The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes, — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think most of the important stuff on the Internet has been built. There will be continued innovation, for sure, but the… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
People often mistake technology for a static picture. It's less like a picture and more like a movie. It's the velocity of… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The overarching goal of Tesla is to help reduce carbon emissions and that means low cost and high volume. We will also… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is,… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
There's no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley; there's such an incredible well of talent and capital… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Every mode of transport that we use - whether it's planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, horses - is reusable, but not rockets. So… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The X is an amazing car, but we kind of got carried away with the art and technology. Obviously, you want great… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
In the case of Apple, they did originally do production internally, but then along came unbelievably good outsourced manufacturing from companies like… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It is despairing to consider that the cost and reliability of access to space have barely changed since the Apollo era over… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. — Elon Musk Copy Share
I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably… — Elon Musk Copy Share
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. — Elon Musk Copy Share
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. — Elon Musk Copy Share
A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited… — Elon Musk Copy Share
When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have… — Elon Musk Copy Share
In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization. — Elon Musk Copy Share
The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed… — Elon Musk Copy Share
The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's… — Elon Musk Copy Share
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure. — Elon Musk Copy Share
