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Dec 2021
18m 14s

Elon Musk‘s 2021: Bitcoin, space and fee...

The National
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A year in review for the controversial figure with an outsized influence on our future.

In this episode Elon Musk's 2021 overview (1m) Elon Musk's persona (5m 50s) The role of social media (8m 32s) Tesla stock and future (9m 58s) Is Elon Musk human enough? (14m 23s) US regulation (17m 5s)   Read more • Elon Musk offloads more Tesla shares as company loses its $1tn valuation • Elon Musk jokes about quitting his jobs as he sells more Tesla shares • New battery technology can charge electric vehicles in less than 10 minutes, researchers say • Nasa SpaceX launches Dragon Crew-3 astronauts to International Space Station
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