This Week in Elon

By Elizabeth Lopatto

This Week in Elon is a segment on The Vergecast hosted by Deputy Editor Elizabeth Lopatto and now available as a limited-run newsletter. If you want all of the dizzying news about Elon Musk and companies delivered to your inbox on Thursdays, subscribe!

Previous issues

What does Tesla slashing car prices really mean for the company?

#25 May 28, 2020

Elon Musk's got a bake-off going!

#24 May 21, 2020

Elon Musk gambles with his legacy

#23 May 14, 2020

#22

May 1, 2020

Elon Musk welcomes you to Meltdown May – Elon Musk welcomes you to Meltdown May. He is its mascot.Today, Musk tweeted he’d sell “almost all” h
#21

Mar 14, 2019

🚨Elon is Elonning again – I said I’d be back if Elon Musk Elonned again, and here we are. The last two weeks alone have include
#20

Dec 20, 2018

This Year in Elon: The Influencer CEO – This is the final weekly newsletter for This Week in Elon. However, should Elon, uh, Elon more in 20
#19

Dec 13, 2018

Elon Musk doesn’t respect the SEC, which is still investigating Tesla – This was a limited-time newsletter, and it will come to an end in 2018 — though I reserve the right t
#18

Dec 6, 2018

SpaceX's disappointing splashdown hardly seems to matter – One of the joys of being a private company — and the reason why Elon Musk prefers these kinds of comp
#17

Nov 29, 2018

Why so many people think Elon Musk is a hero — or a villain – Sorry for the delay — Revue decided to have technical difficulties. Anyway, we have an exciting glimp
#16

Nov 15, 2018

Live from Tesla's Gigafactory — Company towns and the things they breed – Welcome to This Week in Elon. Quick reminder: we are off next week for Thanksgiving. Enjoy the holida
#15

Nov 8, 2018

First up for Tesla's new chairwoman: probes from the SEC and DOJ – A programming note: I will be out of the country next week, hopefully snorkeling with sharks. In any
#14

Nov 1, 2018

Tesla is what happens when a car company behaves like a tech company – First, a special announcement! As a special birthday present (hello yes, it's my birthday!), Kara Swi
#13

Oct 25, 2018

Elon Musk successfully cosplays as a normal car company CEO – Honestly, who needs reality TV when you have Tesla?While Elon Musk spent most of Q3 publicly shooting
#12

Oct 18, 2018

Teslaquila is actually a good idea! – “Teslaquila” started as part of an April Fools’ Day joke — a troll holiday celebrated only by amateur
#11

Oct 11, 2018

James Murdoch as Tesla chairman would be bad news for Elon Musk – Ladies and gentlemen, we have board drama at Tesla! I live.I’m going to read some tea leaves, because
#10

Oct 4, 2018

After the SEC settlement, who will review Elon Musk's tweets? – Plenty of important and knowledgeable people have already weighed in on Elon Musk’s settlement with t
#9

Sep 29, 2018

BREAKING: Musk settles with SEC, ousted as chairman of Tesla – Elon Musk will remain CEO of Tesla as part of his settlement of the SEC's suit from Thursday, which w
#8

Sep 28, 2018

SEC sues Elon, who narcs out Grimes – I had written you a whole well-considered thing about labor in Silicon Valley and Tesla’s NLRB hearin
#7

Sep 27, 2018

BREAKING - Elon Musk sued by SEC over "funding secured" tweet – The SEC is seeking to prevent Elon Musk from holding executive positions at publicly traded companies
#6

Sep 20, 2018

SpaceX will get into space tourism; the US Department of Justice will get into Tesla – So, last Thursday, SpaceX announced there would be an event to reveal the first private passenger it

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