Elon Musk: Perbedaan antara revisi

| captionimage = Elon Musk padain tahun2023 2015(cropped).jpg

| residence = [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], A.S.<ref name="forbesbuyshome.com">{{cite news|title=Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk Buys Neighbor's Home in Bel Air For $6.75 Million|work=[[Forbes]]|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/trulia/2013/11/01/billionaire-tesla-ceo-elon-musk-buys-home/|accessdate=November 1, 2013|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225014308/https://www.forbes.com/sites/trulia/2013/11/01/billionaire-tesla-ceo-elon-musk-buys-home/|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name=bloombergbuyshome>{{cite news|title=Inside Elon Musk's $17M Bel Air Mansion|work=[[Bloomberg News]]|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/6e27fcba-309d-494e-b87d-c73fb8bb1750|accessdate=August 21, 2013|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225014318/https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=73e41230-07e6-11e9-9ab4-75e503e1441f&url=L25ld3MvdmlkZW9zL2IvNmUyN2ZjYmEtMzA5ZC00OTRlLWI4N2QtYzczZmI4YmIxNzUw|dead-url=no}}</ref>

| salary = '''Tesla Motors'''<ref name=bloomberg140424>{{Cite news|url = http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-24/musk-s-tesla-income-plummets-99-9-to-less-than-70-000|title=Tesla Pays CEO Musk $70,000 Following $78 Million Year|date=April 25, 2014|accessdate=June 11, 2015|website=Bloomberg Business|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|last=Ohnsman|first=Alan|archive-date=2017-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404173738/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-24/musk-s-tesla-income-plummets-99-9-to-less-than-70-000|dead-url=no}}</ref><br/>$78.2 million (2012)<br />$69,989 (2013)<br/> [[One-dollar salary|$1]] (2014)

| title = CEO dan [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] [[SpaceX]]<br/> CEO dan arsitek produk [[Tesla Motors]]<br/> KetuaCEO [[SolarCityTwitter]]<br /> KetuaRekan Pendiri [[OpenAI]]<br /> Rekan Pendiri [[Neuralink]]<br /> Presiden [[Musk Foundation]]

* [[Talulah Riley]] ({{abbr|n.|nikah}} 2010–{{abbr|c.|cerai}} 2012; {{abbr|n.|nikah}} 2013–{{abbr|c.|cerai}} 2016)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/21/elon-musk-talulah-riley-file-divorce-second-marriage|title=Actor Talulah Riley files to divorce billionaire Elon Musk, again|date=March 21, 2016|accessdate=April 20, 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|quote="The pair first married in 2010 and divorced in 2012. They remarried 18 months later."|archive-date=2018-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616231332/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/21/elon-musk-talulah-riley-file-divorce-second-marriage|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="withdrawn">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3185591/Elon-Musk-withdraws-divorce-papers-against-wife-Talulah-Riley-one-month-pair-spotted-holding-hands-Allen-Company-conference.html|title=Elon Musk withdraws Talulah Riley divorce papers after being spotted at Allen & Company conference|date=August 5, 2015|work=Mail Online|access-date=2016-12-29|archive-date=2017-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705044458/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3185591/Elon-Musk-withdraws-divorce-papers-against-wife-Talulah-Riley-one-month-pair-spotted-holding-hands-Allen-Company-conference.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

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| parents = [[Maye Musk]] <small>(ibu)</small><br />[[Errol Musk]] <small>(bapak)</small>

| alma mater = [[Queen's University]]<br />[[University of Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25541448/timeline-elon-musk-accomplishments|title=Timeline: Elon Musk's accomplishments|last=Hull|first=Dana|date=April 11, 2014|accessdate=June 11, 2015|via=[[Mercury News]]|archive-date=2020-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610102345/https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/04/10/timeline-elon-musks-accomplishments/|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://csq.com/2013/01/elon-musk-patriarchs-and-prodigies/|title=Elon Musk: Patriarchs and Prodigies|year=2013|accessdate=June 11, 2015|website=CSQ|publisher=C-Suite Quarterly|last=Zanerhaft|first=Jaron|archive-date=2015-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503210455/http://www.csq.com/2013/01/elon-musk-patriarchs-and-prodigies/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Elon lahir di [[Pretoria]], Afrika Selatan, dari pasangan ibu [[Kanada]] dan ayah Afrika Selatan.<ref>{{cite journal |year=2009 |journal= The New Yorker Magazine |volume=85 |issue=23–30 |url = http://books.google.ca/books?id=UaAeAQAAMAAJ&q=Maye+Musk+elon+father&dq=Maye+Musk+elon+father |accessdate= 23 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=stlrafa>{{cite web |url = http://www.solartoday-digital.org/solartoday/201105/?pg=22 |title = A Family Leads to the Installer Universe |month = May |year = 2011 |first = Seth |last = Masia |publisher = Solar Today |accessdate = 23 December 2012 |archive-date = 2012-03-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120310050229/http://www.solartoday-digital.org/solartoday/201105/?pg=22 |dead-url = no }}</ref><ref name = forbes20120326>{{cite news|url = http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/03/26/at-home-with-elon-musk-the-soon-to-be-bachelor-billionaire/|title=At Home With Elon Musk: The (Soon-to-Be) Bachelor Billionaire|date=3 March 2012|work = Forbes|first=Hannah|last=Elliott|accessdate=12 August 2013 |archive-date=2015-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031181115/http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/03/26/at-home-with-elon-musk-the-soon-to-be-bachelor-billionaire/|dead-url=no}}</ref> Ibunya bernama Maye Musk, seorang model dari Regina, Saskatchewan, Kanada, sementara ayahnya adalah Errol Musk, seorang ahli elektromekanika, pilot, dan juga pelaut.

Elon lulus dari Pretoria Boys High School dan pindah ke Kanada tahun 1989 pada usia 17 tahun untuk menghindari wajib [[South African Defence Force|militer di Afrika Selatan]].<ref name="belfiore" /><ref name="halvorson">{{cite news|last=Halvorson|first=Todd|url=http://www.spacex.com/media.php?page=36|title=Elon Musk Unveiled|publisher=[[Florida Today]]|date=29 January 2005|accessdate=2008-12-20|archive-date=2008-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904195844/http://www.spacex.com/media.php?page=36|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Tahun 1992, setelah belajar selama dua tahun di Queen's University, [[Kingston, Ontario]], Musk pindah ke [[Wharton School]] di [[University of Pennsylvania]]<ref name="i" /> dan memperoleh gelar S1 dalam bidang ekonomi<ref name="i" /> dan S1 kedua dalam bidang fisika.<ref name="Friedman">{{citation|url= http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030422-space01.htm|title= Entrepreneur Tries His Midas Touch in Space|date= 22 April 2003|first= Josh|last= Friedman|publisher= The Los Angeles Times|accessdate= 2013-09-10|archive-date= 2017-10-10|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171010054519/https://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030422-space01.htm|dead-url= no}}</ref> Ia pindah ke [[California]] untuk mengejar gelar Ph.D. dalam bidang fisika terapan di [[Stanford University|Stanford]] namun keluar setelah dua hari demi mengejar keinginannya untuk berwiraswasta di sektor [[Internet]], [[energi terbarukan]], dan [[luar angkasa]].<ref name="belfiore" /><ref name="OnInnovation">{{cite video |url = http://www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1259&title=Inspirations |title = Inspirations with Elon Musk |publisher = OnInnovation |accessdate = 2010-06-24 |archive-date = 2016-02-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160227190037/http://www.oninnovation.com/videos/detail.aspx?video=1259&title=Inspirations |dead-url = yes }}</ref>

