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The history of leveraged buyouts suggest Musk was smart to heed the advice of investors and nip his plan to take Tesla private in the bud.
Talk of Saudi Arabia helping Elon Musk take Tesla private is the latest example of a long line of sovereign wealth fund investments.
Going private would help Tesla reestablish its luxury status.
Shares in the wundercompany rocketed after the Q2 results. Why?
Chinese investment in the US has never been high, but the ongoing trade war could dampen it further, with significant long-term repercussions.
Elon Musk is an open admirer of the fictional Tony Stark, whose alter‑ego is none other than Iron Man. But Tesla’s recent financial results prove Musk to be more vulnerable than his hero…
Elon Musk 's Tesla has serious production problems.
The biggest ethical challenges for self-driving cars arise in mundane situations, not when crashes are unavoidable.
Elon Musk is a master of keeping investors believing in the dream of Tesla, but analysis of the company’s output and financials reveal a darker picture.
Uber, Tesla and Waymo (Google) are leapfrogging traditional car makers like Ford, VW and General Motors when it comes to self-driving cars.
Our energy system puts consumers more or less at the mercy of business and regulators. What if the future of energy meant putting the power back in the hands of households?
The launch of Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket is undoubtedly a spectacular feat of engineering - but the release of a sports car into orbit also says something about our values as human beings.
After a month of operation, the Tesla battery at Hornsdale Power Reserve in SA is outperforming expectations - and the model is set to be emulated in Victoria
Scientist Nikola Tesla died 75 years ago, after a rags-to-riches to rags life. The eccentric inventor had an amazing intellect and set the stage for many modern technologies.
Despite the hype around electric vehicles, sales in most nations, including Canada, remain stagnant. Policy support in California and Norway have helped boost sales.
Last week in SA the "world's largest" lithium ion battery was launched. Will its storage capacity and versatility be a game-changer for Australia's energy market?
Tesla, China and Richard Branson are among those offering to help Caribbean nations rebuild – and do so in a greener, more resilient way – after the devastating 2017 hurricane season.
Tesla's new battery will be big enough to power thousands of homes, but it's likely to be just the first of many such installations.
Elon Musk struck a blow for open IP, so should other sustainable industries go the same way?
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Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Management, University of New England
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence (EVCE), Cardiff University
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Lecturer, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University
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Professeur associé d’analyse financière, d’audit et de risk management, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Senior Lecturer in Product Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, Data61
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto
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Professor of Resource Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior lecturer, Monash University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Alice Gorman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
