Tesla

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced July 7, 2017 that his company will use its giant battery, the Powerpack, to build a 100 megawatt (MW) lithium-ion battery system in South Australia. When it is completed, it will be the largest battery storage product in the world. [1]
The batteries will store energy produced by a local wind farm in Jamestown, South Australia. The battery system will have the ability to power tens of thousands of homes.
Tesla wrote in a statement:

(ANTIMEDIA)  Los Angeles, CA — On Wednesday, Elon Musk announced via Twitter that his tunnel-digging project is officially underway and that the first segment of a tunnel in Los Angeles has been completed. The entrepreneur announced plans for the Boring Company to build the underground roadway system in January as a way to alleviate traffic.

(ANTIMEDIA) Last week, Elon Musk confirmed that his company, NeuraLink, is working on the development of a brain-machine interface (BMI). For the last couple of years, Musk has made no secret of his fears of artificial intelligence advancing to the point where it overtakes its human creators.

All electric, presumably self-driving and gargantuan in size, the Tesla semi truck could make cargo transportation safer and less detrimental to the environment.

(ANTIMEDIA) Riding a sudden wave of confidence about the soon-to-be-launched Model 3, Tesla, Inc.’s stock surged upward over the weekend, putting it above Ford in terms of market value.

21st Century Wire says…

According to a Russian Kommersant report, which cites sources in the Russian real estate market, Tesla will be expanding its operations to Russia, where it is already looking to set up an office, a showroom, and a service center.
Telsa neither confirmed nor denied the report, saying that the company doesn’t disclose any information about plans of expanding to new markets.

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