He has also put all of his money into his companies on more than one occasion, and it's far more than...

May 11, 2016
5:44:33pm

BengalCougar All-American

just government funding, SpaceX makes a lot of money from private companies, and Tesla makes billions from the public.

And he has been successful at pretty much every thing he has done.

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Elon Musk... innovator, creative genius, visionary... or myth maker?

blucoug18 All-American

5/11/16 4:57pm

SpaceX is doing amazing things, just in the last month they have made significant advances...

BengalCougar

5/11/16 5:11pm

Venture capital magnet?

BandW

5/11/16 5:11pm

Yes

SCcoug

5/11/16 5:13pm

He definitely gets a lot of hype, but it's justified and he uses the attention and money that brings to...

BengalCougar

5/11/16 5:15pm

He isn't close to being a leader in driverless car tech

blucoug18

5/11/16 5:25pm

He isn't? Who is then?

Coulgar1

5/11/16 5:30pm

from what we know of publicly released/demonstrated tech... that would be Delphi

blucoug18

5/11/16 5:58pm

He isn't? Who is then?

Coulgar1

5/11/16 5:30pm

Never said he was. In addition to not being bankrupt it's a difference w/Fisker.

SCcoug

5/11/16 5:30pm

A friend of mine, a BYU and MIT grad, heads Tesla's automated driving division.

SweetBabyG

5/11/16 6:08pm

Delphi drove a car across the United States last year

blucoug18

5/11/16 6:19pm

I believe you, but there will be a day where one automated driver gets you where

SweetBabyG

5/11/16 6:39pm

I agree, but this is where my thinking is evolving

blucoug18

5/11/16 6:49pm

He's the closest thing America has to a superhero. Probably wears lycra pajamas.

panguitch

5/11/16 5:21pm

The pattern used for the Tony Stark character

blucoug18

5/11/16 5:26pm

Hyperloop has a ton of potential

Cougarrr

5/11/16 5:30pm

Musk is an important player, but, I think a lot of us could have done what he's

BearsandBulls

5/11/16 5:33pm

Government funded mad scientist.

Hank Rearden

5/11/16 5:42pm

He has also put all of his money into his companies on more than one occasion, and it's far more than...

BengalCougar

5/11/16 5:44pm

I didn't think it had ever been profitable so I looked it up.

crack

5/11/16 5:48pm

This is because of the ramping up to get to 500,000 cars a year.

Coulgar1

5/11/16 5:52pm

circa mid 1970's cologne?

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