Elon Musk
ON THE RECORD · 15 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“A storm of Cybercabs.”
Elon Musk · said 2026-09-02 · reported 2026-09-03
Musk wrote this in a pinned post on X ahead of a planned Cybercab event in Austin.
“Starbase Louisiana will ultimately have over a dozen launch towers, enabling more than 30 Starship flights per day and making it the biggest launch site on Earth!”
Elon Musk · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25
Musk tweeted about the planned Starbase Louisiana site, which SpaceX says will support thousands of Starship flights a year.
“Once Starship is flying reliably several times per week, it makes sense to shift super scarce SpaceX engineering and production resources to Starship to get launch rate to several times per day, which means winding down Falcon,”
Elon Musk · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25
Musk tweeted over the weekend that it was necessary to pull resources away from the Falcon 9 to prioritize Starship.
“So in a way, it'll be trained on you,”
Elon Musk · said 2026-08-11 · reported 2026-08-12
Musk told staff that SpaceX's AI model Grok would be trained on the company's internal information, including employees' work.
“an extremely important part of SpaceX's future”
Elon Musk · said 2026-08-11 · reported 2026-08-12
Musk described AI as a critical component of SpaceX's future during an all-hands video.
“Probably our AI revenue -- not probably, definitely -- our AI revenue will exceed all other SpaceX revenue probably in September, like next month.”
Elon Musk · said 2026-08-11 · reported 2026-08-12
Musk told SpaceX employees in an all-hands video that AI revenue will surpass all other SpaceX revenue by September.
“certainly by the end of next year, I think I would be surprised if Tesla’s economics are not very compelling.”
Elon Musk · said 2025-07-23 · reported 2025-07-24
Elon Musk expressed optimism regarding Tesla's future financial performance by the end of next year.
“we should get rid of all the credits.”
Elon Musk · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-24
Elon Musk previously stated in December 2024 that all clean energy tax credits should be eliminated.
“probably could have a few rough quarters”
Elon Musk · said 2025-07-23 · reported 2025-07-24
Elon Musk warned during Tesla's earnings call about the potential impact of eliminating federal EV tax credits.
“That’s at least our goal, subject to regulatory approvals.”
Elon Musk · said 2025-07-23 · reported 2025-07-24
Elon Musk discussed Tesla's target timeline for rolling out autonomous ride-hailing across half the U.S.
“a fork in the road of history for consciousness reaching the stars.”
Elon Musk · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-16
Elon Musk described the significance of the first reflight of a Starship vehicle.
“in a few months.”
Elon Musk · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-16
Elon Musk announced SpaceX's timeline for attempting to catch the Starship upper stage with launch tower arms.
“Looks like we will probably catch the ship with the tower in a few months. If there had been a tower out to sea where we practiced landing the ship, it would have been caught.”
Elon Musk · said 2026-08-20 · reported 2025-07-16
Elon Musk discussed plans for catching the Starship upper stage with the launch tower.
“Any censorship required by governments is now clearly visible.”
Elon Musk · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-16
Elon Musk commented on an update to the open-source algorithm repository for X.
“I hope AI is nice to us.”
Elon Musk · said 2026-08-15 · reported 2025-07-16
Elon Musk responded to a comment about the existential risks of artificial intelligence.