Tesla raised the lease prices for its most popular electric vehicles on Wednesday, according to figures posted to the company’s website. The change comes after the federal EV tax credit, which was $7,500 for new vehicles and leases and $4,000 for used vehicles, expired on Tuesday. Tesla’s model Y lease has jumped from between $479 […]
Elon Musk’s Wikipedia Competitor Is Going to Be a Disaster
Elon Musk has long complained about Wikipedia, the crowd-sourced encyclopedia that’s considered a crown jewel of the internet. And now it seems like the billionaire is finally going to launch a competitor. “We are building Grokipedia @xAI,” Musk tweeted Tuesday. “Will be a massive improvement over Wikipedia. Frankly, it is a necessary step towards the […]
The ADL Defended Elon Musk’s ‘Awkward Gesture.’ Now He Calls It a Hate Group
When Elon Musk gave two Nazi-style salutes the day President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) came to the billionaire’s defense, saying it was just an “awkward gesture.” But Musk clearly doesn’t have the same kind of affection for the ADL. “The ADL hates Christians, therefore it is is a hate […]
Newly Released Epstein Files Suggest Elon Musk Was Invited to Notorious Island
House Democrats released a small but notable sample of documents obtained from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. And one line really sticks out. The line appears to be from a 2014 schedule for the late sex trafficker, dated Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014: “Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)” […]
Elon Musk’s xAI Is Becoming a Leaky Ship
In recent weeks, a series of leaks has plagued Elon Musk’s xAI. Indeed, a slow, steady drip of stories from major news outlets has found, as its basis, a healthy helping of anonymous sources and internal company messages that said sources seem more than willing to share. The portrait of the company that’s being painted […]
What’s Driving the Turnover at Musk’s AI Startup?
Elon Musk’s xAI has lost a large number of top executives in recent months—so many that onlookers have begun to wonder what’s causing the high turnover rate. Now, new reporting from the Wall Street Journal suggests some of those executives may have left due to internal conflict over the management style at the company and […]
The Pope Is Watching Elon Musk’s Pocket
In between causing political chaos all over the world, Elon Musk has been seeking to make himself even more obscenely wealthy than he already is. A recent pay package offered to Musk by the Tesla board would make him the world’s first trillionaire, should he meet several business benchmarks over the next decade. Despite Musk’s […]
Everyone Thinks Elon Musk is Going to Build a SpaceX Mobile Network
SpaceX’s has been partnering with mobile carriers like T-Mobile to offer its satellite internet service Starlink to extend the reach of cell networks. But, according to a report from the Washington Post, the company has ambitions to be more than just a partner. Following a major purchase of wireless spectrum earlier this week, it appears […]
Elon Musk’s Comments on Houston Flood Tunnels Are Misleading, Experts Say
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Billionaire Elon Musk is taking issue with a recent investigation by the Houston Chronicle and The Texas Newsroom that raised questions about a flood tunnel project he’s pitching to address Houston’s chronic […]
It’s Getting Ugly: Sam Altman Seeks Texts From Shivon Zilis, Elon Musk’s Employee/Mother of His Child
Last year, Elon Musk sued his rival Sam Altman’s company, tech superstar OpenAI. In his lawsuit, Musk claimed that the company had violated federal racketeering laws because, having once promised to stay a nonprofit research lab, had since converted itself into a for-profit company. Musk, who initially poured tens of millions of dollars into the […]