Elon Musk Archives - Renew Economy

Commentary

Energy Colossus: AI is on a huge learning curve – and it could fuel a tripling in power demand
AI capability improvement requires more brute compute power for training runs, and that means more megawatts. No wonder Anthropic is paying $US15 billion a year to SpaceX for its Colossus.
David Leitch

Aug 11, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Labor set for return, with help of Trump and Musk, but it needs dose of colour from Teals and Greens
Trump and Musk have likely done Labor a favour, and caused the Dutton vote to implode. A minority government with Teals and Greens would be preferable.
Giles Parkinson

May 2, 2025

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Electric Vehicles

Elon Musk: Tesla almost went bankrupt during Model 3 ramp
Tesla boss Elon Musk divulges how close Tesla came to bankruptcy during the “extreme stress” of the company’s Model 3 ramp up.
Bridie Schmidt

Nov 5, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

Can the world’s big legacy car makers catch up with Tesla?
Tesla is already the market leader in EVs, but it is beating the legacy car makers on revenue growth, margins and cash flow. And then there is software.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 29, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

BHP responds to Elon Musk’s call for more nickel, as miners wake up to EV market
BHP boosts nickel output in response to call from Elon Musk, as mining giant is on the cusp of inking a supply deal with Tesla for battery and EV materials.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 15, 2020

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Solar

Tesla Solar Roof open for “reservations” in Australia – no word on delivery times
Tesla solar PV panels now available for order in Australia, and reservations also open to those interested in Tesla’s complete solar roof.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 17, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Tesla big battery adds new capacity and services on march to 100pct renewables grid
Tesla big battery in South Australia to get 50% bigger, and to provide critical “inertia” that will hasten the transition to a grid free of fossil fuels.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 19, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

Musk reveals EV charging station of the future – and his favourite Tesla models
Tesla CEO on his favourite models, the latest super-fast charging station, why full autonomy is the future, and his plans for reusable rockets.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 21, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla beats electric vehicle delivery record, boosts stock by 7%
Tesla has achieved its goal to beat its previous quarterly delivery record, reporting 95,200 electric vehicles delivered by end of June – 72,531 of which were Model 3s.
Bridie Schmidt

Jul 4, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

An electric car with 650km range? Coming soon, says Tesla’s Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says it won’t be long before his electric vehicle company will be making cars with nearly 650km of real driving range.
Bridie Schmidt

Jun 13, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

All-electric Tesla ute could take “cyber punk” to a new level
The latest render of Tesla’s yet-to-be-unveiled electric ute goes all out in cyberpunk design.
Bridie Schmidt

May 1, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla gears up from production hell to logistical nightmare
Elon Musk recounts “insane” first quarter for the EV maker, with half of Tesla’s global deliveries carried out in the final 10 days of the reporting period.
Bridie Schmidt

Apr 26, 2019

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