Pada 1995, Musk, adiknya Kimbal, dan Greg Kouri mendirikan Zip2, sebuah perusahaan [[perangkat lunak]] web, dengan dana dari [[Investor malaikat|pemodal mulia]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strauss|first=Neil|date=2017-11-15|title=Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-the-architect-of-tomorrow-120850/|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817165150/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-the-architect-of-tomorrow-120850/|archive-date=17 Agustus 2020|access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref> Mereka mendirikan perusahaan tersebut di sebuah kantor sewaan kecil di Palo Alto.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Huddleston Jr.|first=Tom|date=2018-06-19|title=Elon Musk slept on his office couch and ‘showered at the YMCA’ while starting his first company|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/19/how-elon-musk-founded-zip2-with-his-brother-kimbal.html|website=CNBC|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818205314/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/19/how-elon-musk-founded-zip2-with-his-brother-kimbal.html|archive-date=18 Agustus 2020|access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref> Perusahaan ini mengembangkan dan memasarkan sebuah "panduan kota" Internet untuk industri penerbitan surat kabar, dengan peta, penunjuk arah dan halaman kuning.<ref name="Friedman" /> Musk mengatakan bahwa sebelum perusahaannya sukses, karena ia tidak dapat membeli apartemen, ia menyewa sebuah kantor dan tidur di sofa dan mandi di [[Young Men's Christian Association|YMCA]]. Ia juga menggunakan komputer bersama dengan adiknya.<ref name=":1" /> Ketika ia berbeda pendapat dengan adiknya tentang keputusan bisnis, mereka menyelesaikannya dengan bergulat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fox|first=Emily Jane|date=2015-10-21|title=How Elon Musk’s Mom (and her Twin Sister) Raised the First Family of Tech|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/10/elon-musk-family-maye-musk|website=Vanity Fair|language=en-US|access-date=2022-04-28|subscription=yes|archive-date=2022-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426125501/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/10/elon-musk-family-maye-musk|dead-url=no}}</ref> Menurut Musk, "Situsnya berjalan di pagi hari dan saya menulis kodenya di malam hari, tujuh hari seminggu, setiap waktu".<ref name=":1" /> Musk bersaudara mendapatkan kontrak dengan [[New York Times]] dan [[Chicago Tribune]]<ref name="elonmuskbiography" /> dan membujuk dewan direkturnya agar mau membatalkan rencana merger dengan perusahaan CitySearch.<ref name="Startup Playbook" /> [[Compaq]] mengakuisisi Zip2 senilai US$307 juta secara tunai dan US$34 juta dalam bentuk opsi saham pada tahun 1999,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://news.com/Compaq+buys+Zip2/2100-1023_3-221675.html |title = Compaq buys Zip2 |first = Sandeep |last = Junnarkar |publisher = CNet |work = News |date = 16 February 1999 }}{{Pranala mati|date=Juni 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> dan Musk menerima 7% atau $22 juta dari penjualan tersebut.<ref name="elonmuskbiography" />

Beberapa bulan kemudian, X.com mengakuisisi [[Confinity]], perusahaan yang mengoperasikan layanan transfer uang bernama [[PayPal]].<ref name = elonmuskbiography>{{cite web |url = http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/Musk-Elon.html#b |work = Advameg |title = Elon Musk Biography |date = 23 August 2005 |access-date = 2013-09-10 |archive-date = 2017-09-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904014002/http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/Musk-Elon.html#b |dead-url = no }}</ref> Pendiri pendamping Confinity, [[Max Levchin]], dan salah satu investor perusahaan mendepak Musk dari jabatannya sebagai CEO X.com.<ref name="Startup Playbook"/> Sistem PayPal baru berusia beberapa bulan dan Musk merasa PayPal punya masa depan yang menjanjikan.<ref name="elonmuskbiography"/> Musk dan Harris kali ini tidak sepakat dan Harris keluar dari perusahaan pada Mei 2000.<ref name = elonmuskbiography /> Bulan Oktober 2000, Musk memutuskan bahwa X.com akan menghentikan operasi perbankan Internetnya dan berfokus pada layanan uang PayPal.<ref name="Startup Playbook"/> X.com berganti nama menjadi PayPal<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsgs.aspx?subjectid=23511&msgnum=16538&batchsize=10&batchtype=Previous |work = American Banker |title = X.com Scraps Bank Strategy To Focus on PayPal System |first = Megan |last = Ptacek |date = 11 October 2000 |access-date = 2013-09-10 |archive-date = 2014-11-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141108074957/http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsgs.aspx?subjectid=23511&msgnum=16538&batchsize=10&batchtype=Previous |dead-url = no }}</ref> dan berekspansi cepat tahun 2001 karena digunakan oleh [[eBay]]. Perusahaan yang baru berganti nama ini membuka diri sebagai perusahaan yang diperdagangkan publik pada Februari 2002 dan diakuisisi eBay senilai $1,5 miliar dalam bentuk saham pada akhir 2002.<ref name="Startup Playbook"/><ref name = elonmuskbiography /> 11,5% saham Musk atas perusahaan terakuisisi ini berbuah $165 juta dalam bentuk saham eBay.<ref name = elonmuskbiography /><ref name="SEC 10-K">{{cite web |url = http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103415/000091205702009834/a2073071z10-k405.htm |publisher = Paypal |title = SEC 10-K |date = 31 December 2001 |access-date = 2013-09-10 |archive-date = 2015-04-07 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150407232936/http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103415/000091205702009834/a2073071z10-k405.htm |dead-url = no }}</ref><ref name="SEC 10-K"/><ref>{{cite news|url = http://articles.latimes.com/2003/apr/22/business/fi-spacex22|work = The Los Angeles Times|title = Entrepreneur Tries His Midas Touch in Space|first = Josh|last = Friedman|date = 22 April 2003|access-date = 2013-09-10|archive-date = 2013-07-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130705131825/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/apr/22/business/fi-spacex22|dead-url = no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.shareholder.com/Common/Edgar/1065088/891618-03-1538/03-00.pdf |publisher = eBay |title = SEC 10-K |format = PDF |date = 31 December 2002 |access-date = 2013-09-10 |archive-date = 2013-10-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193647/http://www.shareholder.com/Common/Edgar/1065088/891618-03-1538/03-00.pdf |dead-url = yes }}</ref>

Musk mendirikan perusahaan ketiganya, [[SpaceX|Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)]], pada bulan Juni 2002<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/business/yourmoney/05rocket.html|title=A Bold Plan to Go Where Men Have Gone Before|date=5 February 2006|first= Leslie|last=Wayne|work= The [[New York Times]]|accessdate = 2010-12-11|archive-date=2012-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331091431/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/business/yourmoney/05rocket.html|dead-url=no}}</ref> dan menjabat sebagai [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] dan [[Chief technical officer|CTO]]. SpaceX mengembangkan dan memproduksi [[wahana luncur]] antariksa sambil memajukan teknologi roket. Dua wahana luncur pertama buatan perusahaan ini adalah roket [[Falcon 1]] dan [[Falcon 9]]. Wahana antariksa pertamanya adalah [[SpaceX Dragon|Dragon]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |url=http://www.spacex.com/ |title=SpaceX |accessdate=2013-09-10 |archive-date=2011-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307010135/http://www.spacex.com/ |dead-url=no SpaceX}}.</ref>

