ELON MUSK

From athletes to rappers, many people have expressed support towards the flat-Earth theory in the past.

South Australia is now home to the world's biggest lithium-ion battery after Tesla fulfilled a promise to complete work in 100 days "or its free".

Musk is hinting the new Roadster will have a special options package, and even suggested it could be powered by "rocket tech".

Elon Musk has shocked attendees of a much-anticipated press conference in California with what he claimed will be the quickest car in the world – the Roadster.

In one of the images, the ex-wife of Johnny Depp smoulders in a black outfit while gazing away from the lenses, while another sultry shot shows her stripping down to her basics.

"Well, she broke up with me more than I broke up with her, I think," Elon Musk said in an interview, adding he is also looking out for love despite the heartbreak.

A blog post on the Tesla website has refuted claims from a former employee that its workplace is a "hotbed of racism".

Tesla is battling yet another discrimination lawsuit, after claims African-American employees are regularly racially abused.

Musk had previously tweeted that the specs of the vehicle are better than anything he has seen reported.

Tesla will install a 48 megawatt-hour battery in Nantucket. It will provide electricity for about 10,000 people living 30 miles from the north-east corner of the US.

"Unless we learn how to prepare for, and avoid, the potential risks, AI could be the worst event in the history of our civilization," Hawking said.

Hawking has previously cautioned that the rise of powerful AI will be "either the best or the worst thing ever to happen to humanity".

Tesla will not be able to produce the new Model 3 electric car as fast as originally promised. Full-scale production not expected now until 2018.

"Any journalist (who covered the story) should be ashamed of themselves for lacking journalistic integrity," Musk said.

Elon Musk has previously described AI as a "fundamental risk to the existence of human civilisation".

The Silicon Valley tech firm is reportedly in talks to set up a factory in Shanghai's free trade zone.

The insurance package offered by Tesla will take into account the car's built-in safety features like the Autopilot.

Elon Musk did an AMA where he made a few interesting revelations about how far the project has come, including interesting technical details about his rockets.

The electric automaker reportedly dismissed an estimated 400 to 700 people or between 1% and 2% of the firm's more than 33,000 employees.

"Each successful launch brings us one step closer to both a technological and financial transformation," Iridium CEO Matt Desch said.

The first launch has been scheduled for Monday, 9 October, while the second will take place a couple of days later on Wednesday, 11 October.