• Civil disobedience may be key to recovering our liberty and prosperity in a post-COVID world.

    Civil disobedience may be key to recovering our liberty and prosperity in a post-COVID world.

    Civil disobedience may be key to recovering our liberty and prosperity in a post-COVID world. Elon Musk restarted production at Tesla’s car plant in Fremont, California, in defiance of county officials who ordered the plant to stay closed. He announced the move publicly by tweeting yesterday: Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. …
  • Tesla reportedly threatens factory workers’ unemployment benefits

    Tesla reportedly threatens factory workers’ unemployment benefits

    Tesla has told employees at its Fremont, California, factory that they risk their unemployment benefits if they don’t get back to work on the assembly line following a seven-week coronavirus lockdown, according to a report. “Once you are called back, you will no longer be on furlough so if you choose not to work, it …
  • Elon Musk lists more homes for $97M after vow to sell possessions

    Elon Musk lists more homes for $97M after vow to sell possessions

    Elon Musk just took another step in his quest to “own no house.” The eccentric Tesla chief listed five more California properties for nearly $100 million after vowing to ditch most of his possessions. Musk is seeking $62.5 million for four properties in Los Angeles’s swanky Bel-Air neighborhood, according to a Wednesday Zillow listing describing …
  • California reaches deal with Tesla to reopen factory

    California reaches deal with Tesla to reopen factory

    California officials say they’ve reached a truce with Tesla over the company’s efforts to restart its Bay Area factory in spite of the coronavirus crisis. Alameda County’s Public Health Department agreed that Tesla can ramp up operations at its Fremont car plant this week and fully reopen as soon as Monday if it takes sufficient …
  • Elon Musk’s dispute over reopening California Tesla factory may be over

    Elon Musk’s dispute over reopening California Tesla factory may be over

    DETROIT — It appears the dispute between Tesla and San Francisco Bay Area authorities over the reopening of a factory in the face of shutdown orders is coming to an end. The Alameda County Public Health Department announced on Twitter early Wednesday that the Fremont, California, plant will be able to go beyond basic operations …
  • Elon Musk blasts ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Ken Jennings for arrest joke

    Elon Musk blasts ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Ken Jennings for arrest joke

    I’ll take “Twitter Feuds” for $2,000, Alex. Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday called greatest-of-all-time “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings a “knucklehead” for joking about him being arrested on the Tesla factory floor. Jennings’ quip came after Musk announced on Monday afternoon that Tesla would be reopening its Fremont, Calif., factory against stay-at-home orders that require …
  • Elon Musk Says He Is Prepared for Arrest as He Reopens California Tesla Facility in Defiance of Local Order

    Elon Musk Says He Is Prepared for Arrest as He Reopens California Tesla Facility in Defiance of Local Order

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Monday that the company’s only U.S. auto factory will resume production in California in violation of Alameda County’s stay at home measures and asked that he be the only one who is arrested if necessary. Musk he will join workers on the assembly line at the factory as production starts up again. …
  • Trump tweets support of Tesla reopening California factory

    Trump tweets support of Tesla reopening California factory

    President Trump on Tuesday weighed in on Tesla’s spat with California over reopening its factory there, tweeting on Tuesday that the electric automaker should be allowed to return to production despite continued COVID-19 restrictions imposed by local officials. “California should let Tesla & @elonmusk open the plant, NOW,” the commander-in-chief tweeted early Tuesday morning. “It …
  • Elon Musk says he’s willing to be arrested as Tesla reopens Fremont factory

    Elon Musk says he’s willing to be arrested as Tesla reopens Fremont factory

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk escalated his quarantine battle with California officials on Monday by saying he would restart vehicle production at his company’s northern California factory in spite of lockdown orders intended to stem the spread of the coronavirus. “Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules,” Musk tweeted just before 5 p.m. to …
  • Grimes shares cute video of Elon Musk holding baby boy X Æ A-12

    Grimes shares cute video of Elon Musk holding baby boy X Æ A-12

    Elon Musk gave girlfriend Grimes a break on Mother’s Day. The “Miss Anthropocene” singer, 32, shared a video on her Instagram story of baby X Æ A-12 lying on Musk’s chest as he pats the infant’s back. She placed pink heart emojis over the sweet footage. Elon Musk and GrimesWireImage Musk, 48, and Grimes welcomed …