SpaceX memenangkan kontrak NASA senilai $1,6 miliar pada 23 Desember 2008 untuk 12 penerbangan roket Falcon 9 dan wahana antariksa Dragon ke [[International Space Station]], menggantikan program ''Space Shuttle'' setelah dihentikan tahun 2011. Awalnya, Falcon 9/Dragon akan menggantikan fungsi angkut kargo ''Shuttle'' dan transportasi astronaut akan ditangani [[Soyuz spacecraft|Soyuz]]. Akan tetapi, SpaceX telah merancang Falcon 9/Dragon dengan kemampuan angkut astronaut dan [[Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee|komisi Augustine]] merekomendasikan agar transportasi astronaut ditangani oleh perusahaan komersial seperti SpaceX.<ref>{{cite web|first=Christopher|last=Hinton|date=13 August 2009|publisher=Marketwatch|title=NASA committee seeks more private industry involvement|url= http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nasa-group-seeks-more-private-industry-involvement-2009-08-13|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2014-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128232244/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nasa-group-seeks-more-private-industry-involvement-2009-08-13|dead-url=no}}</ref>

[http://headline.icnx.net/elon-musk-figure-the-billionaire-with-crazy-ambition/ Musk]{{Pranala mati|date=Maret 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} mengaku dipengaruhi oleh [[seri Foundation|seri ''Foundation'']] [[Isaac Asimov]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/17/elon-musk-mission-mars-spacex|work= The Guardian|date=17 July 2013|accessdate=23 July 2013|title=Elon Musk's mission to Mars|first= Roy|last = Carroll|archive-date=2013-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724073333/http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/17/elon-musk-mission-mars-spacex|dead-url=no}}</ref> dan memandang penjelajahan luar angkasa sebagai tahap utama untuk memperluas sekaligus melestarikan kehidupan manusia.<ref name= esquire>{{cite web |date=1 October 2008|title=75 most influential people: Elon Musk|publisher=Esquire|url= http://www.esquire.com/features/75-most-influential/elon-musk-1008|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2012-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622084003/http://www.esquire.com/features/75-most-influential/elon-musk-1008|dead-url=no}}</ref> Musk mengatakan bahwa kehidupan multiplanet bisa meredam ancaman terhadap kelangsungan spesies manusia. "Asteroid atau gunung berapi super bisa memusnahkan kita, dan kita menghadapi risiko yang tidak pernah dialami dinosaurus: Virus rekayasa, pembuatan lubang hitam mikro tak disengaja, pemanasan global atau teknologi misterius yang mampu mengakhiri kelangsungan hidup kita. Umat manusia berevolusi selama jutaan tahun, tetapi dalam enam puluh tahun terakhir, senjata atom memunculkan potensi untuk memusnahkan diri kita sendiri. Cepat atau lambat, kita harus memperluas eksistensi manusia sampai ke luar bola hijau dan biru ini—atau siap-siap musnah." Tujuan Musk adalah mengurangi biaya penerbangan antariksa manusia sampai sepersepuluhnya.<ref>{{cite web|title=Space Exploration Technologies Corporation|publisher=SpaceX|url=http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20100616|accessdate=15 December 2012|archive-date=2013-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126130324/http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20100616|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Ia mendirikan SpaceX dengan dana $100 juta dari kekayaannya sendiri. Ia masih menjabat sebagai CEO dan CTO perusahaan yang berpusat di Hawthorne, California ini.<ref>{{cite web|title=SpaceX People: Elon Musk|url=http://www.spacex.com/elon-musk.php|publisher=SpaceX|accessdate=25 June 2012|archive-date=2013-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115192610/http://www.spacex.com/elon-musk.php|dead-url=yes}}</ref>

Musk memimpin investasi Series A di Tesla Motors yang diinkorporasikan dan didanai 9 bulan sebelumnya oleh Martin Eberhard dan Marc Tarpenning. Putaran Series A melibatkan investasi dari grup-grup investor kecil, termasuk SDL Ventures dan Compass Technology Partners. Akibat krisis keuangan 2008 dan pemutusan hubungan kerja di Tesla,<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Morrison|date=15 October 2008|url = http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2008/10/15/15venturebeat-elon-musk-steps-in-as-ceo-at-tesla-lays-off-99182.html|title= Musk steps in as CEO|publisher= The New York Times|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2013-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831043804/http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2008/10/15/15venturebeat-elon-musk-steps-in-as-ceo-at-tesla-lays-off-99182.html|dead-url=no}}</ref> Musk terpaksa mengemban tugas-tugas CEO.

Tesla Motors awalnya membuat mobil sport listrik, Tesla Roadster, yang berhasil terjual 2.500 unit di 31 negara. Tesla mulai meluncurkan sedan [[Tesla Model S|Model&nbsp;S]] empat pintunya pada 22 Juni 2012 dan [[Tesla Model X|Model X]] untuk pasar SUV/minivan pada 9 Februari 2012. Model X rencananya mulai diproduksi tahun 2014.<ref>{{cite web|date=29 October 2012|url = http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx |title=Model X|publisher= Tesla Motors|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2016-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708220653/https://www.teslamotors.com/modelx|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Musk juga lebih memilih produksi mobil subkompak di bawah $30.000 dan membuat dan menjual komponen ''powertrain'' mobil listrik supaya produsen mobil lainnya bisa memproduksi mobil listrik dengan harga terjangkau tanpa perlu mengembangkan sendiri komponennya.<ref>{{cite web|first= Elon|last= Musk|title= The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me)|date= 2 August 2006|url= http://www.teslamotors.com/blog2/?p=8|publisher= Tesla Motors|access-date= 2013-09-10|archive-date= 2010-06-20|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100620211424/http://www.teslamotors.com/blog2/?p=8|dead-url= no}}</ref> Sejumlah majalah dan surat kabar besar membanding-bandingkan Musk dengan Henry Ford atas usahanya yang mempercanggih ''powertrain'' mobil.<ref name=thestar>{{cite news|title=Tesla CEO following in Henry Ford's tracks|date=12 October 2009|first=Tyler|last=Hamilton|publisher=Toronto Star|url=http://www.thestar.com/iphone/article/Business/708847|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2011-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114120045/http://www.thestar.com/iphone/article/Business/708847|dead-url=yes}}</ref>

