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Biden cancels Elon Musk’s adventures in space

By Brandon J. Weichert

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Elon Musk predicts ‘unhappy’ U.S. if big tech becomes ‘de facto arbiter of free speech’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Tesla’s annual sales up 36% but comes short of delivery goal

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Musk: Apple CEO didn’t take meeting about buying Tesla

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In this screen grab from video posted by SpaceX, the company's Starship launches for a test flight, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in a remote area of Texas. (SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk moves from California for Texas, rips overregulation

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Elon Musk firm proposing ‘Vegas Loop’ tunnel people mover

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. Tesla is expected to announce a breakthrough in electric vehicle battery chemistry on Tuesday Sept. 22 that could bring down the cost of the vehicles and increase their range and durability. At an event called “battery day,” Musk likely will show off the new technology, which could increase the traveling range per charge and durability of its batteries.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s next big bet rides on better batteries

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, file photo, Elon Musk founder, CEO and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX, speaks during a news conference after a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket test flight to demonstrate the capsule's emergency escape system at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Elon Musk wants YOU to build a brain-computer interface

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Judge OKs $60M settlement over Tesla buyout of SolarCity

By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press

This photo provided by SpaceX shows a prototype of its Mars ship, Starship, is launched on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2020 in south Texas. Tuesday night's flight lasted barely 45 seconds, but was an important first for SpaceX's Starship. SpaceX chief Elon Musk tweeted: “Mars is looking real.” Musk says several more short hops are planned before a test version of Starship aims for a high altitude. The latest prototype is relatively plain: It stands a full-scale 100 feet tall and resembles a steel silo with a cap on top. (SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX’s Mars test rocket makes 1st flight, landing upright

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk, Tesla billionaire, says another federal stimulus ‘not in the best interests’ of Americans

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, May 11, 2020 file photo, a man wearing a mask walks through the Tesla plant parking lot in Fremont, Calif. On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, the electric car maker announced it has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Tesla picks Texas site for second US vehicle assembly plant

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Musk visits Tulsa as site for new Tesla plant is considered

Associated Press

The SpaceX Falcon 9, with Dragon crew capsule on top of the rocket, sits on Launch Pad 39-A, Friday, May 29, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Two astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Saturday, May 30. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

‘Back in the game’: SpaceX ship blasts off with 2 astronauts

By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, file photo, Elon Musk founder, CEO, and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX speaks during a news conference after a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket test flight to demonstrate the capsule's emergency escape system at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Tesla confirmed Thursday, May 28, that CEO Musk will get the first tranche worth nearly $770 million of a stock-based compensation package triggered by the company meeting several financial metrics. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Tesla’s Musk earns $770M in stock options, company confirms

Associated Press

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis makes a point duiring a news conference to update the state's efforts to check the spread of the new coronavirus Monday, May 11, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Jared Polis, Colorado governor, courts Elon Musk after Tesla CEO threatens to leave California

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Vehicles are seen parked at the Tesla car plant Monday, May 11, 2020, in Fremont, Calif. The parking lot was nearly full at Tesla's California electric car factory Monday, an indication that the company could be resuming production in defiance of an order from county health authorities. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Musk becomes champion for businesses defying shutdown orders

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. Musk is threatening to pull the company’s factory and headquarters out of California in an escalating spat with local officials over reopening an electric vehicle plant. On Twitter Saturday afternoon, May 9, 2020. Musk also threatened to sue over Health Department coronavirus restrictions that have stopped Tesla from restarting production at its factory in Fremont south of San Francisco. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk confirms Tesla factory reopening despite California shutdown order

By Tom Krisher and Ben Margot - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. Musk is threatening to pull the company’s factory and headquarters out of California in an escalating spat with local officials over reopening an electric vehicle plant. On Twitter Saturday afternoon, May 9, 2020. Musk also threatened to sue over Health Department coronavirus restrictions that have stopped Tesla from restarting production at its factory in Fremont south of San Francisco. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Musk threatens to exit California over virus restrictions

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press