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Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of electric car giant Tesla, has thrown down a challenge to the South Australian and federal governments, saying he can solve the state's energy woes within 100 days – or he'll deliver the 100MW battery storage system for free.
On Thursday, Lyndon Rive, Tesla's vice-president for energy products, told the AFR the company could install the 100-300 megawatt hours of battery storage that would be required to prevent the power shortages that have been causing price spikes and blackouts in the state.
Thanks to stepped-up production out of Tesla's new Gigafactory in Nevada, he said it could be achieved within 100 days.
Mike Cannon-Brookes, the Australian co-founder of Silicon Valley startup Atlassian, on Friday tweeted Elon Musk, asking if Tesla was serious about being able to install the capacity.
Musk replied that the company could do it in 100 days of the contract being signed, or else provide it free, adding: "That serious enough for you?"
(Score: 3, Insightful) by edIII on Saturday March 11 2017, @02:46AM (2 children)
At the end of the day though, he fucked over union workers in Northern California and brought in Eastern European wage slaves to do it for cheaper.
I'd prefer a CEO that puts humanity first, then his dreams, ambitions, and profit second. I, like you, believe we are better off for the Elon Musks in the world, but that doesn't mean that they are harmless, or even mostly beneficial to the average lowly worker that ol' Elon's dreams depend on.
How does he achieve his dream of humans on mars if we aren't healthy enough to play with him and his toys? THAT is what modern day CEOs cannot figure out if their lives depended on it. Specifically, that their lives depend on ours. Not the other way around.
He may the best of the best, but that bar is pretty damn low. Based on what I've seen so far, the first Martians will have a slum lord that makes sure they are in debt up to their eyeballs and taking his shitty work offers.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday March 11 2017, @02:11PM (1 child)
Yes, yes, he fucked over union workers who were cooling their heels for infinity waiting for the next casino-building boom to sweep Reno.
The Gigafactory is being built in a part of the country where there's hardly ever anything going on, big construction project-wise. There's an occasional school or highway project, and that's about it. The Gigafactory was a boon to those people, and the union guys fucked it up by getting greedy. They were hoping to milk it for double or triple so they could go back to smoking meth in their trailers for the next decade afterward.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 12 2017, @12:01AM
If it wasn't for unions, wages in the USA would be ZERO, because then The Ownership Class would know that they can get away with that.
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Meanwhile, Elon Musk can't even make up his mind where his national loyalty is. [google.com]
His only loyalty appears to be to personal profit.
He reminds me of Donnie Tiny Hands who continues to shout U-S-A, U-S-A while hiring [google.com] foreigners [google.com]--illegals, apparently. [google.com]
Hell, he married someone who violated the terms of her tourist visa [google.com] by working.
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