Untuk mengakali hambatan jarak tempuh mobil listrik, dalam sebuah wawancara dengan [[All Thins D]] bulan Mei 2013, Musk mengatakan bahwa Tesla sedang "memperluas secara dramatis" jaringan stasiun pengisian listriknya (''supercharger''), melipat tigakan jumlahnya di pesisir timur dan barat Amerika Serikat sepanjang bulan Juni, disertai rencana ekspansi ke seluruh Amerika Utara, termasuk Kanada, sampai akhir tahun ini.<ref>{{Citation |first = Jason |last = Del Ray |url = http://allthingsd.com/20130529/musk-youll-be-able-to-drive-your-tesla-cross-country-by-years-end-with-supercharger-expansion/ |title = Musk: You'll Be Able to Drive Your Tesla Cross-Country by Year's End With Supercharger Expansion |date = 29 May 2013 |publisher = All Things D |accessdate = 2013-09-10 |archive-date = 2017-10-10 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171010010213/http://allthingsd.com/20130529/musk-youll-be-able-to-drive-your-tesla-cross-country-by-years-end-with-supercharger-expansion/ |dead-url = no }}.</ref> Ia kabarnya memegang 17% saham Tesla senilai $227 miliar per Februari 2022.<ref>{{cite news|last=Frank|first=Robert|date=2022-02-15|title=Elon Musk unloaded $22 billion of Tesla stock|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/15/elon-musk-unloaded-billions-of-tesla-stockand-still-owns-more-than-last-year.html|work=CNBC|access-date=2022-07-15|archive-date=2022-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715031157/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/15/elon-musk-unloaded-billions-of-tesla-stockand-still-owns-more-than-last-year.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Musk adalah pengusung konsep awal [[SolarCity]], perusahaan yang jabatan ketua dewan dan sebagian besar sahamnya dipegang oleh Musk. SolarCity adalah penyalur sistem tenaga surya terbesar di Amerika Serikat. Sepupunya, [[Lyndon Rive]], adalah CEO dan pendiri pendamping perusahaan ini.<ref name="Management Team">{{cite web |url= http://www.solarcity.com/media-center/management-team.aspx |publisher= SolarCity |title= Management Team |access-date= 2013-09-10 |archive-date= 2014-05-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140508200610/http://www.solarcity.com/media-center/management-team.aspx |dead-url= no }}</ref><ref name="Kanellos">{{cite web |first=Michael|last=Kanellos|date=15 February 2008|title= Newsmaker: Elon Musk on rockets, sports cars, and solar power|url= http://news.cnet.com/Elon-Musk-on-rockets,-sports-cars,-and-solar-power---page-2/2008-11389_3-6230661-2.html |publisher=CNet|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2014-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129063308/http://news.cnet.com/Elon-Musk-on-rockets,-sports-cars,-and-solar-power---page-2/2008-11389_3-6230661-2.html|dead-url=no}}</ref> Motivasi yang mendasari pendanaan SolarCity dan Tesla adalah melawan pemanasan global.<ref>{{cite video |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOl_1S10jTk |title = The unveiling of the Tesla Motors Electric Car |publisher= Autoblog |accessdate= 2006-07-26 |archive-date= 2006-11-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061103100142/http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DhOl_1S10jTk |dead-url= no }}</ref> Pada tahun 2012, Musk mengumumkan bahwa SolarCity dan Tesla Motors bekerja sama memanfaatkan baterai mobil listrik untuk mengurangi dampak panel surya di atap terhadap sistem listrik kota.<ref name=KQED-SolarCity>{{cite web |last= van Diggelen |first= Alison |title= Tesla and SolarCity Collaborate on Clean Energy Storage |url= http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/04/24/tesla-and-solarcity-collaborate-on-clean-energy-storage/ |publisher= KQED |accessdate= 25 June 2012 |archive-date= 2015-05-31 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150531235119/http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/04/24/tesla-and-solarcity-collaborate-on-clean-energy-storage/ |dead-url= yes }}</ref>

Pada 17 Juni 2014, Musk berkomitmen untuk membangun fasilitas produksi canggih SolarCity di Buffalo, New York, yang akan tiga kali lipat ukuran pabrik surya terbesar di Amerika Serikat. Musk menyatakan pabrik itu akan menjadi "salah satu pabrik produksi panel surya terbesar di dunia," dan akan diikuti oleh satu atau lebih fasilitas yang bahkan lebih besar pada tahun-tahun berikutnya.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/17/news/companies/solarcity-silevo|title=Elon Musk's sunny plans for Buffalo|last=Smith|first=Aaron|publisher=[[CNNMoney]]|date=June 17, 2014|access-date=2020-01-11|archive-date=2017-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009194551/http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/17/news/companies/solarcity-silevo|dead-url=no}}</ref> Tesla [[Gigafactory 2]] adalah pabrik sel fotovoltaik (PV), yang disewa oleh anak perusahaan Tesla, SolarCity di Buffalo, New York. Konstruksi pabrik dimulai pada 2014 dan selesai pada 2017.<ref name="RoofBegin">{{Cite news|url=https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/07/solar-roof-tile-production-teslas-buffalo-facility-now-running|title=Solar Roof Tile Production At Tesla's Buffalo "Gigafactory" Now Up & Running|first=James|last=Ayre|work=CleanTechnica|location=US|date=2017-09-07|access-date=2018-09-26|archive-date=2021-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112210929/https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/07/solar-roof-tile-production-teslas-buffalo-facility-now-running/|dead-url=no}}</ref> Tesla menerima $ 750 juta dana publik dari Gubernur New York [[Andrew Cuomo]] sebagai bagian dari proyek [[Buffalo Billion]] - sebuah rencana untuk menginvestasikan uang untuk membantu perekonomian [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo,]] wilayah [[Buffalo, New York|New York]] - untuk membangun pabrik dan infrastruktur.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2018/03/24/new-york-taxpayers-gift-to-elon-musk|title=New York taxpayers' gift to Elon Musk|date=March 25, 2018|work=New York Post|access-date=April 10, 2018|archive-date=2018-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411175149/https://nypost.com/2018/03/24/new-york-taxpayers-gift-to-elon-musk/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Tanggal 12 Agustus 2013, Musk meluncurkan rencana mode transportasi baru yang akan menghubungkan [[wilayah Los Angeles Raya]] dan [[Wilayah Teluk San Francisco]] setelah dikecewakan oleh sistem [[California High-Speed Rail]] yang sudah disetujui pemerintah. Ia menjuluki rencananya "hyperloop", mesin perjalanan udara subsonik yang merentang sekitar 350 mil (560&nbsp;km) dari Sylmar (sebelah utara [[Los Angeles]]) hingga [[Hayward, California|Hayward]] (sebelah timur [[San Francisco]]) dan secara teoretis memungkinkan komuter bepergian antarkota dalam waktu 30 menit atau kurang, sehingga waktu tempuhnya lebih pendek daripada pesawat komersial masa kini.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/hyperloop-designed-quick-convenient-commute/story?id=19936169 |title = Hyperloop Designed for Quick, Convenient Commute |work = ABC News |publisher = Go |date = 2013-03-09 |accessdate = 2013-08-15 |archive-date = 2013-08-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130815063319/http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/hyperloop-designed-quick-convenient-commute/story?id=19936169 |dead-url = no }}</ref> Rencana Musk akan membuat perjalanan lebih murah daripada mode transportasi jarak jauh lainnya. Biaya total untuk pembangunan sistem ini diperkirakan mencapai $6 miliar. Sistem ini rencananya menggunakan ruang vakum parsial untuk mengurangi gesekan aerodinamis yang memungkinkan perjalanan berkecepatan tinggi dengan konsumsi tenaga yang rendah.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hyperloop |publisher=SpaceX |url=http://www.spacex.com/hyperloop |accessdate=13 August 2013 |archive-date=2013-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815163936/http://www.spacex.com/hyperloop |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Rencananya, kebutuhan listrik Hyperloop sepenuhnya bergantung pada tenaga surya.

