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.
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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.
Strange explanation for lights in sky
A mysterious string of lights hovering in the sky in Australia puzzled many, but the explanation is far more useful than initially thought.
Meet the highest paid CEO
There is a new name breaking into the list of the highest-paid chief executives.
Musk’s double standard: ‘green’ cars for dirty money
Elon Musk will now let you drive a Tesla in exchange for a currency whose carbon footprint dwarfs many that of many nations’.
You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin
Elon Musk is going all-in on the controversial cryptocurrency.
Beijing bans Teslas in spy row
The Tesla entrepreneur insisted at a Chinese government forum over the weekend that his cars would not become spies for the US.
Tesla: We won’t share our car data
Beijing has restricted use of Tesla cars by military personnel or employees of some state-owned companies over national-security concerns.
Top stock picks for 2021: Who’s still got gas in the tank?
Some of the sharemarket returns – if you bought in the darkest days of the pandemic – have been huge. But experts say there’s still good buying to be had if you know where to look.
Hail Elon Musk, ‘technoking’ of Tesla
Billionaire Elon Musk has a officially crowned himself with a new title at Tesla. But what does it even mean?
Tesla’s crypto bet continues to pay off
Elon Musk’s bet on the cryptocurrency has netted Tesla more than a billion dollars.
Bolton tackles Tesla over ‘worthless’ bitcoin
Gen Y investor Nick Bolton accuses Elon Musk of “staggering hypocrisy” in his pro-environment positioning after the Tesla boss made a huge bitcoin play.
Tycoon’s ‘fly me to the moon’ proposal
A Japanese billionaire has issued an open invitation to pay for eight people to join him on the first private flight to the moon.
SpaceX crashes to a fiery hat trick
It was yet another flub involving a prototype of the Starship rocket, which SpaceX hopes one day to send to Mars.
A billionaire’s practical plan to save the planet
Bill Gates is worth $156bn, so he’s not as rich as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, but unlike them he’s ready to apologise.
So what happens if Tesla’s bubble bursts?
Not all bubbles are equal. Britain’s bicycle-stock bubble of the 1890s holds lessons for today’s electric-vehicle mania.
Australia’s richest man feared ‘the worst’
Australia’s wealthiest man has revealed he feared he might die when he contracted COVID-19 on an epic business trip – and he also took a swipe at Elon Musk.
Musk to become third richest person as wealth jumps $US15bn
This week, Elon Musk has tested positive to COVID-19, seen his Space X company launch astronauts into space and watched as Tesla was named for inclusion in the S&P 500.
Powering ahead on a hi-tech energy superhighway
The government’s energy ‘roadmap’ must be extended to include other rapidly developing innovations.
Musk supersizes giant SA battery
Elon Musk’s Tesla has expanded South Australia’s lithium ion battery by 50pc to provide extra storage back-up.
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