Elon Musk

“So we originally expected to make about 35 gigawatt hours at the cell level and about 50 gigawatt hours at the module or pack level. Now we are expecting to do about 150 gigawatt hours in the same volumetric space as the original design.”

“I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.”

“Great companies are built on great products.”

“A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.”

“The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.”

“If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation.”

“I 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.”

“Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.”

“If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.”

“I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.”

“I care very deeply about the people at Tesla. I feel like I have a great debt to the people of Tesla who are making the company successful.”

“I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I've got kids and responsibilities, so I can't be my own test pilot. That wouldn't be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it's a sensible thing to do.”

“There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market. One is you need economies of scale. The other is you need to iterate on the design. You need to go through a few versions.”

“I will never be happy without having someone. Going to sleep alone kills me.”

“Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business - I'd say, number one is have a high pain threshold.”

“I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good.”

“The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.”

“I'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.”

“Yeah, 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.”

“When I was a child, there's one thing I said: 'I never want to be alone.' That's what I would say. I don't want to be alone.”

“Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.”