September 2013 lalu, sebuah perusahaan ''startup'' yang berbasis di California merekrut dua ''engineer ''ternama untuk membuat Hyperloop menjadi kenyataan. Perusahaan yang bernama JumpStartFund tersebut merekrut Marco Villa, mantan direktur operasi misi pada Space X<ref name=":0" /> dan Patricia Galloway, yang merupakan presiden wanita pertama pada American Society of Civil Engineer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/09/26/with-engineers-on-board-a-startup-is-driving-the-hyperloop-idea-forward/ |title=Salinan arsip |access-date=2013-10-19 |archive-date=2013-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020031112/http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/09/26/with-engineers-on-board-a-startup-is-driving-the-hyperloop-idea-forward/ |dead-url=no }}</ref>

Pada Desember 2015, Musk mengumumkan pendirian [[OpenAI]], sebuah perusahaan riset kecerdasan buatan nirlaba (AI). OpenAI bertujuan untuk mengembangkan [[kecerdasan umum buatan]] dengan cara yang aman dan bermanfaat bagi umat manusia.<ref name="NYT_AI">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/science/artificial-intelligence-research-center-is-founded-by-silicon-valley-investors.html|title=Artificial-Intelligence Research Center Is Founded by Silicon Valley Investors|first=John|last=Markoff|date=December 11, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 15, 2015|archive-date=2020-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830184433/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/science/artificial-intelligence-research-center-is-founded-by-silicon-valley-investors.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Dengan membuat AI tersedia untuk semua orang, OpenAI ingin "menangkal perusahaan besar yang mungkin mendapatkan terlalu banyak kekuatan dengan memiliki sistem super-intelijen yang ditujukan untuk keuntungan, serta pemerintah yang dapat menggunakan AI untuk mendapatkan kekuatan dan bahkan menindas warga mereka".<ref name="levy20151215">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/backchannel/how-elon-musk-and-y-combinator-plan-to-stop-computers-from-taking-over-17e0e27dd02a|title=How Elon Musk and Y Combinator Plan to Stop Computers From Taking Over|last=Levy|first=Steven|date=December 11, 2015|publisher=[[Backchannel (blog)|Backchannel]] on [[Medium (website)|Medium]]|access-date=December 15, 2015|archive-date=2018-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306005208/https://medium.com/backchannel/how-elon-musk-and-y-combinator-plan-to-stop-computers-from-taking-over-17e0e27dd02a|dead-url=no}}</ref> Musk telah menyatakan dia ingin menangkal konsentrasi kekuasaan.<ref name="rollingstone201711152">{{Cite news|last=Strauss|first=Neil|title=Elon Musk: The Architect of Tomorrow|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/elon-musk-inventors-plans-for-outer-space-cars-finding-love-w511747|access-date=November 15, 2017|work=Rolling Stone|date=November 15, 2017|archive-date=2020-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817165150/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-the-architect-of-tomorrow-120850/|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Pada tahun 2018 Musk meninggalkan dewan OpenAI untuk menghindari kemungkinan konflik di masa depan dengan perannya sebagai CEO Tesla karena Tesla semakin terlibat dalam AI melalui [[Tesla Autopilot]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Elon Musk, who has sounded the alarm on AI, leaves the organization he co-founded to make it safer|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/elon-musk-is-leaving-the-board-of-openai.html|access-date=February 28, 2018|work=CNBC|date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=2020-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830162809/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/elon-musk-is-leaving-the-board-of-openai.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

{{Main|Neuralink}}Pada tahun 2016, Musk mendirikan Neuralink, sebuah [[neuroteknologi]] perusahaan startup untuk mengintegrasikan otak manusia dengan kecerdasan buatan. Perusahaan ini berpusat pada menciptakan perangkat yang dapat ditanamkan di otak manusia, dengan tujuan akhirnya membantu manusia bergabung dengan perangkat lunak dan mengimbangi kemajuan dalam kecerdasan buatan. Perangkat tambahan ini dapat meningkatkan memori atau memungkinkan lebih banyak berinteraksi langsung dengan perangkat komputasi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15077864/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-computer-interface-ai-cyborgs|title=Elon Musk launches Neuralink, a venture to merge the human brain with AI|date=March 27, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=April 10, 2017|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803182502/https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/27/15077864/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-computer-interface-ai-cyborgs|dead-url=no}}</ref> Musk melihat Neuralink dan OpenAI sebagai terkait: "OpenAI adalah organisasi nirlaba yang didedikasikan untuk meminimalkan bahaya kecerdasan buatan, sementara Neuralink bekerja pada cara untuk menanamkan teknologi ke dalam otak kita untuk menciptakan antarmuka pikiran-komputer."<ref name="rollingstone201711152"/>

Pada 17 Desember 2016, ketika terjebak kemacetan, Musk mengirim tweet "[Saya] akan membangun mesin bor terowongan dan mulai menggali {{Spaces}} . . . " Perusahaan itu bernama 'The Boring Company'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14391410/elon-musk-tunnels-traffic-tesla-spacex-boring-company|title=Elon Musk: "Without tunnels, we will all be in traffic hell forever"|last=Golson|first=Jordan|date=January 25, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=2018-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202130703/https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/25/14391410/elon-musk-tunnels-traffic-tesla-spacex-boring-company|dead-url=no}}</ref> Pada 21 Januari 2017, Musk tweeted "Kemajuan yang menggembirakan di depan terowongan. Berencana untuk mulai menggali dalam sebulan atau lebih."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2017/01/25/elon-musk-tesla-boring-company-traffic-solution/|title=Elon Musk Will Begin Digging His "Boring Company" Tunnel in About A Month|website=Fortune|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=2017-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045119/http://fortune.com/2017/01/25/elon-musk-tesla-boring-company-traffic-solution/|dead-url=no}}</ref> Terowongan pertama akan dimulai di kampus SpaceX,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2017/01/26/elon-musk-teases-traffic-busting-tunneling-firm-the-boring-co/2/#ecc593564aa1|title=Elon Musk Teases Traffic-Busting Tunneling Firm 'The Boring Co.'|last=Parnell|first=Brid-Aine|work=Forbes|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=2017-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924001818/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2017/01/26/elon-musk-teases-traffic-busting-tunneling-firm-the-boring-co/2/#ecc593564aa1|dead-url=no}}</ref> The [[Terowongan Uji Boring|Boring Test Tunnel]] berjalan di bawah [[120th Street Barat|West 120th Street]]. {{As of|2017|January|26}}, diskusi dengan [[Badan pengatur|badan pengawas]] telah dimulai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/25/elon-musk-la-traffic-tunnel|title=Elon Musk to dig tunnel to ease traffic in LA, but he doesn't yet have permission|last=Solon|first=Olivia|date=January 26, 2017|publisher=|access-date=2020-01-11|archive-date=2017-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045157/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/25/elon-musk-la-traffic-tunnel|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Pada bulan Februari 2017, perusahaan mulai menggali "parit uji" selebar {{Convert|30|ft|adj=on}}, sepanjang {{Convert|50|ft|adj=on}}, dan sedalam {{Convert|15|ft|adj=on}} yang dalam di lokasi kantor Space X di Los Angeles, karena pembangunannya tidak memerlukan izin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-16/elon-musk-is-really-boring|title=Elon Musk Is Really Boring|last=Chafkin|first=Max|date=February 16, 2017|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-date=2018-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103051428/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-16/elon-musk-is-really-boring|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="boring">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/elon-musk-tunnel-boring|title=Elon Musk's boring machine has already built a 'test trench' in LA|last=Heathman|first=Amelia|work=Wired UK|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=2017-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718214211/http://www.wired.co.uk/article/elon-musk-tunnel-boring|dead-url=no}}</ref> Musk telah mengatakan pada awal 2017 bahwa penurunan 10 kali lipat dalam biaya pengeboran terowongan per mil diperlukan untuk kelayakan ekonomi dari jaringan terowongan yang diusulkan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gas2.org/2017/05/03/elon-musk-talks-vision-future-ted2017/|title=Elon Musk Talks About His Vision Of The Future At TED2017|last=Hanley|first=Steve|website=Gas2|access-date=October 16, 2017|archive-date=2018-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306223910/http://gas2.org/2017/05/03/elon-musk-talks-vision-future-ted2017/|dead-url=no}}</ref> Lebar terowongan dioptimalkan untuk kendaraan listrik saja, yang menghindari komplikasi ventilasi buang dengan mesin pembakaran internal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teslarati.com/steve-jurvetson-talks-boring-company-short-range-ev-tunnels-hyperloop/|title=Steve Jurvetson talks The Boring Company: Short-range EV tunnels before Hyperloop|website=teslarati.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014233930/http://www.teslarati.com/steve-jurvetson-talks-boring-company-short-range-ev-tunnels-hyperloop/|archive-date=October 14, 2017|access-date=October 14, 2017}}</ref>

