Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth) (opens in new tab)

Covered by 5 sources including Electrek, TNW | Artificial-Intelligence

Elon Muks's xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. What happened to the "solar-electric economy" he promised?

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Electrek·

Musk abandoned his own ‘solar electric economy’ to burn gas for an AI chatbot no one uses

Discussed on Hacker News

TNW | Artificial-Intelligence·

SpaceX’s IPO filing reveals Musk’s clean energy contradiction. xAI burns gas while Tesla sells solar.

naked capitalism·

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