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Elon Musk Pays Tribute To 'Great' Inventor Nikola Tesla On His Birthday, Says 'AC Was The Right Move Back Then' But 'Better To Use DC' Now
Friday, July 12, 2024 - 5:01am | 524Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday paid his respects to inventor Nikola Tesla, after whom his EV company Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is named, while noting that using direct current (DC) is better now. What Happened: “Nikola Tesla was great…,” Musk wrote in response to an...
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'Tesla Chicken & Pizza' Vs Elon Musk: How A Lengthy Legal Dispute Ended
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 10:33am | 447A restaurant owner was left with hefty losses following a lengthy trademark dispute with Elon Musk's Tesla. What Happened: According to a BBC report, Amanj Ali lost a legal dispute with Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) centered around the trademark "Tesla Chicken & Pizza," which he registered for his...
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If You Had Invested $1000 In Tesla When Elon Musk Unveiled First Factory In Fremont 13 Years Ago, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 10:17am | 877Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock may be languishing currently, but it has generated mouth-watering returns over the years. Landing First Factory Tesla was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, who named the company after Serbian-American physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla, a...
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Nikola Tesla Predicted The Rise Of AI Over 100 Years Ago With Scary Accuracy
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 3:04pm | 865The pioneering genius of the inventor Nikola Tesla continues to astound us even a century after his time. New explorations into his writings reveal startling precognitions, none more significant than his musings that foreshadow the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI). Don't Miss: ...
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Watch Out, Elon Musk. These EV Startups Are Trying To Take On Tesla
Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 9:38pm | 1972With a $145.9 billion fortune at press time Elon Musk, the founder of the electric car manufacturer Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), has added more than $100 billion to his net worth since January 2020. Tesla's shares have been going up, beating every analyst’s...
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Republic Services Orders 2,500 Electric Garbage Trucks From Nikola
Monday, August 10, 2020 - 1:26pm | 562Republic Services is ordering 2,500 battery-electric truck garbage truck chassis from Nikola Corp. The record order justifies the startup electric truck maker's decision to build its cabover Tre model in the United States after it launches in Europe next year. The order could expand to up to 5,000...
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Hydrogen Fuel: Linchpin Of Electric Truck Maker Nikola's Business
Monday, August 10, 2020 - 12:38pm | 1289The focus on the stock price gyrations of electric truck startup Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) overlooks a major part of its business plan-making and selling hydrogen fuel for its fuel cell trucks and anyone who wants it. "Hydrogen is a key to everything with Nikola," says Executive Chairman...
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Fuel Cell Trucks Enroute From Korea To Switzerland
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 4:41pm | 690HYUNDAI MTR CO/GDR (OTC: HYMTF) is shipping the first 10 of its mass-produced Xcient hydrogen-powered fuel-cell heavy-duty trucks from South Korea to Switzerland, where fleets will take possession in September. Hyundai plans to ship 50 trucks by the end of the year and 1,600 by 2025. While...
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Tesla Vs. Nikola Vs. Hyliion (With Video)
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 4:28pm | 243On today's episode, Dooner and The Dude have a SONAR-powered breakdown of a soaring freight market, review the expanding electric semi landscape and talk about the PPP extension. They're joined by special guests Thomas Healy, founder and CEO at Hyliion; Kevin Jessop, marketing manager at Cerasis...
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Webull's CEO Talks Tesla's Rise To $1,000, Nikola's Arrival
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 6:45pm | 621Benzinga recently got some insight from Anthony Denier, CEO of the commission-free trading platform Webull, to gain a better understanding of how some of the firm's 11 million clients are looking at Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) after the stock hit the $1,000 per share milestone. Denier On...
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Elon Musk's Big Day: Trump Compares CEO To Thomas Edison As Tesla's Stock Sets Milestone
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 1:04pm | 575Wednesday is shaping up to be a good day for Elon Musk. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares are continuing their meteoric rise in recent weeks. Tesla now has a market cap higher than that of General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) combined. Tesla's stock price has more...
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Will Elon Musk Follow In Nikola Tesla's Footsteps?
Sunday, September 2, 2018 - 10:23am | 953As he's become known for erratic decisions and spontaneous business endeavors, many have begun to dissect and study Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s management objectives. Aside from the common denominator of a well-known surname, many similarities can be drawn between the...
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10 Pitfalls All Startups Should Desperately Avoid
Saturday, November 18, 2017 - 10:52am | 734One of the quickest ways to go from rags to riches in America is to launch the next billion dollar startup company. But creating a successful startup is much harder than it seems. In fact, CB Insights recently found that 70 percent of tech startups fail all-together. Earlier this year, FastCompany...
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Analyst Doesn't 'Put Much Faith' Into Google-Tesla M&A Report, Thinks Google Has Other Plans
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 2:29pm | 595This week it was revealed that Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) had reportedly discussed a possible M&A deal with Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) in 2013. The news may not surprise investors, who are well aware of Google's plans to enter the auto space. No one knows exactly how Google...
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Why the Heck is Steve Jobs on Time's 20 Most Influential Americans List?
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 3:51pm | 599Steve Jobs, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) legendary co-founder, is one of Time's 20 Most Influential Americans of All Time. While his inclusion might make sense to those who use one or more of Apple's products every single day, there is a bigger issue at hand. How can Jobs appear on a list that also...