Did elon musk create tesla

Avi Selk, The Washington Post Published 6:34 am PDT, Monday, July 16, 2018 It has been five days since a dozen boys were rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand, and five days since Elon Musk has been wandering in a Twitter labyrinth of his own making. The Silicon Valley engineer and billionaire was briefly seen in Thailand last week, hauling a miniature submarine to the mouth of the cave just before an international dive team rescued the boys without it. Since then, he has been arguing with people who accuse him of shoehorning himself into the drama and imagining hypotheticals in which rescuers had not deemed his hastily built submarine unnecessary and impractical. This has, inevitably, led Musk into public arguments people who actually participated in the rescue operation - a rhetorical war that he drastically escalated on Sunday, when he called one of the cave explorers a "pedo," prompting the explorer to consider a lawsuit. Recommended Video: Now Playing: … [Read more...] about Thai cave rescuer considers suing Elon Musk over deleted ‘pedo’ tweets

Home Daily News SEC sues Elon Musk for false and misleading… Securities Law By Lorelei Laird Posted September 28, 2018, 3:11 pm CDT Elon Musk at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California./Maurizio Pesce via Wikimedia Commons. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, saying he "made false and misleading statements" to investors in early August on Twitter. CNN, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal all have coverage. At issue in the complaint is what Musk said about taking the electric car company private. Musk told his more than 22 million Twitter followers on Aug. 7 that he was considering taking Tesla private at $420 a share—and had secured the funding to do so. He then elaborated on what he would do if he did take the company private. The SEC says Musk knew or recklessly failed to ascertain whether those statements were false and misleading. “Musk’s public statements and omissions created … [Read more...] about SEC sues Elon Musk for false and misleading statements about Tesla on Twitter

Home Daily News SEC, Elon Musk settle over false and misleading… Securities Law By Lorelei Laird Posted September 28, 2018, 3:11 pm CDT Elon Musk at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California./Maurizio Pesce via Wikimedia Commons. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, saying he "made false and misleading statements" to investors in early August on Twitter, according to CNN, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. On Saturday, one day after the stock dropped nearly 14 percent, the agency and Musk reached a settlement in which he will step aside as chairman for three years—but remain as CEO—and Tesla will pay a fine of $20 million. The New York Times and CNBC have coverage. At issue in the complaint is what Musk said about taking the electric car company private. Musk told his more than 22 million Twitter followers on Aug. 7 that he was considering taking Tesla private at $420 a share—and … [Read more...] about SEC, Elon Musk settle over false and misleading statements about Tesla on Twitter

Energy and Climate DebateAs gas prices continue to fall and the House and Senate debate fiscal year 2013 appropriations, energy issues continued to play a central role in the federal debate last week.The House approved, 255-165, their fiscal year 2013 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill (H.R. 5325) on June 6, providing $32.1 billion for the Departments of Energy, Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other independent agencies. The bill includes amendments prohibiting the Department of Energy from enforcing light bulb efficiency standards, delaying the agency’s new efficiency standards for battery chargers and external power supplies, preventing the agency from issuing any new Section 1705 loan guarantees, blocking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing Clean Water Act guidance on which waters fall under federal protection, and putting into place limitations on federal agency purchases … [Read more...] about Energy and Environment Update – June 10, 2012

ENERGY AND CLIMATE DEBATEThe Senate is in session this week while House members are on a scheduled district work period. While the lower chamber is away, the Senate is likely to consider the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, the Conference Report to the fiscal year 2016 budget, and other measures. A few energy and environment hearings are scheduled, as detailed below.Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is leading the effort to address energy tax extenders by reinstating, extending, or making permanent a handful of expired clean energy tax credits, including potentially incorporating them into a broad energy bill she and Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) are discussing and beginning to hold hearings about – the first of which was held last week and focused on energy efficiency issues (see below). Earlier this year, Senator Cantwell’s staff considered how to build on what then-Senator Max Baucus proposed last Congress … [Read more...] about Energy and Environment Update for May 8, 2015