Follow on Facebook and Twitter The Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX have been removed from Facebook. This isn’t a referendum on Elon Musk‘s space and automotive companies, but a referendum on Facebook. The removal came following following Twitter user Brian Action calling on people to delete Facebook. Elon Musk replied, asking what Facebook was…
CHRIS WHITE Energy Reporter 7:45 AM 11/11/2017 Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown’s mission to eliminate the state’s gas-powered vehicles could come screeching to a halt if President Donald Trump’s tax proposal passes through Congress unscathed. The tax bill would zero out the Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Credit, a program giving a $7,500 tax credit to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kitty Testa Elon Musk is a visionary, an innovator, and a futurist. From PayPal to SpaceX to Tesla, he has ventured into new frontiers and amassed a net worth of $16.1 billion. How did he do it? Welfare. And he may be the beneficiary of another chunk of taxpayer…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk boasted Thursday that the Trump administration verbally approved his Hyper Loop, but the White House has yet to publicly confirm the Tesla CEO’s claim. Musk announced on social media that his tunnel-boring company received approval to build a super-high-speed transportation system, or Hyperloop, for…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Tech billionaire Elon Musk called on NASA to build a moon base during a space technology conference Wednesday. “To really get the public real fired up, I think we’ve got to have a base on the moon,” Musk said at the 2017 International Space Station Research and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Sunday that the company received federal approval to begin producing the much-anticipated Model 3, a vehicle many analysts believe could make or break the Silicon Valley automaker. The inexpensive Model 3 “passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule,” Musk…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White There are significant environmental and human rights costs associated with the production of electric vehicles, solar panels, and other green energy projects, according to a report published Thursday. Many of the materials required to build electric vehicles and solar panels are produced under some of the most…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Tesla CEO Elon Musk thinks Wall Street analysts are crazy for believing the electric automaker is worth billions of dollars. “I do believe this market cap is higher than we have any right to deserve,” Musk told reporters in an interview Wednesday, adding that the Silicon Valley company…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White The founder of solar panel provider SolarCity is stepping down from his role with electric automaker Tesla later this year. Lyndon Rive, who founded the much-maligned solar panel company with his brother Peter in 2006, told reporters Monday that he is leaving the massive electric car producer…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that the electric vehicle maker will begin producing over-the-road semis despite lacking the requisite battery technology. Musk, who owns more than 20 percent of Tesla, told his Twitter followers that the company will unveil an electric semi-truck in September. He did…