Elon Musk is working on a top secret Tesla masterplan
As if he didn't have enough on his plate, Elon Musk -- Tesla co-founder and CEO, Solarcity co-founder and chairman, SpaceX founder, CEO and CTO, Martian hopeful, Pentagon advisor, philosopher and Iron Man candidate -- has casually revealed on Twitter he's also working on a "Top Secret Tesla Masterplan."
The Masterplan, as it shall henceforth be referred to in this text, might be revealed as early as this week, Musk tweeted Sunday.
Musk didn't outright say what the Masterplan was, but he dropped one hint in the text itself. If this is "part 2" of the Masterplan, then the first part of the Masterplan must already have been revealed? Or is Musk working on Part 2 first, to be followed by Part 1, which is exactly something Musk would do?
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Let's for a second imagine Musk isn't jumping straight to the sequel. One candidate for the first part of the Masterplan would be Tesla Model 3, which was revealed in April, but the company did say there would be an additional unveiling later in the year.
There's also this Tesla blog post from 2006 (forever ago in technology terms but the North Internet remembers), titled "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me)." In the post -- remember, that was two years before Tesla launched its first ever vehicle, the Roadster -- Musk lays down the "master plan" as follows:
Build sports car
Use that money to build an affordable car
Use that money to build an even more affordable car
While doing above, also provide zero emission electric power generation options
Don't tell anyone.
If the current Masterplan is a continuation of that master plan, then it could have something to do with Tesla's recent offer to buy SolarCity. In followup tweets, referring to this Quartz article, Musk talked a little about the reasons behind that decision.
So is the Masterplan ultimately all about changing our energy habits? We'll hopefully know more later this week. In the meantime, here are some of the funniest responses to Musk's Masterplan tweet.
Ouch.
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.