Gaya manajemen Musk dan perlakuannya terhadap karyawannya telah dikritik berat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Charles|first=Duhigg|date=13 Desember 2018|title=Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell|url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-gigafactory/|website=WIRED|language=en|access-date=28 April 2022|archive-date=2021-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321221557/https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-gigafactory/|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bilton|first=Nick|date=2020-11-10|title=Elon Musk’s Totally Awful, Batshit-Crazy, Completely Bonkers, Most Excellent Year|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/elon-musks-totally-awful-batshit-crazy-most-excellent-year|website=Vanity Fair|language=en-US|access-date=2022-04-28|subscription=yes|archive-date=2021-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129145435/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/elon-musks-totally-awful-batshit-crazy-most-excellent-year|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McKay|first=Tom|date=11 November 2020|title=Report: Elon Musk Is Kind of a Dick|url=https://gizmodo.com/report-elon-musk-is-kind-of-a-dick-1845645538|website=Gizmodo|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419185215/https://gizmodo.com/report-elon-musk-is-kind-of-a-dick-1845645538|archive-date=19 April 2021|access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wong|first=Julia Carrie|date=2018-06-14|title=Tesla workers say they pay the price for Elon Musk's big promises|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/13/tesla-workers-pay-price-elon-musk-failed-promises|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2022-04-28|quote=The CEO is known for outsized claims and ambitious goals. But numerous factory workers say he doesn’t follow through – and that his leadership sets a troubling tone|archive-date=2022-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504091058/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/13/tesla-workers-pay-price-elon-musk-failed-promises|dead-url=no}}</ref> ''[[Business Insider|]]''Business Insider'']] melaporkan bahwa karyawan Tesla diberitahu untuk tidak melewati meja Musk karena "amukan pemecatan liar"nya.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hamilton|first=Isobel Asher|date=13 Desember 2018|title=Tesla employees were reportedly told not to walk past Elon Musk's desk because of his wild firing rampages|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-reportedly-terrified-tesla-staff-with-his-firing-sprees-2018-12|website=Business Insider|language=en-US|access-date=2022-04-28|quote=One Gigafactory manager told Wired that they had stopped employees from walking too close to Musk's desk for fear that a word out of place might end up in their getting fired. The manager called the outbursts "Elon's rage firings."|archive-date=2018-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213164209/https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-reportedly-terrified-tesla-staff-with-his-firing-sprees-2018-12|dead-url=no}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal|''The Wall Street Journal'']]'' melaporkan bahwa, setelah ia bersikeras untuk mencap kendaraannya sebagai kendaraan yang "mengemudi sendiri", ia dikritik para insinyurnya, dimana beberapa akhirnya mundur setelah itu. Salah satu insinyur mengatakan bahwa "pengambilan keputusan Musk yang ceroboh... telah berpotensi mempertaruhkan nyawa para konsumen."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dugan|first=Ianthe Jeanne|last2=Spector|first2=Mike|date=2017-08-24|title=Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparked Dissent Among Its Engineers|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/teslas-push-to-build-a-self-driving-car-sparks-dissent-among-its-engineers-1503593742|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416123205/https://www.wsj.com/articles/teslas-push-to-build-a-self-driving-car-sparks-dissent-among-its-engineers-1503593742|archive-date=16 April 2021|access-date=2022-04-28}}</ref> Buku terbitan tahun 2021 [[Power Play (buku)|Power Play]] berisi beberapa anekdot dari Musk mencaci karyawannya.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mitchell|first=Charlie|date=4 Agustus 2021|title=Sweary tirades and abrupt firings under Elon Musk, new book claims|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sweary-tirades-and-abrupt-firings-under-musk-book-claims-05k9mm526|work=[[The Times]]|language=en|issn=0140-0460|access-date=2022-04-28|subscription=yes|archive-date=2022-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531023908/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sweary-tirades-and-abrupt-firings-under-musk-book-claims-05k9mm526|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Ia memulai sebuah program multimiliar dolar melalui yayasannya pada tahun 2010 berupa sumbangan sistem tenaga surya darurat di daerah-daerah bencana. Instalasi tenaga surya darurat pertama disumbangkan ke pusat tanggap bencana badai di Alabama yang tidak tersentuh bantuan negara bagian dan federal. Untuk memperjelas bahwa bantuan ini tidak ditunggangi kepentingan komersial Musk, SolarCity mengatakan bahwa mereka tidak punya rencana aktivitas bisnis di Alabama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20101214005733/en/Elon-Musk/SolarCity/Obama|title=Elon Musk and SolarCity Donate Solar Power Project to Coastal Response Center in Alabama|work=Enhanced Online News|publisher=Business Wire|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2013-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830204533/http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20101214005733/en/Elon-Musk/SolarCity/Obama|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Dalam kunjungan tahun 2011 ke Soma City di Fukushima, Jepang, yang diterjang tsunami, ia menyumbangkan proyek tenaga surya senilai $250.000 kepada pemerintah kota.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110729005291/en/Elon-Musk-Donates-Solar-Power-Project-Soma|title=Elon Musk Donates Solar Power Project to Soma City in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan|publisher=Business Wire|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2017-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010004431/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110729005291/en/Elon-Musk-Donates-Solar-Power-Project-Soma|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Musk punya rencana untuk proyek "[[Mars Oasis]]" pada tahun 2001. Proyek ini berupa pembangunan miniatur rumah kaca uji coba di Mars berisi bahan makanan yang tumbuh di tanah [[regolith]] Mars.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3698 |title=Elon Musk, Life to Mars Foundation |work= Mars Now, a weekly column |first=John Carter |last=McKnight |publisher=Space Frontier Foundation |date= 25 September 2001 |access-date=2013-09-10 |archive-date=2020-09-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200922191251/http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3698 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name=spectrum/> Ia menunda proyek ini setelah mengetahui bahwa masalah mendasar yang menghambat umat manusia untuk menjadi peradaban pengarung angkasa sejati adalah keterbelakangan teknologi roket. Ia berusaha memecahkan masalah ini dengan mendirikan SpaceX untuk menciptakan roket-roket antarplanet revolusioner baru.

