SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the company’s Starship SN15 test launch comes up this week. Yesterday in a tweet, Musk said the static fire test for the rocket array was a success. The tweet says the test flight happens sometimes later this week at the Boca Chica launch site near Brownsville. The specific day and […]
Musk: New Tesla plant near Austin may hire 10,000
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the new Tesla plant under construction near Austin will hire more than ten-thousand employees through next year. If that happens, it’ll be twice the number of new jobs Tesla promised. The billion-dollar manufacturing plant in southeast Travis County is scheduled to start making new vehicles as soon as this year. […]
Elon Musk wants to name Valley City Starbase, Texas
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk wants to rename the Valley town where his space vehicles are developed. On Tuesday, Musk tweeted “Creating the city of Starbase, Texas.” The SpaceX facility is in the unincorporated community of Boca Chica Village near Brownsville. Musk has approached Cameron County officials about changing Boca Chica Village’s name to […]
Elon Musk tweets Tesla immediately relocating to Texas and Nevada
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company operations are immediately moving to Texas and Nevada. Musk tweeted his decision Saturday which was retweeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Musk says he is done dealing with Alameda County, California where officials there won’t allow him to reopen his factory in Fremont. On a Tesla Twitter account, […]
Tesla Motors Unveils Phase 2
(Palo Alto, CA) — Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is revealing the next stage of the company’s master plan ten years on.
Tesla Eyeing Dealerships in Texas
AUSTIN – There have been a number of retail businesses that have opened up in Texas recently. Trader Joes, H&M, even In-N-Out Burger. But one company with the Lone Star State in its headlights has run into trouble selling its product here: Tesla Motors, which makes of luxury electric cars.