Jun 14, 1:23 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Business By Himanshu Goenka @HimGoJourno 05/11/18 AT 1:09 AM Even though Elon Musk released his hyperloop concept publicly for anyone to develop and use, he clearly has his own designs for the superfast transport idea he thought up. His newest business venture so far, the Boring Company, has almost finished its first underground tunnel below Los Angeles, and hopes to offer free rides to the public soon, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO announced Thursday.In a post on his Instagram account, Musk shared a video of the tunnel, what is presumably a hyperloop pod moving through it, and at one point, a couple of technicians working inside the tunnel, before the camera rides back to its starting point.Responding to a user on Twitter, Musk also revealed the Boring Company was hopeful of starting work on a tunnel between Los Angeles and San Francisco next year, and that it was already … [Read more...] about Elon Musk’s Boring Company ‘Almost Done’ With LA Tunnel, DC-NY Work Started
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Elon Musk’s latest innovation attempt: A SpaceX rocket that can fly twice in one day
Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader The Switch by Christian Davenport by Christian Davenport Email the author May 10 Email the author SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk speaking in 2015 in Hawthorne, Calif. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP) The latest version of the Falcon 9 rocket that SpaceX was to launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center Thursday afternoon is designed to be reused so quickly that it would eventually mimic a commercial airliner, according to SpaceX’s founder Elon Musk. In a call with reporters before the launch, which was postponed until Friday after a last-minute abort, Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder, said that if all goes well with … [Read more...] about Elon Musk’s latest innovation attempt: A SpaceX rocket that can fly twice in one day
Elon Musk’s latest innovation attempt: A rocket that can fly twice in one day
Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader The Switch by Christian Davenport by Christian Davenport Email the author May 10 at 5:09 PM Email the author SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk speaking in 2015 in Hawthorne, Calif. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP) The latest version of the Falcon 9 rocket that SpaceX was to launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center Thursday afternoon is designed to be reused so quickly that it would eventually mimic a commercial airliner, according to SpaceX’s founder Elon Musk. In a call with reporters before the launch, Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder, said that if all goes well with the upgraded version of the rocket, the company … [Read more...] about Elon Musk’s latest innovation attempt: A rocket that can fly twice in one day
Elon Musk says the Model S and Model X will soon get a long-awaited feature that the Model 3 already has
caption Elon Musk said Model S and Model X owners will be able to use their phones as keys. source Joe Scarnici / Getty Images for Best Events On Thursday, a Twitter user asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk if he would be able to use a Bluetooth-enabled phone to open his Model S in the same way Model 3 owners can. Musk replied that Tesla would add the ability to use Bluetooth to open a Model S or Model X. Currently, Model S and Model X owners use car-shaped key fobs or an app on their smartphones to open and lock the vehicles. Model 3 owners can use either a key card or a smartphone with Bluetooth without opening an app. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the Model S and Model X will soon get a long-awaited feature that was introduced in the Model 3. On Thursday, a Twitter user asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk if he would be able to use a Bluetooth-enabled phone to open his Model S in the same way Model 3 … [Read more...] about Elon Musk says the Model S and Model X will soon get a long-awaited feature that the Model 3 already has
Elon Musk: ‘People Don’t Understand How Hard It Is To Manufacture Something’
After Tesla reported earnings on Wednesday, beating Wall Street expectations with a modest $US0.02 profit, CEO Elon Musk took questions from analysts. In the wake of a debate about whether Tesla will be able to meet 2014 sales targets, Musk was clearly irritated. Tesla reported on Wednesday that it will sell a total of 33,000 Model S sedans, its only vehicle, versus an earlier expectation of 35,000. Analysts and media outlets have begun to address a possible decline in demand for the Model S. Musk tried to further clarify a point that he made on Tesla’s second quarter earnings call, when he insisted that Tesla doesn’t have a demand problem. “It’s not a question of demand,” he said. “Demand is not our issue, production is our issue. We have more demand than we can address and levers we can pull to increase demand, and we’re not doing it.” Musk’s point was that if Tesla engaged in conventional advertising strategies — the … [Read more...] about Elon Musk: ‘People Don’t Understand How Hard It Is To Manufacture Something’