CEO Elon Musk says working on “Top Secret Tesla Masterplan”July 11, 2016 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, under pressure after a fatal crash involving one of his electric cars, went on Twitter Sunday, July 10 to say he’s working on another “Top Secret Tesla Masterplan”. He said he hoped to publish details this week, The Guardian reports. The tantalizing message echoes an August 2006 blog post, titled “The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me)”, in which Musk unveiled the cars that became the Tesla Model S four-door family car and the Tesla 3 sports sedan. Tesla and Musk have been hit with waves of bad news in recent weeks. Federal officials are investigating a 7 May crash in Florida that killed a man after his Model S’s cameras failed to detect a turning tractor-trailer and did not automatically activate the brakes. Tesla also said last week that shipments to customers fell in the past three months, making it unlikely the California-based firm would meet expectations for delivering 80,000 to 90,000 vehicles this year. Musk ran into criticism for Tesla’s bid of up to $2.5bn last month for the financially troubled firm SolarCity, which installs solar panels and is run by Musk’s cousin, Lyndon Rive. Tesla stock is down nearly 15% since late April, The Guardian says. The tech billionaire has not shied, however, from his ambitious projects and hopes. In addition to Tesla, Musk is CEO to a private spaceflight company, SpaceX, which has managed to land reusable rockets that can take payloads beyond the atmosphere, and he hopes to send an unmanned mission to Mars by 2018. He also helped inspire plans for a super-fast train system called the Hyperloop, though he is not affiliated with current projects to develop it. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Lemkin Institute urges Armenia to respect people’s right to dissent The Lemkin Institute has urged the Armenian government to respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. |