The best-performing stocks of 2013: Tesla, Netflix, Best Buy, and Twitter. Hurry up and invest in these high fliers as they fly higher and higher and higher, and never lower!
Elon Musk Would Like to Build a Spaceport in Texas, Die on Mars
For SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk the future is.... now. Now, now, now! In a keynote address at SXSW today, Musk laid out his plan to open a Spaceport in Texas (if lawmakers play along), as well as his company's progress on a reusable vehicle capable of reaching orbit. He also talked about his intention to die on…
Stephen Colbert Grills Elon Musk On Electric Cars And Rocket Ships
Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk stopped by The Colbert Report to discuss electric cars and space travel. When discussing the contrasting fuel needs for both endeavors, Colbert asked if Musk was "trying to break even as spectacularly as possible."
LOL THE SLOW BUT INEVITABLE SUICIDE OF THE HUMAN RACE
[Tesla owners? Smug? LOL. A motorist out driving his or her Tesla—that's an electric car brand, for those of you who take the subway—had a message for fellow drivers. Pic via Reddit.]
The Stock Market Is Hot for Tesla's Pretend Car
Tesla's electric sedan won't go on sale for years, if ever, but that didn't keep buyers from bidding up Tesla stock 40 percent on its first trading day. CEO Elon Musk stole the hearts of yet another round of investors.
Electric-Car Mogul Wants More, More, More
Tesla said it aims to raise $180 million in a June 29 IPO, nearly double its original plans. Analysts are skeptical, given that the Silicon Valley electric-car maker has no product to sell for two years. Then there's the divorce.
A Tragic Day in Silicon Valley
The damage from a Cessna crash in East Palo Alto California today, which claimed the lives of the three Tesla Motors staff on board, appears contained, amazingly enough. No one on the ground died. Yet locals didn't escape the tragedy.
Green Auto Executive of Future Travels Like Carbon-Spewing Fat Cats of Past
The CEO of federally-subsidized electric car company Tesla flew his private jet to Washington at least 12 times in about as many months. Oh, Elon Musk: You can't pull this crap when you're selling environmental friendliness and financial superiority.
Tesla Motors Moneyman Revs His Mouth on Camera
Morgenstern runs Valor Equity Partners, which led a $40 million investment in Tesla in February 2008 and controls a seat on the board. The badly mismanaged electric-car startup quickly blew through Valor's money; by October, it was down to $9 million in cash. Despite raising more money from investors, Tesla is running…
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?
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!
Tesla CEO Says GE's an Investor, but GE Says No
Musk, apparently eager to give the magazine an exclusive and reassure buyers who must put down a sizeable $40,000 deposit for a car that they won't see until 2011 at the earliest, said that GE Capital was an investor:
Is Elon Musk Guaranteeing Tesla Buyers' Deposits? Yes and No
Tesla Motors, the cash-poor electric-car startup which just unveiled a new sedan prototype, may have gotten money from General Electric. But it's really hoping to trick car buyers into investing on the sly.
Tesla Praises Leaked Car Photos It Wants Erased from the Internet
Is Tesla Motors mad that Digg founder Kevin Rose spoiled the launch of its Model S sedan by leaking photos on Flickr? Yes and no, depending on who you ask at the ailing electric-car startup.
Tesla Flack Bitches About 'Silicon Valley Gossip Blog'
Tesla Motors, once Silicon Valley's hottest electric-car startup, has a host of real problems, like a shortage of cash and a paranoid CEO. How is its top flack spending her time? Taking "umbrage" with bloggers!

