Tesla approved to reopen California plant after defying lockdown order

Tesla’s dispute with California health authorities over the reopening of its main car plant in defiance of coronavirus shutdown orders appears to be coming to an end – as the automaker shifts its focus to resuming operations at a battery-making Gigafactory in Nevada.   The Alameda County Public Health Department announced on Twitter Wednesday that the … Read more

Trump tweets support for Elon Musk after he reopened Tesla plant in defiance of California lockdown

President Donald Trump has voiced his support for Elon Musk after the Tesla CEO reopened his main California plant in defiance of the state’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions. ‘California should let Tesla and @elonmusk open the plant, NOW. It can be done Fast & Safely,’ Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning.  Musk announced on Monday that he … Read more

Elon Musk leads US anger at ‘hypocritical’ ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson

Elon Musk leads US anger at ‘hypocritical’ British ‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson’ over his rule-breaking trysts after issuing report that predicted 2m deaths in America Prof Neil Ferguson forecast grim coronavirus death tolls in the UK and US  His apocalyptic worst-case scenarios spooked governments into lockdown Musk branded the scientist a ‘tool’, a ‘moron’ and rubbished his … Read more

Elon Musk lists two Bel Air homes for a combined $39.5million after Twitter rant

Elon Musk has put two of his California homes on the market for a combined $39.5million just days after his bizarre Twitter rant caused Tesla shares to plunge more than 11 per cent.  On Friday, the Tesla founder announced that he felt the company’s stock price was ‘too high’, before revealing he was planning to sell … Read more

Elon Musk retweets Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’ amid questions over Twitter meltdown

Elon Musk doesn’t appear to be worried about potential legal problems for tweeting that his company’s stock price was too high earlier this week after the Tesla CEO posted Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’ on his Twitter feed on Saturday. ‘One of the all-time best songs,’ Musk gushed on Twitter after posting the YouTube … Read more

Elon Musk’s tweet caused Tesla’s market value to tank by $14 billion

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is on unclear legal footing after his bizarre Twitter rant sent stocks of the electric car company in a freefall, wiping $14 billion from the company’s market capitalization and $3 billion from Musk’s net worth. ‘Tesla stock price is too high imo,’ Musk tweeted on Friday, before going on to vow to sell off … Read more

Elon Musk demands the government ‘gives people back their goddamn freedom’ in Tesla earnings call 

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday called sweeping US stay-at-home restrictions to curtail the coronavirus outbreak ‘fascist’ as the electric carmaker posted its third quarterly profit in a row. Shares of the company were up more than 9% at $873 in extended trade and Tesla’s report of a profitable quarter came just a day … Read more

Google searches for hydroxychloroquine surged after endorsements from Trump and Elon Musk

Internet searches for two anti-malaria drugs soared after high-profile endorsements from a tech billionaire and the President of the United States as potential treatments for the novel coronavirus, a new study finds. Because there are no treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), people may end up searching for unproven therapies.  Two … Read more