Well, Elon never said it was a plan. He just calculated that there are about 750 watts per square meter at the latitude of the middle of the US. The solar panels are about 20% efficient. So 1/5 of 750 is 150. The US needs about 1300 gigawatts of power. So divide that by 150
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Suppliers are letting little secrets leak out. I think there will be a lot more low cost Tesla EVs reserved than the 2 million Cybertrucks. Tesla next-gen electric cars are coming in 2025, supplier sources say Elon Musk said late 2025 at the shareholder meeting today, Jan 24. Elon Musk: Tesla aims for next-gen EV
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He says Even if there is only a 1% chance the Earth turns into unliveable, it’s still too much risk.
Elon Musk said Tesla’s energy business could grow to be as big as the EV car business. A 90% YoY energy storage deployment. YouTube short video.
Interview dated 2012-09-07 at Tesla Fremont. A 26.7 min. YouTube video. Talked about starting Tesla. Example of first principles.
Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX is the first ever to get rockets to fly backwards!
Cost is the big problem. https://youtube.com/shorts/Q5N4iITVyL8?si=xHghVgvZ9Z2YHeUS
Walter Isaacson got to know Steve Jobs, now he publishes Elon Musk’s biography. I just watched Sunday Morning’s interview of Isaacson and found a few more odd things about Musk. Elon Musk Biography Reveals Internal Tesla Battle Regarding $25,000 Car & Robotaxis Watch More here. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/walter-isaacson-on-the-volatile-elon-musk/
An Op-Ed; at the end she said: “”It’s another strength that will uphold Tesla in times of Elon’s antics, which may serve, again and again, to be little more than a puerile distraction.”” Op-Ed: Tesla Is Too Established Now To Fail — Even With Elon’s Antics
I think that the problem is *not* with Elon’s opinions, whether or not I agree with them. The problem is with those who mistakenly judge the quality of his companies by what he says. It’s obvious that a majority of people don’t care or don’t know what he says; they buy millions of his products
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