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...Stark, alias Iron Man, is suave, brilliant, mega-rich and dripping with beautiful women. Sounds an awful lot like Elon Musk, the South African entrepreneurial wunderkind who spent his Tuesday shooting a rocket into space and making a major advance in electric...
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/MoneyCompany/~3/BYWpHZEbieU/la-fi-mo-elon-musk-tony-stark-20120523,0,2329506.story
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...story appears in the April issue of ForbesLife magazine. It’s Thursday morning in Bel Air, California, and Elon Musk, his cheeks still wet with aftershave, has retreated to the basement theater of his 20,000-square-foot French Nouveau mansion, which he’s converted...
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Forbes Blogs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/03/26/at-home-with-elon-musk-the-soon-to-be-bachelor-billionaire/
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...into the birth of the current generation of EVs on, or coming to, the market. In Revenge of the Electric Car, a plucky Elon Musk is struggling to keep his company afloat. The young Tesla CEO reveals that in the startup’s early days, he had to wire $3 million...
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Digital Trends
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/elon-musk-daimler-not-the-government-saved-tesla/
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...to reality as we have earlier seen that Virgin Galactic spaceship has completed its first crewed flight. The Space X CEO Elon Musk is one of NASA’s new commercial partners, and is building systems to take crew and cargo to the space stations. So far, Musk...
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Born Rich
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bornrich/qyYJ/~3/gcfZr5x1jRY/elon-musk-offers-trip-mars-500000.html
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...Musk has spent $100 million of his own money on Spacex. Multiplanet Humanity essential to Survival Musk truly believes - that low-cost space exploration is essential to the survival of mankind. Elon Musk: I think it's important that humanity become a multi-planet...
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Next Big Future
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/advancednano/~3/j46xSjpaous/cbs-60-minutes-interviews-elon-musk-of.html
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ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (www.potomacinstitute.org)
is pleased to announce that Elon Musk, CEO and Product Architect of
Tesla Motors and CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX),
will be a
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Business Wire
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100916005243/en
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...his obese model S. so let's not get carried away here. only laymen with no real uderstanding would confuse Tony Stark and Elon Musk. and I liked the movie but this phenom genius Tony Stark with pocket fusion reactors drives an archaic steam locomotive Audi...
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AutoblogGreen
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/05/12/tony-stark-isnt-just-iron-man-hes-elon-musk-too/
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We just saw an early screening of Iron Man 2, and it turns out Tony Stark is not the only brilliant, larger-than-life, megalomaniacal technology executive to grace the screen. So do the equally all-of-the-above Tesla chairman Elon Musk and Oracle chief
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Forbes
http://blogs.forbes.com/velocity/2010/04/29/elon-musk-larry-ellison-have-cameos-in-iron-man-2/
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...17, 2010 -- The 2010 Automotive Executive of the Year Innovator Award is sponsored by DNV Certification and is presented to Elon Musk, Chairman, Product and CEO of Tesla Motors, in recognition of his technology leadership and innovation, as well as his enlightened...
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Emediawire.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3609444.htm
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...all the pressure Tesla Motors is facing trying to earn a profit, launch an IPO and build the Model S, you’d think CEO Elon Musk would be singularly focused on running the company. Daily Finance found that tidbit sifting through the paperwork and included it...
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Wired
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/02/tesla-elon-mus/
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...on the 'play' button below to hear our audio interview with Elon Musk and then read the article below: DETROIT -- Elon Musk is a billionaire, not a rock star, but he was nonetheless mobbed when he met the press at the Detroit Auto Show last week. This is,...
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Plenty
http://www.mnn.com/transportation/cars/blogs/mnn-exclusive-one-on-one-with-tesla-ceo-elon-musk
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We are delighted to announce the generous support of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and CEO/CTO of SpaceX, who has given $10,000 to this year’s annual fundraising campaign. We are honored to receive this gift, which will have a great impact in helping
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Creative Commons Blog
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/19615
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...electrocar firm Tesla Motors - known as maker of the Roadster battery supercar and as one of PayPal hecamillionaire Elon Musk's pet projects - has announced that the dispute between it and co-founder Martin Eberhard "is resolved". Eberhard had mounted a Californian...
