Category: Elon Musk

Elon Musk Claims ‘No Other CEO on the Planet’ Cares as Much About Safety as He Does

Elon Musk claimed on Wednesday that no other CEO on the planet cares as much about safety as he does, according to a Financial Times report. In an interview, Musk, who was named Time magazine’s 2021 Person of the Year on Monday, insisted that he had not misled Tesla’s customers about the company’s self-driving technology, including Autopilot and full self-driving (FSD),…


Elon Musk Comes out Against COVID Vaccine Policies, Says Shots Should Not Be Mandatory in US

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has come out against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and said he believes that such policies should not be put in place in the United States. In an interview with Time magazine, which named Musk Time’s 2021 Person of the Year on Monday, the billionaire confirmed that he has been vaccinated himself. “Yes, yeah….


Elon Musk Comes out Against COVID-19 Vaccine Policies, Says Shots Should Not Be Mandatory in US

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has come out against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and said he believes that such policies should not be put in place in the United States. In an interview with Time magazine, which named Musk Time’s 2021 Person of the Year on Monday, the billionaire confirmed that he has been vaccinated himself. “Yes, yeah….


Tesla to Accept Dogecoin as Payment for Merchandise, Says Musk

Tesla Inc. chief Elon Musk said on Tuesday the electric carmaker will accept dogecoin as payment for merchandise on a test basis, sending the meme-based cryptocurrency up 24 percent. “Tesla will make some merch buyable with Doge & see how it goes,” Musk said in a tweet. Dogecoin, popular among retail investors, raced up to…


Elon Musk Says Bitcoin Not Good Substitute for Transactional Currency

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has said he believes that Bitcoin is not a good substitute for transactional currency due to its low transaction volume and high transaction costs. Speaking to Time magazine after being named Time’s 2021 Person of the Year on Monday, billionaire Musk instead touted Dogecoin, created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, as a safer bet…


Musk Sells Tesla Shares Worth $906.5 Million: Filings

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has sold another 934,091 shares of the electric vehicle maker worth $906.5 million, U.S. securities filings showed on Monday. He also exercised stock options to buy 2.13 million shares of Tesla, according to the filings.


Elon Musk Announces Plan to Take CO2 out of Atmosphere and Convert It Into Rocket Fuel

Elon Musk announced on Monday that his company is working on a program to take carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere and convert it into rocket fuel, claiming that it will be important for his future missions to Mars. Musk announced the news on Twitter and invited people to participate in the program, writing: “SpaceX is starting a…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Dec. 13)

Bitcoin hitting a supply milestone after more than a decade. Will its price get impacted? good or bad news, and for who? A Chinese company known for facial recognition delays its Hong Kong IPO — after being hit by another U-S blacklist. And Time magazine naming Tesla Chief Elon Musk “Person of the Year” for…


Elon Musk Named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2021

Elon Musk has been named as Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, as the world’s richest man transforms life on-planet by shifting the way people move around, and off-planet by planning a city on Mars. “The richest man in the world does not own a house and has recently been selling off his…


Your Turn, Elon Musk

Commentary Elon Musk is a man on a mission. His primary mission appears to be twofold: “Mars and cars.” Musk has other secondary missions. He’s interested in bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency. Undoubtedly, he has other intellectual and cultural interests. I’m reluctant to add to his very full agenda. But Musk has one more…