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Elon Musk says you still don't need a college degree to work at Tesla.

You still  don't need a college degree to work for  Elon Musk , the  Tesla  CEO tweeted on Sunday. "Yes," Musk  said  when asked if he didn't require potential employees to have a college degree. In a  2014 interview , Musk said he looks for "evidence of exceptional ability" in a potential employee, rather than a degree from a prestigious university. "If there's a track record of exceptional achievement, then it's likely that that will continue into the future," Musk said in 2014. You still don't need a college degree to work for Elon Musk, the  Tesla  CEO tweeted on Sunday. "Yes," Musk said when asked if he didn't require potential employees to have a college degree Musk's answer echoed one he gave during a 2014 interview with the German automotive publication Auto Bild. "There's no need even to have a college degree at all, or even high school," Musk said after being asked whether he con...

Lucid Is Taking Deposits On Its Tesla Model S Competitor.

Another Silicon Valley startup is set to take deposits on their own all electric sedan as battery company Lucid has started to take $1,000 deposits for their upcoming Air sedan. So far the Lucid has managed to make a 'beta' prototype with plans to start production in late 2020. Lucid is a battery technology company that threw its hat in the automotive ring by premiering the Lucid Air sedan in 2016 . MODEL S COMPETITOR. One of the advantages of going first is that allows the first to be the standard setter. Such is the case with the Tesla Model S. The Model S has set what consumers expect in a luxury electric sedan. The Lucid Air is taking aim at two numbers specifically, range and price. The Air promises a staggering 400 mile range and hopes to come in at $60,000. The Tesla offers a 373 mile range for their top model and starts at $75,000. LUCID AIR The Air is the first automobile offering for the battery company. It was first introduced in 2016 as a...

TESLA Cybertruck The future car

Tesla's Cybertruck is one of the most polarizing automobile designs to debut in decades. In fact, you could say it's  driving a wedge  between the various factions of the automotive community. Some people think it looks brutal, aggressive and rugged like some kind of electric dystopian Matrix bro-dozer. Others think it looks like something that Ikea might offer as its first flat-pack vehicle. But what do we actually know about it? Design Well, to start, we know that it's got a thick, unfinished stainless steel body. Stainless steel looks cool, but could present several problems, based on other companies' attempts at making it work on a production vehicle -- namely DeLorean with the DMC-12. The material is tough and resistant to corrosion, but it's also difficult to repair and almost impossible to paint. Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims that the body of the Cybertruck is capable of withstanding sledgehammers and certain types of small-arms f...