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The Register
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/22/tesla_eberhard_lawsuit_resolved/
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...a corporate executive for actor Robert Downey Jr. to use as a role model for the flick's hero Tony Stark, he sought out Elon Musk. Like the fictional Stark, an engineering genius who runs a weaponry company and designs many of its armaments, the 38-year-old...
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Sci-Tech Today
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=68928
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Silicon Valley, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Previous guests include Google CEO Eric Schmidt. This season was launched with Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk followed by NFL superstar Ronnie Lott. The Valley Girl Show is a goofy and entertaining
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Street Insider
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Talk+Show+with+High+Profile+Silicon+Valley+Guests%3A+Elon+Musk%2C+Vinod+Khosla%2C+Ronnie+Lott/4929476.html
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We're not sure which bothered us more: Watching Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk eat escargot, or watching someone in Northern California's Silicon Valley talk like a true "valley girl," which as we all know is a shallow creature that resides amid shopping
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Edmunds
http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2009/09/teslas-elon-musk-brings-the-valley-girl-up-to-speed-on-electric-vehicles.html
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If you've ever wanted to see someone run the escargo pun into the ground, we've got just the videos for you. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk recently pinked it up with Valley Girl (played by Jesse Draper), who apparently thought Legally Blonde was a how-do
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AutoblogGreen
http://green.autoblog.com/2009/09/01/video-like-its-elon-musk-talking-to-valley-girl/
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Elon Musk is becoming a welfare case. Federal auto-industry loans helped save his electric-car company, Tesla. Now Musk wants another federal bailout for his embarrassing space startup. And he may well get it.
Musk
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Valleywag
http://gawker.com/5344414/elon-musk-wants-another-obama-bailout
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Elon Musk is a textbook example of what would happen if you gave a few billion dollars to the most faithful, daydreaming nerd at a science fiction convention. The key difference with Elon Musk is that he filled his deep geeky pockets entirely on his
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AskMen.com
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Tesla's Elon Musk, pictured with his children for a New Yorker photo shoot in front of a clay model of the not-anywhere-close-to-production Tesla Model S sedan. [New Yorker]
Tesla-cofounder Martin Eberhard's
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Jalopnik
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/jalopnik/full/~3/oJREhuzJS5A/elon-musk-and-his-tesla-model-s-design-team
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PRESS RELEASE:
Martin Eberhard Clears Roadblocks in Lawsuit Against Elon Musk/Tesla Motors – Eberhard's Lawsuit Gets Green Light to Proceed.
San Mateo, CA-July 29, 2009-In what can only be characterized as a resounding victory today, Martin
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AutoblogGreen
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/07/30/martin-eberhard-demonstrated-a-probability-that-he-will-prevail/
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...legal battle between Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and ex-CEO Martin Eberhard continues tomorrow in San Mateo County Superior Court when Musk and Tesla's lawyers will ask a judge to toss out Eberhard's original lawsuit. Earlier this year, Eberhard filed a lawsuit...
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AutoblogGreen
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/07/28/tesla-motors-lawsuit-update-martin-eberhard-elon-musk-have-a/
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For a guy who allegedly wants a lot of the credit for creating Tesla Motors, Elon Musk certainly doesn't seem to like the job of being its CEO. As part of Daimler's investment deal with Tesla, Musk needed to commit to staying on as Tesla's CEO at least
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AutoblogGreen
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/07/01/elon-musk-daimlers-golden-handcuffs-mean-ill-stay-with-tesl/
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Martin Eberhard’s lawsuit against Tesla Motors and Elon Musk reads like the script to a daytime soap opera. But by accusing Musk of forcing him out of the company and attempting to “rewrite history” to claim credit for founding the company, Eberhard
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Pakistan News.net
http://feeds.pakistannews.net/?rid=25683486&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc
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Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has drawn in Draper Fisher Jurvetson to lead a $60 million round in rocket startup Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, according to peHUB. SpaceX has yet to confirm the investment, but peHUB received the scoop
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DealScape
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dscape/~3/x_HOAD-JhJ0/elon_musk_attracts_dfj_again.php
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...miscalculations that caused the electric vehicle startup to spend $140 million to bring the Roadster to market. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk today posted a lengthy blog in response to a lawsuit filed by Martin Eberhard, accusing the former CEO of a series of...
