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Tesla Drops 'Motors' From Name As CEO Musk Looks Beyond Cars (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the what's-in-a-name dept.

Tesla Motors changed its name to "Tesla Inc" as Chief Executive Elon Musk looks to transform the Silicon Valley firm from an electric car maker to a diversified energy products company. From a report on Reuters: In October, Musk unveiled solar-powered roof tiles that eliminate the need for traditional panels and a longer-lasting home battery illustrating the benefits of combining his electric car and battery maker with solar installer SolarCity Corp.

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  1. Knowing Musk he is into airplanes now.... by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Amazon needs a whole department to think up castles in the sky, ahem sorry, warehouses in the sky, projects.

    Musk beats them all single handedly. Expecting an announcement for a battery powered personal aircraft. "A souped up drone most likely. 120 miles range, 20 minutes to recharge. Just 50K USD. But before we ship that we will introduce a luxury version to pay for the factory and to amortize the R&D. 10 mile range, 12 hours to recharge, 1.2 million dollars. The model-3 will ship for 50K in 2045. Luxury plane in 2024"

    Original Tesla too had very good ability to persuade people to give him money for grand projects. It is uncanny.

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