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Mar 23, 2022

Elon Musk’s SpaceX hikes Starlink internet costs due to rising inflation — new customers will now pay $710 upfront

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet, satellites

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet kit is going up from $499 to $549 for waiting deposit holders, and to $599 for new customers.

Mar 22, 2022

Elon Musk Thinks Destinus Technology Will Soon End The War Against Russia, Know How

Posted by in categories: business, drones, Elon Musk, physics, robotics/AI, space travel

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vhiYHdMnK44

Mikhail Kokorich is the founder of Destinus. This serial entrepreneur has been dubbed Russia’s Elon Musk by his public relations team. The Russian businessman says his business, Destinus, is developing a hydrogen-powered, zero-emissions transcontinental delivery drone that can travel at speeds up to Mach 15.

Destinus plans to combine the technological advancements from a spaceplane with the ordinary and straightforward physics from a glider to create a hyperplane that will meet the many demands of a hyper-connected world.

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Mar 22, 2022

Musk reveals plan to scale Tesla to ‘extreme size’

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

Elon Musk signaled plans to scale Tesla to the “extreme” while teasing the release of Tesla’s “Master Plan Part 3” on Twitter one day before opening the automaker’s first European factory.

On Monday, Musk revealed on Twitter the themes that will dominate the next installment in Tesla’s long-term playbook: artificial intelligence and scaling the automaker’s operations.

“Main Tesla subjects will be scaling to extreme size, which is needed to shift humanity away from fossil fuels, and AI,” Musk tweeted. “But I will also include sections about SpaceX, Tesla and The Boring Company.”

Mar 21, 2022

Even the sky is not the limit

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Good news electric vehicle enthusiasts, Tesla owners, and Elon Musk fanboys: Musk has announced that he’s working on Tesla Master Plan Part 3.


“Looks like Musk enjoyed @danahull’s latest @hyper_drive newsletter column reflecting on Tesla’s master plans and its missing affordable EVs. https://bloom.bg/3667rlp

Mar 21, 2022

New Quantum Technology To Make Charging Electric Cars As Fast as Pumping Gas

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, energy, quantum physics, sustainability

Quantum charging will cut the charging time of electric vehicles from ten hours to three minutes.

Whether it’s photovoltaics or fusion, sooner or later, human civilization must turn to renewable energies. This is deemed inevitable considering the ever-growing energy demands of humanity and the finite nature of fossil fuels. As such, much research has been pursued in order to develop alternative sources of energy, most of which utilize electricity as the main energy carrier. The extensive R&D in renewables has been accompanied by gradual societal changes as the world adopted new products and devices running on renewables. The most striking change as of recently is the rapid adoption of electric vehicles. While they were hardly seen on the roads even 10 years ago, now millions of electric cars are being sold annually. The electric car market is one of the most rapidly growing sectors, and it helped propel Elon Musk to become the wealthiest man in the world.

Unlike traditional cars which derive energy from the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels, electric vehicles rely on batteries as the storage medium for their energy. For a long time, batteries had far lower energy density than those offered by hydrocarbons, which resulted in very low ranges of early electric vehicles. However, gradual improvement in battery technologies eventually allowed the drive ranges of electric cars to be within acceptable levels in comparison to gasoline-burning cars. It is no understatement that the improvement in battery storage technology was one of the main technical bottlenecks which had to be solved in order to kickstart the current electric vehicle revolution.

Mar 19, 2022

Elon Musk’s Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet

Elon Musk sent Starlink satellite Internet service to Ukraine. It seems to be helping.

Mar 19, 2022

Elon Musk Has New Estimate for When Humans Might First Step on Mars

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space

Red Planet real estate is looking very unlikely to hit the market any time soon.

Mar 18, 2022

Elon Musk’s plan for tunnels connecting airport to downtown San Antonio moving forward

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, transportation

SAN ANTONIO (WOAI/KABB) — An Elon Musk-backed proposal to build a tunnel connecting downtown San Antonio to the city’s airport is moving forward. The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority decided to take the next step in the project from The Boring Company to build the system. The Boring Company is owned by Elon Musk, and submitted the idea to Alamo RMA after they asked for proposals to increase revenues. No decisions were made in regards to approval of development.

Mar 18, 2022

As Tesla Giga Texas goes live, Austin aims to become a hub for transit innovations

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, sustainability, transportation

Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas is about to start its operations, and when it does, it would be one of the United States’ most ambitious vehicle production facilities. The massive factory, which Elon Musk has noted will be almost a mile long when completed, is expected to hire thousands of workers in the area.

The arrival of Tesla in Texas and the influx of companies moving into the state will likely trigger an increase in the number of people residing in cities like Austin. With this in mind, Austin transit leaders recently stated that the city’s transportation network would play a critical role in aiding or hindering further development. After all, all those new workers need a way to get to and from their jobs.

The discussions were held during a South by Southwest panel on Thursday, where transportation startup leaders highlighted that Austin’s efforts to invest in new mass transit operations are steps in the right direction. Austin-based AI Fleet CEO Marc El Khoury noted that the city and its surrounding areas would be attractive for companies developing innovative transit technologies.

Mar 18, 2022

Elon Musk confirms a prediction for when humans will go to Mars

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has officially confirmed his prediction for when he thinks humans will finally land on Mars. But it might be too optimistic.