01c. 1971 ADI'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'Elon Musk / quote ↗
02c. 1971 ADIf you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.Elon Musk / quote ↗
03c. 1971 ADSpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people.Elon Musk / quote ↗
04c. 1971 ADIt is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.Elon Musk / quote ↗
05c. 1971 ADMy vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars - this is very important - so you don't have to carry the return fuel when you go there.Elon Musk / quote ↗
06c. 1971 ADIf you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad way. And it could be that there are a whole lot of dead, one-planet civilisations.Elon Musk / quote ↗
07c. 1971 ADGovernment isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.Elon Musk / quote ↗
08c. 1971 ADWhen something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.Elon Musk / quote ↗
09c. 1971 ADSpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.Elon Musk / quote ↗
10c. 1971 ADTo make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games - nothing like saving the world.Elon Musk / quote ↗
11c. 1971 ADI think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I think the reasoning for that varies depending on the person, but in some cases, they just don't believe in climate change - they think oil will last forever.Elon Musk / quote ↗
13c. 1971 ADI've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric.Elon Musk / quote ↗
14c. 1971 ADWe could definitely make a flying car - but that's not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make a flying car that's super safe and quiet? Because if it's a howler, you're going to make people very unhappy.Elon Musk / quote ↗
15c. 1971 ADStationary storage will be as big as the car business long term. The growth rate will probably be several times what it is for the car business.Elon Musk / quote ↗
16c. 1971 ADYeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I mean this car will crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So if you like fast cars, you'll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens to be electric and it's twice the efficiency of a Prius.Elon Musk / quote ↗
17c. 1971 ADSelf-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.Elon Musk / quote ↗
18c. 1971 ADTesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.Elon Musk / quote ↗
20c. 1971 ADWinning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.Elon Musk / quote ↗
21c. 1971 ADA Prius is not a true hybrid, really. The current Prius is, like, 2 percent electric. It's a gasoline car with slightly better mileage.Elon Musk / quote ↗
22c. 1971 ADI think Tesla will most likely develop its own autopilot system for the car, as I think it should be camera-based, not Lidar-based. However, it is also possible that we do something jointly with Google.Elon Musk / quote ↗
23c. 1971 ADSome companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars.Elon Musk / quote ↗
24c. 1971 ADI like the word 'autopilot' more than I like the word 'self-driving.' 'Self-driving' sounds like it's going to do something you don't want it to do. 'Autopilot' is a good thing to have in planes, and we should have it in cars.Elon Musk / quote ↗