Musk bergabung dengan [[The Giving Pledge]] pada April 2012 dan memberikan komitmen etis berupa donasi sebagian besar kekayaannya untuk program filantropis.<ref name="forbes_2012">{{cite news|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2012/04/19/the-giving-pledge-signs-on-12-more-wealthy-americans-including-teslas-elon-musk-and-home-depots-arthur-blank/|title=The Giving Pledge Signs on 12 More Wealthy Americans Including Tesla's Elon Musk And Home Depot's Arthur Blank|first= Luisa|last=Kroll|publisher=Forbes|date= 19 April 2012|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2013-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603010412/http://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2012/04/19/the-giving-pledge-signs-on-12-more-wealthy-americans-including-teslas-elon-musk-and-home-depots-arthur-blank/|dead-url=no}}</ref> Musk menjadi anggota kampanye yang pertama kali dipopulerkan [[Warren Buffett]] dan [[Bill Gates]] ini. Kampanye ini diikuti keluarga dan orang-orang terkaya di Amerika Serikat, termasuk [[Arthur Blank]] dan [[Michael Moritz]].<ref name="forbes_2012"/>

Blog otomotif [[Jalopnik]] melaporkan pada 16 Agustus 2012 bahwa Musk mendukung upaya Matthew Inman dari [[The Oatmeal]] untuk melindungi situs laboratorium [[Nikola Tesla]] di Long Island, New York, dan mengubahnya menjadi museum, [[Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hardigree|first=Matt|title=Elon Musk Pledges To Support Nikola Tesla Museum Project|url=http://jalopnik.com/5935362/elon-musk-pledges-to-support-nikola-tesla-museum-project?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_twitter&utm_source=jalopnik_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow|accessdate=16 August 2012|newspaper=[[Jalopnik]]|date=16 August 2012|archive-date=2012-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816202543/http://jalopnik.com/5935362/elon-musk-pledges-to-support-nikola-tesla-museum-project?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_twitter&utm_source=jalopnik_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Musk pernah mendukung [[komite aksi publik]] (PAC) Amerika Serikat [[FWD.us]] yang dirintis pengusaha ternama [[Mark Zuckerberg]] dan menyuarakan reformasi imigrasi. Sayangnya, pada Mei 2013, Musk menarik dukungannya sebagai bentuk protes atas iklan yang dijalankan PAC ini yang mendukukng proyek-proyek seperti [[Keystone Pipeline]]. PAC memang lazim mendukung kedua sisi spektrum politik agar mendapat simpati para pembuat keputusan demi menggolkan tujuan utama grup ini. Musk dan beberapa anggota penting lainnya, termasuk [[David Sacks]], menarik dukungannya dan mengkritik strategi organisasi yang dianggap "sinis".<ref>Steven Kovach, [http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-zuckerbergs-pac-cynical-2013-5 Elon Musk Says He Quit Mark Zuckerberg's PAC Because It Was Too Cynical] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703131734/http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-zuckerbergs-pac-cynical-2013-5 |date=2013-07-03 }}, 31 May 2013, Business Insider.</ref>

* Bulan Juni 2011, Musk dianugerahi [[Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization]] senilai $500.000<ref>{{cite web |work=The Heinlein Prize |url=http://www.heinleinprize.com/?p=717 |title=Heinlein Prize Honors Elon Musk of SpaceX |first=Art |last=Dula |date=16 June 2011 |access-date=2013-09-10 |archive-date=2012-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322093405/http://www.heinleinprize.com/?p=717 |dead-url=no }}</ref>

* Bulan Februari 2011, Forbes memasukkan Musk dalam daftar "America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under".<ref name=forbes20110214>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Jacquelyn|title=America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under|url=http://www.forbes.com/2011/02/14/most-powerful-ceos-40-under-leadership-leaders-young.html|accessdate=2011-02-18|newspaper=Forbes|date=14 February 2011|quote="''To make this list, you had to be the chief executive of one of the 20 biggest publicly traded companies in the U.S. (as of Feb. 11, by market capitalization) with a CEO aged 40 or under.''"|archive-date=2012-12-09|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209012534/http://www.forbes.com/2011/02/14/most-powerful-ceos-40-under-leadership-leaders-young.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

* Diakui sebagai ''Living Legend in Aviation'' tahun 2010 oleh Kitty Hawk Foundation karena menciptakan pengganti ''Space Shuttle'' (roket Falcon 9 dan wahana antariksa Dragon). Pemenang lainnya meliputi [[Buzz Aldrin]] dan [[Richard Branson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Living Legend in Aviation Awards|publisher=Kittie Hawk Air Academy|year=2010|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/7th-annual-living-legends-of-aviationr-awards-ceremony-to-honor-tom-cruise-dr-edwin-buzz-aldrin-and-other-aviation-legends-81274087.html|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2017-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801034544/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/7th-annual-living-legends-of-aviationr-awards-ceremony-to-honor-tom-cruise-dr-edwin-buzz-aldrin-and-other-aviation-legends-81274087.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

* [[National Space Society]] Von Braun Trophy tahun 2008/2009 karena memimpin pencapaian terhebat di luar angkasa. Pemenang sebelumnya adalah [[Burt Rutan]] dan [[Steve Squyres]].<ref>{{cite press|publisher=National Space Society|date=17 June 2009|title=Space Community Gathers at National Space Society's ISDC 2009|url=http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20090617.html}} {{WebarchiveCite web |url=http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20090617.html |title=Salinan arsip |access-date=2013-09-10 |archive-date=2017-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801035127/http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20090617.html |date=2017dead-08-01url=yes }}</ref>

* ''R&D Magazine'' Innovator of the Year 2007 untuk SpaceX, Tesla, dan SolarCity.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=R&D|date=4 September 2007|title=Rocket Man|url=http://rdmag.com/Awards/Innovator-Of-The-Year/2007/08/Rocket--Man/|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2012-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303142435/http://rdmag.com/Awards/Innovator-Of-The-Year/2007/08/Rocket--Man/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

* Automotive Executive of the Year (Worldwide) 2010 karena menunjukkan kepemimpinan teknologi dan inovasi melalui Tesla Motors. Pemenang sebleumnya meliputi Bill Ford Jr, Bob Lutz, Dieter Zetsche, dan Lee Iacocca. Musk adalah pemenang termuda.<ref>{{cite web|title=Automotive Executive of the Year|publisher=DNV Certification|year=2010|url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-receives,1167189.shtml|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2018-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505132707/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-receives,1167189.shtml|dead-url=no}}</ref>

* [[Inc Magazine]] Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007 atas karyanya di Tesla dan SpaceX.<ref>{{cite web|title=Entrepreneur of the Year, 2007: Elon Musk|date=1 December 2007|first=Max|last=Chafkin|publisher=Inc|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20071201/entrepreneur-of-the-year-elon-musk.html|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2018-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218001705/https://www.inc.com/magazine/20071201/entrepreneur-of-the-year-elon-musk.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

* 2007 Index Design Award untuk desain Tesla Roadster.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tesla Roadster|publisher=Index|year=2007|url=http://www.indexaward.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=71|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2012-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118131526/http://www.indexaward.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=71|dead-url=yes}}</ref> [[Global Green]] 2006 Product Design Award untuk desain Tesla Roadster diberikan oleh [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tesla Motors team|publisher=Tesla Motors|url=http://www.teslamotors.com/media/company_team.php|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2012-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205064115/http://www.teslamotors.com/media/company_team.php|dead-url=no}}</ref>

