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Tesla skips prototype phase to get Model 3 to market faster

by Adam Allington
Apr 24, 2017
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for taking big risks. It’s a reputation that helped him raise billions of dollars for his various companies over the years. Musk’s latest gamble is a decision to fast-track the assembly-line strategy for the new Tesla Model 3 electric car. Typically, carmakers do a prototype buildout before going to […]
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Tesla’s market capitalization is now greater than Ford’s

by Adam Allington
Apr 3, 2017
Some interesting news in the automotive space today: Tesla, the maker of high-end electric cars, has now surpassed Ford in terms of market capitalization (the total value of all outstanding shares). It seems investors are betting big that Elon Musk can meet growth targets ahead of the much-anticipated release of the Model 3 sedan later this […]
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SpaceX to make historic re-usable rocket launch

by Aaron Schrank
Mar 30, 2017
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to launch a commercial satellite into orbit today using a recycled rocket booster. It’s the first time SpaceX will attempt to use one of its re-landed rockets. And the Falcon 9 would be the first liquid-fueled rocket sent into space using this method.  Click the audio player above to hear the […]
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Reaching Mars is a hard sell, but not impossible

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 13, 2017
The U.S. lacks a long-term plan for traveling to the red planet.
Space exploration comes with a huge price, but it also comes with the benefit of adding jobs, says science journalist Rebecca Boyle.
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President Donald Trump says he can cut regulations by 75 percent

by Kai Ryssdal and Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 23, 2017
A look at Donald Trump's first Monday as President of the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump leads a meeting with invited business leaders, members of his staff and Vice President Mike Pence in the Roosevelt Room at the White House January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. Business leaders included Elon Musk of SpaceX, Wendell Weeks of Corning, Mark Sutton of International Paper, Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical, Alex Gorsky of Johnston & Johnson and others.   
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Elon Musk told us about his Mars plan 5 years ago

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 27, 2016
He compared the transition to "multiplanetary species" to fundamental stages in evolution.
In this handout provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket makes a successful launch with the SES-9 communications satellite on March 4, 2016, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Photo by NASA via Getty Images
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Elon Musk wants us to form a civilization on Mars

by Sarah Menendez
Sep 27, 2016
What, like it's hard?
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Tesla earnings fall short

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 3, 2016
Profits? Uhh, not so much.
 Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV.
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Tesla and SolarCity $2.6-billion deal will create an Elon Musk megacompany

by Donna Tam
Aug 1, 2016
The sustainable energy-focused companies say they will save $150 million with the merger.
Elon Musk participates in a discussion during the 2014 annual conference of the Export-Import Bank (EXIM).
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Tesla's talking about buying its cousin, SolarCity

by Andy Uhler
Jun 22, 2016
Elon Musk, a board member on both companies, called the move "a no-brainer."
Classic Elon Musk. 
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