Elon Musk unveiled a concept video for his latest start up, The Boring Company, showing off a vision for more than underground tunnels. The video reveals new details showing off sleek-looking ramps carrying cars from the streets of L.A. down to underground tunnels. The ramps will carry the cars at a blazing speed of 124 miles per hour (or 220 km/h) to their destination, upon which they...
Elon Musk, space explorer and autonomous car-builder, recently visited the Pentagon to meet with the Secretary of Defense’s Ash Carter, and while the details about the closed-door meeting haven’t been unveiled, Musk didn’t hesitate to joke about oft-repeated comparisons of him and a certain Marvel character. In response to a CNN article about Musk’s meeting, the entrepreneur said, “...
Earlier this year noted, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said that it was "very likely" our universe is a computer simulation. You know how games like Minecraft and No Man's Sky are infinite worlds where essentially anything is possible? That's what our life is like, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to agree. Speaking at Recode's Code Conference on Thursday, Musk was asked whether our...
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and renewable energy driving force, is clearly frustrated with the most recent designs of the Koch brothers. He fired off a tweet today linking to a Huffington Post story that highlights the brothers’ intention to once again try and kill electric cars. Here he is. Sigh …https://t.co/VelOzAKIW6— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 19, 2016 The Kochs, Charles...
Tesla this weekend sent out a software update that tweaks the Model S's autopilot functionality—it can stay in lanes with faded lines, and it now restricts people to five miles over the posted speed limit. But that's not what we're here to talk about. As part of update V7.1, Tesla has also introduced a "summon" feature that gives Model S owners the ability to instruct their car to...
Elon Musk has already made rockets and amazing electric cars. Next on his plate are mini satellites that provide Wi-Fi connections, according to sources speaking with the Wall Street Journal. Musk isn't the first person to go after the worldwide Internet dream. Facebook and Google are also devising ways to bring Wi-Fi to regions without the infrastructure to get people connected—just...
Elon Musk, someone we are convinced is from the future, promised Tesla will have a car next year that will be 90-percent capable of auto-pilot. Musk didn’t specify which of his fleet of cars he’s talking about, but just hearing those words spill from his mouth is likely enough to get the legions of Tesla fans into a tizzy. In an interview with CNN Money, Musk confidently says...
It looks like Tesla may have another surprise for us later this month. The company has already confirmed its plans to debut a more affordable Model III next year, but it looks like we'll see at least one new product unveiled before then. CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter last night to tease something called "D" along with a second surprise set to debut next week on Oct. 9. About time to...
Elon Musk wants to shuttle humans to Mars by 2026—that’s about the timeframe NASA is aiming for, give or take. The serial entrepreneur responsible for space exploration company SpaceX, , however, said he’s willing to do it with or without NASA’s help, which is pretty bold for a company that has only managed to shuttle supplies to the ISS. Elon Musk hasn’t been shy about his desire to...
Elon Musk's SpaceX isn't just focused on advancing rocket technology or bringing supplies to the International Space Station. The private company is also focused on one day colonizing Mars—however outlandish that idea sounds—and Musk claims SpaceX has made some significant progress toward making that a reality. So far we've been able to land spacecraft on Mars—Curiosity and Endeavor...