Quotes by Elon Musk

The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: Im not trying to be anyones savior. Im just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

Im interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and youre like, Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?

If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, its always expensive.

SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the companys lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people.

It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I dont think its possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.

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 dont have to carry the return fuel when you go there.

If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilisations, and I mean strange in a bad way. And it could be that there are a whole lot of dead, one-planet civilisations.

Government isnt that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, youve got to have commercial companies do it.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.

To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. Thats what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games - nothing like saving the world.

I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I think the reasoning for that varies depending on the person, but in some cases, they just dont believe in climate change - they think oil will last forever.

My opinion is its a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.

Ive actually made a prediction that within 30 years a majority of new cars made in the United States will be electric. And I dont mean hybrid, I mean fully electric.

We could definitely make a flying car - but thats not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make a flying car thats super safe and quiet? Because if its a howler, youre going to make people very unhappy.

Stationary storage will be as big as the car business long term. The growth rate will probably be several times what it is for the car business.

Yeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I mean this car will crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So if you like fast cars, youll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens to be electric and its twice the efficiency of a Prius.

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

Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.