Tag: Elon Musk

millionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is on the verge of pocketing $1.5 million in subsidies from Waco, Texas, on top of $1.5 million from McLennan County, which includes Waco, the Waco Tribune reports. (AP Photo)

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Millionaire Elon Musk to get $3 million subsidy from Waco-area taxpayers

Timothy P. Carney · December 15, 2014 9:03 pm

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, left, and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval shake hands following a news conference where Nevada was announced as the new site for a car battery gigafactory, at the Capitol in Carson City, Nev. Nevada will have nearly 35,000 more residents in the year 2032 than it would have if the state hadn't landed the Tesla Motors battery factory and another major business, according to new projections released Oct. 8. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison, File)

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Billionaire Elon Musk rakes in the corporate welfare from Rick Perry, Andrew Cuomo and Brian Sandoval

Timothy P. Carney · October 20, 2014 2:08 pm

Tesla rises as Musk tweets about the ‘D’

Tesla rises as Musk tweets about the ‘D’

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2014 3:30 pm

Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc., at a news conference at the Nevada State Capitol building in Carson City, Nevada, U.S., on Sept. 4. Tesla will build the world's largest lithium-ion battery plant in Nevada, bringing a $100 billion boost to the state's economy over two decades, Governor Brian Sandoval said. (David Calvert/Bloomberg)

Nevada’s subsidies for Tesla factory don’t only hurt taxpayers

Timothy P. Carney · September 19, 2014 9:00 am

Nevada governor signs tax breaks to ink Tesla battery factory deal

Nevada governor signs tax breaks to ink Tesla battery factory deal

Zack Colman · September 12, 2014 1:13 pm

FILE - In this June 18, 2010, file photo, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo., center, helps as SolarCity employees Jarret Esposito, left, and Jake Torwatzky, install a solar panel on a home in south Denver. SolarCity, one of the nation's largest installers of rooftop solar systems, on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 announced it is buying Silveo, a solar panel manufacturer. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Elon Musk takes on carbon with solar, battery bets

Jonathan Fahey · June 17, 2014 8:47 pm

Garrett Reisman, program lead for crew vehicles of the SpaceX, stands inside the SpaceX Dragon V2 at the headquarters on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Hawthorne, Calif. SpaceX, which has flown unmanned cargo capsules to the International Space Station, unveiled the new spacecraft Thursday designed to ferry astronauts to low-Earth orbit. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

5 things to know about SpaceX’s flight plans

The Associated Press · May 30, 2014 12:37 pm

Invited guest Robin Lee walks out of the cabin of the SpaceX Dragon V2 spacecraft at the SpaceX headquarters on May 29, 2014, in Hawthorne, California.

Elon Musk unveils spacecraft to ferry astronauts

RAQUEL MARIA DILLON · May 30, 2014 12:30 pm

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Democratic donors like George Soros, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett get rich off of Democratic policies

Timothy P. Carney · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Elon Musk’s rocket company gets subsidies from U.S. and France

Elon Musk’s rocket company gets subsidies from U.S. and France

Timothy P. Carney · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, said Friday that his company would file a lawsuit to protest a satellite launch contract the Air Force awarded to a joint Lockheed Martin and Boeing venture. (AP Photo)

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to challenge launch-vehicle contract awarded to Lockheed-Boeing venture

Tim Mak · April 25, 2014 4:00 am

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Federal government sides with Tesla against state governments

Joel Gehrke · April 25, 2014 4:00 am