Well, things might be getting wild. When SolarCity was facing financial challenges, Tesla swallowed it up. Elon Musk was the Chairman of the Board at SolarCity, and his cousins were the cofounders, CEO, and CTO. The synergies were supposed to help both, but Tesla’s solar business has declined a great ... [continued]

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Tesla will stop making the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of this year and begin production of Optimus robots instead.

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Well, things might be getting wild. When SolarCity was facing financial challenges, Tesla swallowed it up. Elon Musk was the Chairman of the Board at SolarCity, and his cousins were the cofounders, CEO, and CTO. The synergies were supposed to help both, but Tesla’s solar business has declined a great ... [continued]

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Tesla will stop making the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of this year and begin production of Optimus robots instead.

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Elon Musk surprised attendees with an appearance in Davos at the World Economic Forum. His remarks were delivered as part of a conversation with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and filled with ideas that ranged from the future of AI and human longevity to driverless transportation. “We are in the most ... [continued]

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There are a lot of updates out there this week about Tesla “Full Self Driving” (FSD) and Tesla robotaxis. I’m going to try to cover this news here as objectively as possible, but with extra useful context in order to try to provide a relatively complete picture of all of ... [continued]

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… in a fairytale. Naturally, there have been so many claims and forecasts about Tesla “Full Self Driving” and robotaxis over the past decade that it’s become easy to forget them and to brush new ones under the rug quickly. However, Elon Musk made a huge one last year, and ... [continued]

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Elon Musk surprised attendees with an appearance in Davos at the World Economic Forum. His remarks were delivered as part of a conversation with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and filled with ideas that ranged from the future of AI and human longevity to driverless transportation. “We are in the most ... [continued]

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The budget airline Ryanair has turned the tables on Tesla CEO Elon Musk, leveraging an online feud over Musk's Skylink service for free publicity.

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There are a lot of updates out there this week about Tesla “Full Self Driving” (FSD) and Tesla robotaxis. I’m going to try to cover this news here as objectively as possible, but with extra useful context in order to try to provide a relatively complete picture of all of ... [continued]

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Elon Musk told the World Economic Forum in Davos that the lowest-cost energy for AI could come from solar power generated in space. He also suggested that sparsely populated areas of Spain and Sicily could serve as Europe’s “power plants.”

“We are in the most interesting era in history.” This is how Elon Musk opened his remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, speaking with BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink.

Musk highlighted the potential of solar and battery storage in the United States. “Solar energy and batteries alone could supply half of the energy consumed in the US annually, requiring a negligible amount of space,” he said. “The same can be done in Europe: sparsely populated areas of Spain and Sicily could generate the electricty Europe needs.”

He noted that high tariffs complicate such plans in the United States. “SpaceX and Tesla are going to produce 100 GW per year at our plant in three years. I encourage others to do the same,” Musk said. “Despite the tariffs, China produces solar cells at a very low cost.”

Musk also noted that Tesla has begun using Optimus humanoid robots for basic factory tasks, expects them to handle more complex functions by 2026, and plans to make them available to the public in 2027.

“I believe the decisive factor for the deployment of AI is energy,” he said. “AI production is growing exponentially, but electricity is only growing by 4% per year. In 2026, we are going to produce more chips than we can power.”

He added that China is increasing energy generation to meet demand, largely through solar energy.

Looking further ahead, Musk suggested that the lowest-cost energy for AI could come from space. The plan is to transmit solar energy generated in space to Earth, a goal he expects to achieve within two to three years.

He closed on a hopeful note: “I want to encourage everyone to be optimistic and have hope for the future. You lead a better life if you are optimistic and your predictions don't come true, than if you are pessimistic and they do.”