Aussie venture that’s electrified Elon Musk
One man’s decades of experience in Formula One racing is being used to explore alternative energy sources for the car industry … and it’s got a tech billionaire excited.
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Aussie miner signs deal with Elon Musk
The world’s second richest man and biggest mining company have inked a deal to bring Australian metal into battery technology as electric car demand soars.
Look up! It’s the space tourism industry
It’s early days for investors, but the space travel opportunities are being led by tycoons Richard Branson, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
Elon Musk defends SolarCity purchase in court
Tesla boss Elon Musk says he didn’t act improperly and doesn’t even enjoy running the electric-vehicle maker.
Musk readies to deliver global internet
Elon Musk plans to have his global internet system covering the world by August.
Elon Musk’s outsider status ‘key to SpaceX success’
Elon Musk’s ‘right hand woman’ at SpaceX says his business acumen and leadership cannot be understated.
Bitcoin rallies after Musk tweet
Bitcoin topped $US40,000 after Elon Musk denied turning his back on the cryptocurrency and manipulating its value.
Tesla will accept bitcoin once miners clean up their act: Musk
The cryptocurrency rose 5 per cent after Elon Musk’s tweet.
Bitcoin continues downward slide
Bitcoin’s vulnerability to statements and tweets by Elon Musk must worry investors.
How to be the next Tesla
A traffic jam of upstarts is vying to follow in Elon Musk’s tyre tracks. Does any stand a chance?
The rocket science of dodging bankruptcy
Elon Musk came so close to disaster that just one more corroded screw, one more $5 capacitor failure, would have meant that SpaceX would never have got off the ground.
Dogecoin jumps on Coinbase, Musk tweets
The price of dogecoin rallied after Coinbase agreed to allow users to trade the joke cryptocurrency. Elon Musk cheered.
Tesla ‘failed to rein in Elon Musk tweets’
Regulators complained to Tesla as they struggled to enforce court orders that the CEO’s tweets be approved by company lawyers.
Electric dreams
There’s been a U-turn on EVs within the Morrison government. Katie Allen, the Liberal member for Higgins, purchased a Tesla Model 3 ($67,798 drive-away) two weeks ago.
Why an MBA won’t get you through today’s business world
It used to be the go-to degree but is the MBA much use in a changing world?
Bitcoin tumbles after China warning
Bitcoin plunged by as much as 30pc after China signalled a new crackdown and Elon Musk sent mixed signals about Tesla’s use of the cryptocurrency.
Aussies clueless about bitcoin
As more Aussies rush to buy bitcoin, new research has uncovered a startling lack of knowledge about the cryptocurrency, including who created it and how to buy it.
Musk ‘must sell $US1.5bn bitcoin holding’
Elon Musk must end Tesla’s $US1.5bn bitcoin investment if he’s to regain investor support, says short-seller Nicholas Bolton.
The bold Aussie plan to turn bitcoin green
Elon Musk rattled the bitcoin scene with a single tweet this week. But the Roberts brothers think he might have done them a favour.
Musk attacks bitcoin’s ‘insane’ energy use
Elon Musk helped trigger a fall in bitcoin by slamming its fossil fuel consumption and saying Tesla now won’t take it as payment for cars.
Musk’s crypto capers continue
Elon Musk says Tesla has reversed a decision to accept Bitcoin for vehicle purchases, sending the crypto price sharply lower.
High achievers who share a ‘superpower’
Elon Musk has disclosed his diagnosis with Asperger’s syndrome, a condition that may explain his extraordinary intellectual focus and social awkwardness.
Musk infatuation blasts into orbit
Elon Musk appears on ‘Saturday Night Live’, causing a surreal buzz on TV and in the crypto world.
Musk’s SpaceX to accept Dogecoin
The new space mission comes after the cryptocurrency plummeted on Elon Musk’s Saturday Night Live performance.
Aussie cameo in cheeky Musk tweet
An Australian rapper who recently shot to fame has now appeared in a cheeky tweet from Elon Musk that refers to an odd cryptocurrency.
Tesla chair Denholm joins Blackbird
The Australian executive has gone from reining in Elon Musk and managing Telstra’s money, to building Australia’s fast-growing tech start-ups.
Tesla posts record quarterly profit
Elon Musk says there’s a ‘real shift’ in perception of electric vehicles, as Tesla’s quarterly sales jumped 74pc.
Elon Musk to add ‘TV Host’ to his resumé
The Tesla Inc. and SpaceX CEO is scheduled to host NBC’s long-running, late-night comedy show.
Rivals gang up on Elon Musk’s Starlink project
In a rush to claim orbital real-estate, competitors ask regulators to clamp down on SpaceX’s Starlink project.
Musk satellite in near miss with rival
In what could have been a disastrous incident, a satellite owned by SpaceX came within 58m of smashing into a British backed one.
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