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Tesla selling $US1990 ‘Cyberquad’ for kids

Elon Musk is no longer content just selling to adults, releasing a new pint-sized four-wheel ATV.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 09, 2020 Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. - Tesla chief Elon Musk told investors on October 7, 2021 that the leading electric vehicle maker is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Texas.

Musk’s tax bill on stock options fell

Sliding stock price lowers Elon Musk’s tax bill by about $US380m from peak but also limits deductions the EV maker can take.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 3, 2020 Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks to media as he arrives to visit the construction site of the future US electric car giant Tesla, in Gruenheide near Berlin. - Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold approximately $1.1 billion in shares of his electric car company, after indicating over the weekend he would sell 10 percent of his stock based on the results of a Twitter poll. However the sell was put in motion on September 14, according to documents filed on November 10, 2021, meaning it was not spurred by the survey's outcome. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

JPMorgan’s battle with Elon Musk

JPMorgan’s lawsuit against Tesla brings the CEO’s long-simmering tensions into the open.

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Musk could offload more Tesla shares

Elon Musk has threatened to offload more Tesla shares in the debate over whether billionaires should pay more tax.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 03, 2020 Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks to media as he arrives to visit the construction site of the future US electric car giant Tesla, in Gruenheide near Berlin. - Tesla's third-quarter profits more than quadrupled as the electric auto leader notched sharply higher sales in North America and China, the company said Wednesday. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Musk sells $6.8bn in Tesla stock

Three-days of share disposals come as the billionaire chief executive exercises a large number of stock options.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 10: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off with four astronauts on board from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on November 10, 2021 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Crew-3 mission is flying to the International Space Station. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

SpaceX blasts off to a date in space

The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon capsule blasted off at 1.03pm AEST from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

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Bill goes electric

Bill Shorten has a Tesla. The former Labor leader is the first federal politician to forgo fuel and select a fully electric vehicle as his taxpayer-funded car.

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Tesla shares fall after Musk flags $28.31bn stake sale

Investors dump Tesla shares after its boss Elon Musk flagged on Twitter that he may sell 10 per cent of his holdings.

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Tesla shares plunge after Musk stunt

Tesla shares dropped 5 per cent after founder Elon Musk promised to sell $US21bn of stock following a poll on Twitter.

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Elon Musk’s $21 billion coin toss

Twitterati vote Musk should sell 10% of his Tesla stock, after the billionaire CEO polled them and pledged to abide by the outcome.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 14, 2019 Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacts during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California. - Another zany tweet or a real question? Elon Musk polled his more than 62 million Twitter followers Saturday about whether he should sell 10 percent of his Tesla shares, insisting he would do as voters say. The over-the-top electric car maker's query follows a proposal by Congressional Democrats to tax the super-wealthy more heavily by targeting stocks, which are usually only taxed when sold. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Twitter tells Musk to sell Tesla shares

Elon Musk polled Twitter users on whether he should sell Tesla shares and pledged to abide by the outcome of the vote. Will he?

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Elon Musk’s $160bn wealth surge: how to hitch a ride

Elon Musk spent October rocketing ahead in the ranks of the world’s richest people, and you can learn from his success.

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Musk brags he is the world’s richest person

Tesla boss Elon Musk is currently the world’s richest person. It appears he doesn’t want Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to forget about it.

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Tesla deliveries surge, defying supply-chain woes

Tesla, led by Elon Musk, delivered a record number of 241,300 vehicles for the three months to the end of September, despite global supply chain woes.

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Elon Musk, reputedly the richest man, ‘semi-separates’

Elon Musk has ‘semi-separated’ from Claire Elise Boucher, the singer known as Grimes, with whom he has a one-year-old son. The Tesla and SpaceX founder blamed work.

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Last Post: What a quandarry subs are for the anti-nuclear, anti-fossil fuel brigade

Appoint Elon Musk to make the submarines. We’d have them next year, the cost would be about 25 per cent of what it is and they’d work.

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Tesla’s driver-assistance expansion irks top safety authority

Tesla is preparing a major upgrade of its driver-assistance software, but a top crash investigator in the US says the move may be premature.

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This screengrab taken from the SpaceX live webcast shows a view of the dashboard with pilot Sian Proctor (R) along with the Inspiration4 crew, Hayley Arceneaux, Jared Isaacman, and Christopher Sembroski, after blasting off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on September 15, 2021. - A SpaceX Dragon carrying four tourists separated from the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket 12 minutes after liftoff, with the four tourists on board now in orbit, a video feed showed. (Photo by - / SPACEX / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Commander takes a punt from deep space

Billionaire Jared Isaacman wagered $US4000 on the Philadelphia Eagles to win the Super Bowl.

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James Dyson: what sucks about the British

The billionaire inventor pulls no punches when it comes to the complacency — and snobbery — of his countrymen.

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Inspiration4 crew launches from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on September 15, 2021. - The Inspiration4 mission, the first to send an all-civilian crew to orbit, will venture deeper into space than the International Space Station. (Photo by Chandan KHANNA / AFP)

SpaceX blasts off

SpaceX’s first all civilian space flight has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on a three-day mission.

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Apple to launch iPhone 13 overnight

Apple will launch its iPhone 13 model in the early hours of Wednesday morning AEST and the rumours keep on coming.

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Musk sees ‘rules as for other people’

The rivalry between the reputed two richest men, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, is out of this world as they compete to send rockets to Mars and beyond.

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‘We have the Google Maps of the brain’

Former Facebook Australia boss Stephen Scheeler is on a mission to unlock the secrets of the brain.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 09, 2020 Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, listens to a question during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. - Tesla, the global leader in electric cars, was excluded from the White House event August 4, 2021, where US President Joe Biden unveiled a big push for zero-emissions vehicles.

Musk pans Tesla driver aid feature

Elon Musk has conceded shortcomings in a pilot version of technology designed to help Tesla vehicles steer in urban areas.

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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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(FILES) In this file photo Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center on March 9, 2020, in Washington, DC. - Tesla founder Elon Musk said July 21, 2021 he personally has invested in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies but that he does not manipulate or

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.

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