* Tahun 2011, Musk dianugerai gelar Legendary Leader di Churchill Club Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Churchill Club Awards|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj-gbSqq9gg|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2013-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923050225/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj-gbSqq9gg|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Musk merupakan Direktur [[Planetary Society]], anggota dewan pengawas [[X Prize Foundation|The X-Prize Foundation]], dan anggota [[Stanford University]] Engineering Advisory Board. Ia sebelumnya menjabat sebagai anggota [[United States National Academy of Sciences]] Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.<ref>{{cite book|title=Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power And Propulsion|publisher=The National Academies Press|year=2006|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=HLJfaKxwb-UC&pg=PT10&dq=Elon+Musk+United+States+National+Academy+of+Sciences+Aeronautics+and+Space+Engineering+Board&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K77ET9SiKa-r2AXak_F4&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2023-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328120747/https://books.google.com/books?id=HLJfaKxwb-UC&pg=PT10&dq=Elon+Musk+United+States+National+Academy+of+Sciences+Aeronautics+and+Space+Engineering+Board&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K77ET9SiKa-r2AXak_F4#v=onepage&q&f=false|dead-url=no}}</ref> Dalam survei [[Space Foundation]] tahun 2010, Musk dijuluki pahlawan luar angkasa paling terkenal ke-10 (bersama perintis dan ilmuwan roket [[Wernher von Braun]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefoundation.org/news/story.php?id=1038|title=Space Foundation Survey Reveals Broad Range of Space Heroes|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2012-08-15|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69vzcgxKu?url=http://www.spacefoundation.org/media/press-releases/space-foundation-survey-reveals-broad-range-space-heroes-early-astronauts-still?id=1038|dead-url=yes}}</ref>

* Doktor kehormatan dalam bidang desain dari [[Art Center College of Design]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cumulusassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=781&Itemid=103 |title=Graduation show, Art Center College of Design, USA – 18 December 2010 |publisher=Cumulusassociation.org |date=2010-11-23 |accessdate=2013-08-15 |archive-date=2012-09-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904203120/http://www.cumulusassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=781&Itemid=103 |dead-url=no }}</ref>

* Doktor kehormatan (DUniv) dalam bidang teknik penerbangan dari [[University of Surrey]]<ref>[http://www3.surrey.ac.uk/ado/SG/SG24.pdf Surrey celebrates its honorary graduates]{{Pranala mati|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Surrey Graduate, Surrey Alumni Society, Autumn/Winter 2009.</ref>

Pabrik SpaceX pernah dijadikan lokasi syuting ''[[Iron Man 2]]'' dan Musk tampil kameo di film ini.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuG2AVFB-g0 |title=Elon Musk in Iron Man 2 |date=2 April 2012 |access-date=2013-09-10 |archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707072144/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuG2AVFB-g0 |dead-url=no }}</ref>

Musk sebelumnya memiliki mobil sport [[McLaren F1]] dan pesawat jet [[Aero L-39]] buatan Ceko.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spacex.com/media.php?page=44|title=A Bold Plan to Go Where Men Have Gone Before|first=Leslie|last=Wayne|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=5 February 2006|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2012-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119225304/http://www.spacex.com/media.php?page=44|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Pesawat [[Dassault Falcon 900]] model 1994-nya dipakai dalam film ''[[Thank You for Smoking (film)|Thank You for Smoking]]'' (2005) dan terdaftar atas nama Musk (N900SX).<ref name="FlightAaware N900SK">{{cite web|last=FlightAware|title=Aircraft Registration N900SK|url=http://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N900SX|work=`|accessdate=25 June 2012|archive-date=2013-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121070830/http://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N900SX|dead-url=no}}</ref> Musk tampil kameo di film tersebut sebagai pilot pesawatnya, pembuka pintu untuk [[Robert Duvall]], dan pengawal [[Aaron Eckhart]] ke luar negeri.<ref name="IMDB Full Cast">{{cite web|last=IMDB|title=Thank You for Smoking: Full Cast and Crew|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427944/fullcredits|accessdate=25 June 2012|archive-date=2013-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629020259/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427944/fullcredits|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Musk menghadiri festival [[Burning Man]] tahun 2004 dan mengaku bahwa di sana ia mendapatkan ide tentang SolarCity.<ref name=KQED-SolarCity/> Ia juga mengusulkan sistem terowongan jet tenaga surya bernama [[Hyperloop]] yang memungkinkan perjalanan dari [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] ke [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] dalam waktu kurang dari 30 menit.<ref name=Atlantic-Jetsons>{{cite news|last=Garber|first=Megan|title=The Real iPod: Elon Musk's Wild Idea for a 'Jetson Tunnel' from S.F. to L.A.|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/the-real-ipod-elon-musks-wild-idea-for-a-jetson-tunnel-from-sf-to-la/259825/|accessdate=21 July 2012|newspaper=The Atlantic|date=13 July 2012|archive-date=2012-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902102720/http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/the-real-ipod-elon-musks-wild-idea-for-a-jetson-tunnel-from-sf-to-la/259825/|dead-url=no}}</ref>

Musk tinggal di [[Bel Air, Los Angeles, California|Bel Air]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. Musk bertemu istri pertamanya, penulis asal Kanada [[Justine Musk]], ketika masih kuliah di [[Queen's University]]. Mereka menikah tahun 2000.<ref>{{cite web|last=Musk|first=Justine|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/correcting-the-record-about-my-divorce-2010-7|title="Correcting The Record About My Divorce": |publisher=Business Insider|date=8 July 2010 |accessdate=2011-09-24|archive-date=2010-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001140801/http://www.businessinsider.com/correcting-the-record-about-my-divorce-2010-7|dead-url=no}}</ref> Mereka menyatakan bercerai pada September 2008. Pada Januari 2012, Musk mengumumkan bahwa ia mengakhiri hubungannya selama empat tahun dengan istri keduanya, aktris asal Britania Raya [[Talulah Riley]].<ref name=forbes20120326/><ref>{{cite news|title=Elon Musk Divorce: Announces Split From Talulah Riley On Twitter|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/elon-musk-divorce_n_1216394.html|accessdate=23 July 2013|work=Huffington Post|date=19 January 2012|archive-date=2017-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817111944/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/elon-musk-divorce_n_1216394.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

[[Tosca Musk]], kakak Elon, adalah pendiri [[Musk Entertainment]] dan telah memproduksi banyak film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tosca Musk|url=http://www.muskentertainment.com/toscamusk.html |publisher=Musk entertainment|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-date=2017-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430031214/http://www.muskentertainment.com/toscamusk.html|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{IMDb name|0994379|Tosca Musk}}</ref> Elon menjadi produser eksekutif film pertama besutan Tosca, ''[[Puzzled]]''.<ref>{{IMDb name|1907769|Elon Musk}}</ref> Adiknya, [[Kimbal Musk|Kimbal]], adalah CEO perusahaan pencarian sosial [[OneRiot]] dan pemilik restoran The Kitchen yang berlokasi di [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]] dan [[Denver, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thekitchencommunity.com/founders/kimbal-musk/ |title=Kimbal Musk ‹ The Kitchen Community |publisher=Thekitchencommunity.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-15 |archive-date=2013-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531074747/http://thekitchencommunity.com/founders/kimbal-musk/ |dead-url=yes }}</ref>

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