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Cleantech.com
http://www.cleantech.com/news/4626/elon-musk-strikes-back-former-tesla
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We reported a few weeks ago that Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard filed a lawsuit against Tesla and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, citing allegations of slander, libel and breach of contract. Tesla issued a short statement when the lawsuit was filed, calling the
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The Bloggers' Times
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBloggersTimes/~3/QWg9vnSmPg4/
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Tesla-cofounder Martin Eberhard's lawsuits and smack-talking of the electric automaker's got current CEO Elon Musk deciding to set the record straight in a ginormous blog post. Bottom line: He expects the company to
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Jalopnik
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/jalopnik/full/~3/mnHKP0gCwc0/elon-musk-smacks-down-eberhard-predicts-tesla-profitability-next-month
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Peter DaSilva for The New York Times Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Motors, with one of the company’s Roadsters.
From our colleagues at the Wheels blog:
On Monday, Mr. Musk wrote a lengthy blog post, responding to Mr. Eberhard’s legal action. And
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International Herald Tribune
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/tesla-says-it-will-turn-profit-next-month/
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Peter DaSilva for The New York Times Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Motors, with one of the company’s Roadsters.
On Monday, Mr. Musk wrote a lengthy blog post, responding to Mr. Eberhard’s legal action. And while the back-and-forth on Tesla’s
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The New York Times
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/tesla-says-it-will-turn-profit-next-month/
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One thing we can now say about Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, is that he's not taking the lawsuit from Martin Eberhard as a sign to tone down his language. The man who called the NYT writer a "douchebag" appeared at WIRED's business conference,
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AutoblogGreen
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/06/16/elon-musk-what-me-worry/
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...thing we can now say about Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, is that he's not taking the lawsuit from Martin Eberhard as a sign to tone down his language. The man who called the NYT writer a "douchebag" appeared at WIRED's business conference, Disruptive...
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AutoblogGreen
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/06/16/elon-musk-what-me-worry/
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a simple solution to one of the big problems hurting Detroit:
Musk in Wired: “It’s not out of the question to have unions, but if there’s going to be a union, they’d better understand that they’re on the same side as the company,
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The Business Insider
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/D4HAjfqKpQw/teslas-elon-musk-no-need-for-unions-just-fire-the-assholes-2009-6
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Here's what we know about Tesla's Elon Musk: he's an outside-the-box entrepreneur. He's become ludicrously wealthy thanks to PayPal and other pet projects. And he's a top-notch showman. Seriously: a SWAT team full of supermodels could start playing
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The Car Connection
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCarConnection/~3/WwfXJRmyP58/1021495_teslas-elon-musk-a-man-who-knows-how-to-get-attention
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Well, he didn't sound like a total tool this time... still needs someone in PR to hold the keys to his speech, though.
But he is absolutely right.
Either:
1. You say lies and nonsense people want to hear and you become popular.
or:
2. You say painful
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AutoblogGreen
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/06/15/elon-musk-gasoline-should-probably-be-10-a-gallon/
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I agree that electric cars are the best option in the long run, but I have to point out that hybrids are necessary until electricity generation has zero CO2 across the board. Here in the Midwest we get most of our electricity from coal. The CO2
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Wired
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/DYLigOEu7lY/
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Does the Tesla time travel or does that dude in the photo just think that he is in the early 1990's?
Not possible, please see explanation below.
