Elon Musk Quotes

Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.

In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.

The odds of me coming into the rocket business, not knowing anything about rockets, not having ever built anything, I mean, I would have to be insane if I thought the odds were in my favor.

The goal of Tesla is to accelerate sustainable energy, so we're going to take a step back and think about what's most likely to achieve that goal.

The fuel cell is just a fundamentally inferior way of delivering electrical energy to an electric motor than batteries.

My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.

Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.

I've actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I don't mean hybrid, I mean fully electric.

A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery.

Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.

My vision is for a fully reusable rocket transport system between Earth and Mars that is able to re-fuel on Mars - this is very important - so you don't have to carry the return fuel when you go there.

You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.

I've actually not read any books on time management.

I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.

Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry.

I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company.

I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.

I hate writing about personal stuff. I don't have a Facebook page. I don't use my Twitter account. I am familiar with both, but I don't use them.