon, just two days after finishing the first trading session of the year with a gain of … Read more
Elon Musk reveals ‘catch and quick release’ plan for SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster that uses the tower arm to grab the engine so it can ‘refly in under an hour’ Elon Musk revealed the Starship Heavy booster would be caught on its return Musk suggests using the launch tower arm used to stabilize the vehicle … Read more
Elon Musk has sold three more homes in Los Angeles’ ritzy Bel Air neighborhood, following through with his vow earlier this year to ‘own no house’. The three neighboring properties on an exclusive cul-de-sac, which sold for a combined $40.9 million, all closed between December 21 and 22, according to the Los Angeles Times. The identity … Read more
The communications company Viasat is petitioning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites, claiming the constellation poses environmental hazards. The document cites a number of grievances including SpaceX’s satellites failure rate to devices colliding in orbit and re-entry pollution risks. However, SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk caught wind of the petition and … Read more
Apple snubbed me when I offered to sell them the firm in 2017, says Tesla boss Elon Musk By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 23 December 2020 Tesla boss Elon Musk offered to sell the electric car company to tech giant Apple – but … Read more
Elon Musk has revealed that he approached Tim Cook to see whether Apple was interested in buying Tesla, but the Apple CEO refused to take his meeting. Musk said he approached Cook when the company was in serious financial trouble, and worth one tenth of its current value. He did not specify when. ‘During the … Read more
Digital currency Dogecoin gains 20% in value after Elon Musk tweets about it while dismissing Bitcoin as ‘BS’ The Tesla CEO mentioned Dogecoin in a series of tweets on Sunday The cryptocurrency, which began as a parody, now has a market value of nearly $570million While Musk’s posts and jibes at Bitcoin may have been … Read more
SpaceX giant 400ft Starship rocket will fly 47,000 feet into the air later this week according to Elon Musk, but there is a one in three chance it will land with a crash. The massive two-stage-to-orbit heavy lift vehicle has been in development since 2012 and could bring the average cost of launch from $51 million … Read more
Elon Musk says first high-altitude test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket could happen as soon as Wednesday – but it only has a one-in-three chance of landing safely SpaceX Starship stands 400ft tall including its nosecone and could hold 100 Elon Musk says there is a ‘fighting chance’ it could fly to Mars as early as … Read more