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from Tesla press release;
"The battery pack stores 53 kilowatt hours of electric energy"
and
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Engadget
http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/jacGbzpOCuo/
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Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard is suing CEO Elon Musk, citing allegations of slander, libel and breach of contract. Eberhard’s lawsuit, which is 22-pages long, was filed on May 26 in San Mateo County, Calif. Superior Court and seeks unspecified
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TechCrunch
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechCrunch/~3/iwOmMAGf1XQ/
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The founders fight at Tesla Motors just got uglier.
Former Tesla founder and CEO Martin Eberhard has sued current CEO and company investor Elon Musk, and the feathers are flying.
San Mateo Superior Court documents released Wednesday reveal Mr.
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Red Herring
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http://www.redherring.com/Home/26086
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...co-founder Martin Eberhard is suing Elon Musk and Tesla Motors for a slew of reasons including allegations of libel, slander, and a breach of contract. Jalopnik, which first reported the news, says it hears Tesla will counter sue. We've put in an email to...
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Green Sheet
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greensheet/~3/KpIiwT--CNs/tesla-co-founder-sues-elon-musk-2009-6
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...maker of the much-fancied Roadster battery sports car, is suing the firm and its present chief - famed tech zillionaire Elon Musk. Martin Eberhard alleges that Musk has slandered and libelled him, mishandled the fortunes of Tesla Motors, and deliberately supplied...
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The Register
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/11/eberhard_v_musk_tesla_lawsuit/
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Musk believes that humanity needs to put men on Mars
Elon Musk; a founder of Paypal, Tesla Motors, and SpaceX, completely, passionately believes that humanity needs to put men on Mars. And that, though He knows that getting there won’t be easy, but
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IEEE Spectrum
http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=2364b1aa254bcd049c4f76deab4ca862
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Tesla chairman Elon Musk is in the news again, making small talk about three upcoming EVs. Tesla is producing two of those in conjunction with its new lifepartner, Daimler; the other it'll handle on its own.
The two Daimler projects include the already-
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The Car Connection
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCarConnection/~3/bbktdO1X0SA/1021208_elon-musk-speaks-about-three-new-evs-including-next-gen-tesla-roadster-and-2010-smart-ev
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Rob Widdis/European Pressphoto Association An electric Smart Fortwo on display at the Detroit auto show.
At the press conference, held at Daimler’s museum in Stuttgart and broadcast over the Internet, Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, and Mr. Weber
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The New York Times
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/daimler-takes-a-stake-in-tesla-motors/
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It certainly looks like something a movie star would drive. This car, like the early icons of the silver screen, is definitely the strong silent type. It's built by Tesla Motors, a start-up in Silicon Valley. And this Roadster can go from zero to 60
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MSNBC
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29661851/ns/dateline_nbc-newsmakers/
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It certainly looks like something a movie star would drive. This car, like the early icons of the silver screen, is definitely the strong silent type. It's built by Tesla Motors, a start-up in Silicon Valley. And this Roadster can go from zero to 60
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MSNBC
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29661851/
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First things first: electric airplanes are nothing new. The French eplane "Electra" flew in 2007 and the "ElectraFlyer C" wowed the crowds at Oshkosh in 2008. But, these one-offs are not for sale and they're certainly not cheap to put together.
Enter
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AutoblogGreen
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/05/06/its-no-flying-tesla-but-elon-musk-wants-electric-planes/
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This afternoon Charles River Ventures partner George Zachary is sitting down for a one on one interview with Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla whose other credentials include cofounding SpaceX and PayPal. The interview promises to be an interesting one -
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TechCrunch
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/5o1xzTKhMM0/
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This afternoon Charles River Ventures partner George Zachary is sitting down for a one on one interview with Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla whose other credentials include cofounding SpaceX and PayPal. The interview promises to be an interesting one -
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The Bloggers' Times
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBloggersTimes/~3/v6CSntAlWSQ/
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By the age of 12 Elon Musk had sold his first commercial software, a space game called Blaster. Sixteen years later he sold his first company, Zip2, to Compaq’s Alta Vista division for $341 million in cash and stock. His next act was as co-founder of
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ZDNet
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ZDNetBlogs/~3/5I2w3TwWBDc/

