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more about #elonmusk more comments → Jason McCabe Calacanis: These really are two different types of cars. The Fisker is a plug in hybrid that will go 30-50 miles on battery before buring oil. The Tesla go... more » bens: Whats unfortunate is that hydrogen technology offers benefits over the electric cars, but for some reason the government isn't investing in it that mu... more » Pope John Peeps II: Both of them are just wiring together about a thousand laptop batteries and then sticking the whole thing on a motor. The first one to get a reliable,... more » iplaudius: I guess he’s like the stepfather that has been around since infancy? Brought home the bacon? "I’m more of a father than your goddamn fathe... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Creeped out, and I'm on safe legal ground here. more » skierpage: "There will be Tesla Roadsters on the road" ??! You've been snowed by Gawker's Tesla hostility. Tesla put 109 Roadsters in customers' hands in July ... more » weatherman: You forgot to mention that they actually turned a profit last quarter too. It's not much, but I would think between being a profitable independent car... more » FaceMelter: Fuck Tesla. Did you see those Fiskers? Now those are some sexy cars. more » Ash78, tryptophanatic: not far from Facebook's new headquarters Not a bad idea if you consider future recruiting needs for people with lots of big talk and very little subs... more » Unsolicited Advice: Tesla's resilience in spite of these many setbacks has convinced me that they're for real. There will be Tesla Roadsters on the road and this is the ... more » TabithaIapetus: Elon Musk sounds like some sort of cheap 70's cologne. more » nonpareil: Ryan Tate: at what point will you drop this (now-bordering on the bizarre) obsession with the character assassination of Elon Musk? It's just corny --... more » Fry_Bread_Power: Things Musk has also 'founded': 1. Harvard University 2. Doughnuts 3. A constitutional monarchy 4. Stuffed animals 5. Pizza Hut 6. The Indigenous peo... more » Hey_mikey: Yeah. Their full name is Daimler Benz Over. (Lame, I know, but I write my own material. And by no means do I mean to cast aspersions on those who like... more » kathotdog: Elon Musk - why doesn't he put out fragrance? It can be the sexier, pricier version of Jovan Musk for Men. more » -
#feuds
Blood Rivalry Over Electric Cars Now Fueled by a Billion Taxpayer Dollars
Elon Musk and Hendrik Fisker are mortal enemies in the green car business. Yet the feds just split a billion dollars between the two companies. If that sounds like a bad idea, blame Al Gore. More » -
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Legalizing Electric-Car Kingpin's 'Founder' Fetish
Tesla CEO Elon Musk likes to call himself "founder" of companies he didn't actually start. This weird fetish has never been fully safe and legal, until now: The real founder of Tesla Motors is dropping his lawsuit and granting permission. More » -
#spacecadet
Elon Musk Wants Another Obama Bailout
Elon Musk is becoming a welfare case. Federal auto-industry loans helped save his electric-car company, Tesla. Now Musk wants another federal bailout for his embarrassing space startup. And he may well get it. More » -
#comebacks
Tesla's Precarious Reprieve
Huge infusions of money would seem to have helped Tesla Motors: the electric-car startup has escaped a bitter lawsuit from founder Martin Eberhard and finally sited a power-train factory — and that's just this week. But other fights loom. More » -
#nerdfight
This Man Founded Everything (And So Did You)
Elon Musk has a very loose definition of the word "founder." The Tesla CEO calls himself a PayPal founder; he isn't. He calls himself a Tesla founder; today a court begins hearings over whether he should stop saying that. More » -
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Tesla CEO: Daimler Won't Let You Fire Me
Elon Musk posted a lengthy blog entry slamming his CEO predecessor, Martin Eberhard. Ostensibly, Musk is just defending himself against Eberhard's recently-filed lawsuit. But enemies of Musk take note: If Tesla wants to keep Daimler's money, it must keep Musk. More » -
#teslamotors
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Wants $10 Gas, To Build A Kabillion Cars
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is speaking right now at Wired Live. What's he saying? For starters, he wants to buy a car factory from a Detroit automaker so he can produce 100,000 cars per year. More craziness below. [Jalopnik] -
#nerdfight
Tesla Executives Squabbled Over Their Cars Like Customers
California's liberal millionaires have turned the Tesla Motors waiting list into a thing of wonder. It's thousands of dollars just to sign up. But company bigwigs fetishize their electric vehicle just as irrationally, a lawsuit reveals. Heartening. More » -
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#teslamotors
Tesla Co-Founder Eberhard Sues Elon Musk, Tesla
Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard, ousted from the company in November 2007 by then-chairman Elon Musk, has now filed suit in Califonria Superior Court against both Musk and Tesla Motors alleging slander, libel and breach of contract. [Jalopnik] -
#electriccars
Tesla Now Worth Less Than Twitter
Daimler's 10% stake in Tesla for "double digit millions" pegs Tesla's value at less than a billion dollars and probably closer to $100 million. That means Tesla's likely worth less than Twitter! [Jalopnik] -
#housekeeping
Valleywag: An Instruction Manual
Dear Ryan:
As I head to NBC to run its Bay Area site, I'm leaving you one Silicon Valley gossip blog, used but in good condition. A few thoughts on how to keep it that way. More » -
#spacecadet
Elon Musk Adds Mars to His Improbable Dreams
The Red Planet beckons electric-car entrepreneur Elon Musk. He's hoping to put a man on Mars by 2020. Space fanboys are placing their dreams of getting off this rock on a slender reed. More » -
#elonmusk
Tesla Fanboy David Letterman Lets Motormouth CEO Off Easy
David Letterman loves his Tesla Roadster so much that he invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk onto the Late Show last night. The question he should have asked: How long will Musk keep his job? More » -
#hires
MySpace Job Is Sweet Revenge for Ex-Facebook Exec
Owen Van Natta, Facebook's former COO, is officially taking over MySpace, News Corp.'s social network. With its user numbers stagnant, MySpace desperately needs a restart. Is Van Natta the guy to do it? More » -
#hires
Should MySpace Hire the Hero or the Zero?
Former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta is the frontrunner to replace Chris DeWolfe as MySpace CEO. Blog lordling Jason Calacanis has been jokingly nominated for the News Corp. gig. Here's who should get it. More » -
#journalismism
Sarah Lacy Is the Interviewer Elon Musk Was Looking For
Uh oh! Silicon Valley journalist Sarah Lacy laughed when Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk called a New York Times writer a "douchebag." Now the Times is in a snit and she's calling the newspaper sexist! More » -
#geeklove
Money Can't Buy Elon Musk Love
Why has Justine Musk, the estranged wife of the CEO of Tesla Motors, spoken out about their divorce and his new fiancée? It might have something to do with money, and Elon Musk's lack thereof. More » -
#tesla
Tesla's Elon Musk Continues War Of Aggression Against Volt, REVs
We thought Tesla's Elon Musk decided to give up anti-Detroit not-so-Big-Three rhetoric, but he's gone on the attack again against GM's Chevy Volt and Range-Extended Vehicles. Oh, that rapscallion! [Jalopnik] -
#leaks
Mark Zuckerberg's Status Update: Paranoid as Hell
Is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hunting leakers? His internal memo about CFO Gideon Yu's departure got forwarded to bloggers. Perhaps he was hoping that would happen, and not just so his spin would get out. More »
