Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.
The new agreement builds on an earlier announcement in which the German automaker said it would invest up to $5 billion in Rivian, a maker of electric vehicles. The new venture brings them closer.
Los hombres más ricos del mundo tienen sus propias flotas de cohetes, sus propios medios de comunicación y sus propios planes para triunfar con Donald Trump.
The world’s richest men have their own rocket fleets, their own media and their own schemes to succeed with Donald J. Trump.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration said it was looking into what Elon Musk’s electric car company called the full self-driving system.
As threats to his personal safety have become graver, the world’s richest man has barricaded himself behind a phalanx of bodyguards that operates like a mini-Secret Service.
Luego de recibir ofensas y críticas del multimillonario, el presidente de Venezuela lo ha desafiado a una pelea mano a mano. Musk aceptó el reto y dijo que Maduro debe retirarse de la presidencia si pierde.
Mr. Musk, who has long criticized leftist politicians, called President Nicolás Maduro a “dictator” and compared him to a donkey.
VW and Rivian, a maker of electric trucks that has struggled to increase sales and break even, will work together on software and other technologies.
The Tesla chief executive is taking to his social media company to press shareholders to vote for a critical pay package on June 13.