SpaceX’s biggest-ever IPO just grew to $85.7 billion raised

SpaceX’s IPO underwriters maxed out their share purchases, adding to an already historic amount of money raised.

Survey Sunday: do you still believe in Elon Musk?
Survey Sunday: do you still believe in Elon Musk?

Last week, we ran a sidebar survey asking if Electrek readers still believed in Elon Musk’s vision of a self-driving, robot-built future on Mars. After receiving more than 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us you think about the world’s first trill…

We just got a hot signal that a Tesla and SpaceX could happen, after all

A fresh comment from SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has reignited speculation about a future Tesla-SpaceX tie-up. It may not be happening soon, but the idea suddenly feels a lot less far-fetched.

Chinese drivers have figured out a silly way to fool Tesla Autopilot and it involves doll heads

Chinese Tesla owners are reportedly using miniature doll heads, photos, and blinking screens to trick Autopilot’s driver-monitoring cameras into thinking they are paying attention.

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
The world’s first trillionaire is a killer

Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet. And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, […]

A trillion dollars is a stupid amount of money
A trillion dollars is a stupid amount of money

Elon Musk is now officially the world’s first trillionaire. That is a colossal amount of wealth (and by proxy, power) for one individual to have. Its scale – a thousand times more than a billion – is difficult to fathom for those of us who aren’t among the 3,363 billionaires that currently exist in our […]

Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX’s historic IPO

The SpaceX IPO has boosted Musk’s paper wealth to more than $1,000,000,000,000 at a time when he is more hated — and powerful — than ever.

SpaceX IPO closes up 19% and delivers the world’s first trillionaire

The company made its heavily anticipated debut on Friday, trading higher than its initial $135 IPO price.