Elon Musk

Storage

Tesla plans big battery party, still waiting on Victoria tender
Tesla prepares to announce “big battery” milestone, as Musk drops in for a space conference and storage industry awaits results of Victoria tender.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 22, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

10% Model 3 orders cancelled, but numbers jump since launch
Tesla puts net orders for Model 3 at 455,000+, as Musk and other employees become first to have solar roof installed at homes.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2017

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Featured

Tesla settles range anxiety on Model 3, but Australia will have to wait
Tesla delivers first of its mass-market electric vehicles, the Model 3. The top range car will have a range of 500kms, while the standard version will have a range of 350kms. Australia will have to wait until 2019.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 29, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

Elon Musk’s Boring tweets are breaking the internet
Moving on from the world’s biggest battery, Elon Musk broke the internet this week with Tweets about his new, new thing: The Boring Company.
Steve Hanley

Jul 21, 2017

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Storage

SA 100MW battery storage tender won by Tesla and Neoen
Tesla, Neoen to build world’s biggest lithium-ion battery installation near Hornsdale wind farm after winning storage tender. Elon Musk says it will be three times bigger than next largest battery in world, and will help transform energy markets.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 7, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

The world is on the brink of an electric car revolution
France bans sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040, underling just how quickly the transition to electric vehicles is likely to happen.
Brian Kahn

Jul 7, 2017

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People

Elon Musk says Tesla Model 3 production will begin Friday
Elon Musk says production of Model 3 will begin this Friday, and ramp up to 20,000 a month by December.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Jul 5, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

All Tesla Supercharger stations to be solar powered, says Musk
Elon Musk says all Tesla EV supercharging stations are being switched to solar and battery storage – “almost all” will disconnect from grid.
Steve Hanley

Jun 12, 2017

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Governments

Paris climate deal Trumped by anarchists and ideologues
Trump decision to pull US out of Paris climate treaty was sadly inevitable when an ignorant buffoon is guided by self-serving climate deniers, economic nationalists and fossil fuel advocates. But what will Australia do now, given much of its ruling party shares the same view.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 2, 2017

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Lyndon Rive to leave Tesla in June
SolarCity’s co-founder and former CEO Lyndon Rive is leaving the company that he helped start to his cousin Elon Musk.
Christian Roselund

May 18, 2017

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