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Elon Musk, an Industrialist For the 21st Century

Posted by Soulskill on from the awesome-that's-the-century-i-live-in dept.

pacopico writes "Elon Musk has just come off a pretty amazing run. SpaceX docked with the ISS. Tesla has started selling its all-electric luxury sedan, and SolarCity just filed to go public. Bloomberg Businessweek spent a few days with Musk and got a look inside his insane factories in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. It's like Willy Wonka time for geeks. Among the other proclamations in the story is Musk saying that he intends to die on Mars. 'Just not on impact.' Musk then goes on to describe a fifth mode of transportation he's calling the Hyperloop."

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  1. Grammar by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bloomberg Businessweek spent a few days with Musk and got a look inside his insane factories in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.

    They're manufacturing insanity in America now? That explains a lot.

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  2. Re:Cool but... by N0Man74 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Cool but I don't think it's fair to call him an industrialist.

    So far, none of his ventures have made money.

    I'll accept that critisism as soon as you can explain to me what is so worthwhile about gaining increasingly more value and wealth? He's already rich. Does it matter if he is turning a profit if he is able to continue doing many great things?

  3. Video of the factory by mbaGeek · · Score: 5, Interesting

    you have to wait until 2:15 but here is an interview with Elon Musk/walk-thru of the Tesla factory

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