Sentences with phrase «if musk»

But if Musk was really hoping to get Trump to force China into relaxing its restrictions on American cars, his message might have gotten lost in translation based on Trump's reaction.

Afterward, a follower told Musk he should delete SpaceX's Facebook page if Musk was «the man.»

If Musk goes down, the company goes down with it.

If Musk is right about the future of battery prices, Tesla's an overvalued story stock that will likely grow into its valuation... someday.

With this new hardware, Tesla is doubling down on Autopilot, which will one day be worthy of its name if Musk's assertions are accurate.

If Musk gets his way, the as - yet - unbuilt Texas plant could make the as - yet - undeveloped Tesla pickup truck we've heard about before.

If Musk wants the title, he had better start campaigning.

When asked if Musk can go back in time and re-think the wording of its self - driving feature would he still chose to us the term «Autopilot.»

It therefore makes sense if Musk is digging his heels on this issue.

But if Musk and Tesla are able to perfect building the «machine that builds the machine,» all bets will be off.

If Musk has his way and everything goes according to plan, this is how the future of Tesla will unfold.

If Musk honors word, we might be able to see a new iteration of a solar roofing system, akin to what he hopes to achieve.

But in this particular instance, considering the timeline of Steel Pulse's development with the SolarCity acquisition, some insiders have wondered if Musk sold shareholders on a product that didn't exist.

On the contrary, people are wondering if Musk is giving us a peak at the next great revolution in transportation.

That will come in handy if Musk ever manages to send humans to colonize the red planet.

Unfortunately, even if Musk's colonization dream is actualized, that doesn't mean AI is any less of a threat.

Even if Musk takes the company private, «it's going to be a money - losing thing for awhile.»

Tesla is already being taken seriously by other car manufacturers and increasingly by consumers, but if Musk wants Tesla to become as big as the already established players, it needs cheaper electric vehicles.

But if Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Altman's careers are any indication, patience pays off.

Not exact matches

If Mr. Musk were somehow to increase the value of Tesla to $ 650 billion — a figure many experts would contend is laughably impossible and would make Tesla one of the five largest companies in the United States, based on current valuations — his stock award could be worth as much as $ 55 billion (assuming the company does not issue any more shares over the next decade, which is unrealistic).

(If we pick Elon Musk as the new Richard Branson everyone wants to meet, then you might want to make a pneumatic tube length pitch instead of an elevator one.)

Musk made the offer in response to a comment made on social media by Mike Cannon - Brookes, the co-founder of Australian software maker Atlassian (team), who said he would be willing to line up funding and political support if Tesla could supply batteries that would solve South Australia's problems.

Even if he might not agree with how Musk plans to execute, he admires the motivations.

When asked whether Mars travelers would be able to communicate back with Earth, Musk says: «If anyone wants to build a high bandwidth comm link to Mars, please do.»

What might be of some concern is the fact that Tesla loses US$ 4,000 on every Model S it sells, but Musk wouldn't be Musk if he worried about such terrestrial mathematics.

«I'm not necessarily looking for someone who has brilliant analytical ability if their job is going to be assembling hardware,» Musk said.

In his autobiography «Finding My Virginity,» he recalls telling Musk, «If you don't have your own ventures one day, you're welcome to come and run one of mine — just brush up on your people skills.»

For a company like Musk's SpaceX, or any other tech company, if you want to get that team - collaboration vibe that's virtually drama - free and running on all cylinders, it's important to have people on the team who understand each other's style of communicating and collaborating, as well as their own.

«It will be a real huge downer if it blows up, but... if something goes wrong, hopefully it goes wrong far into the mission so we at least learn as much as possible along the way,» Musk told Business Insider's space correspondent, Dave Mosher, on the call.

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, recently threatened to leave White House advisory councils if Trump drops the Paris accord.

Musk believes that if the Falcon Heavy can successfully get its very cool payload into space, it will no longer make sense to use other vehicles certified for heavy lift launches, like the Delta IV Heavy, Russia's Proton, or Europe's Ariane 5.

If we wanted to, we could actually add two more side boosters and make it Falcon Super Heavy... I think we can crank up thrust and probably get upwards of 9 million pounds of thrust,» Musk said on the press call.

Musk has not quantified exactly what the risk of failure is for Falcon Heavy, but if you want to see what happens, SpaceX will host a live webcast of the launch on its YouTube channel.

«If we are successful in this, it is game over for all the other heavy lift rockets,» Musk said Monday evening on a press call.

Negotiations between the two were conducted over Twitter - and in a few short exchanges, Mike Cannon - Brookes offered to find the funding and get past the red tap, within 7 days, if Elon Musk could build a 100 - 300 mega watt hour battery farm in South Australia.

We've reached out to Google and Tesla for comment about whether Brin and Musk are indeed investing in the Burning Man city and will update if we hear back.

When I ask Musk if his father ever forgave him for leaving, he answers, «I don't really care.»

«If you want to wait to buy a car until there won't be a better one in the future, you're going to wait forever,» Musk said.

Musk, who believed Sorkin was squandering the potential to create a viable consumer brand, helped spark a revolt among Zip2 managers, who threatened to quit if Sorkin was not removed.

But if you really want to understand what Musk is up to, the best place to go is a rooftop, far removed from the world of software and stock options and talk of innovation.

If simultaneously shepherding three disruptive companies sounds tough, it's business as usual for Musk.

Musk himself is quoted as having said of their first flight: «If the vehicle does not become reusable, I will consider us to have failed.»

Who knows if the stock will rebound today, next week or next month, but this skepticism has been the typical reaction to Musk's moves for much of 2016.

Or, if you're Elon Musk, you can just do it with flamethrowers and some clever social media.

«If you were a hedge fund or private equity fund and you said, «Well, all I want my AI to do is maximize the value of my portfolio,»» Musk said in the documentary, «then the AI could decide, the best way to do that is to short consumer stocks, go long defense stocks, and start a war.»

And if we know anything about Musk, it's that he has a thing for being in control.

Musk's point was that if Tesla engaged in conventional advertising strategies — the company currently does almost no advertising — it could increase demand, but its more pressing issue now is being able to simply built its cars, and build them well.

If he succeeds, Musk could thoroughly transform our relationship with our solar system, inspiring a new generation of scientists and engineers along the way.

If Earth colonizes Mars — and Musk thinks we should — the colonists will need to govern themselves.

Even if the tech industry generally has a cluster of policy, regulatory, and economic issues it might want to raise with Trump, ranging from visas to the insourcing of manufacturing, Musk is unlikely to miss the opportunity to draw a line in the sand.