Elon Musk knows his business and says Tesla "can not die"

• Elon Musk says that Tesla is part of the future and "can not die".

• For executives, new Tesla vehicles, such as the Roadster sports car and the mid-size YV model, are coming.

• Musk has confessed his habit of tweeting, although not as slow as some might think, about 15 minutes a day, which has led to unfortunate moments.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, said that despite the situation in which his electric vehicle business is located, the brand "can not die" because it is part of the future.

In an interview with Kara Swisher, head of the Recode podcast, the US executive said that he is not worried about the progress of competitors, because they are very close; However, he looks at his business with optimism.

"I do not want to sound too confident, but I would be very surprised that one of the automakers outperforms Tesla in autonomous driving, to achieve total driving," he said.

All this arduous work (and not sleepy, even though Musk says he's working more to rest) for his different societies really stems from Musk's fundamental belief that his innovations are making everyone progress, especially in the field. cars. electric

"Tesla can not die," he told Swisher. "Tesla is extremely important for the future of sustainable transportation and energy production." The fundamental goal, the fundamental good provided by Tesla is to accelerate the advent of transportation sustainable and energy production. "

The future of the company

For executives, some new Tesla vehicles, such as the sporty Roadster and the YV model of medium size. Then Musk got dizzy from the future Tesla truck.

"It's going to be like a really futuristic cyberpunk, the Blade Runner truck, it's going to be amazing, it goes to the heart, it's like, oh, it's great," he said.

But a Tesla scooter "lacks dignity", according to Musk, even though it's an electric vehicle. But an electric bike or an electric plane is not out of the question.

As for Tesla's competitors, Musk did not get involved, but acknowledged that, in the case of autonomous cars, the Google Waymo is the closest to autonomous driving. He says it's a software problem and that Tesla's Autopilot software is the best candidate. It is likely that Tesla will have fully automatic vehicles in 2019.

Tweets and their effects

Musk has confessed his habit of tweeting, although not as slow as some might think, about 15 minutes a day, which has led to unfortunate moments.

"It's fair to say that I probably have not tweeted some of the things I've tweeted, probably that was imprudent, and I probably did not participate in some of the fights I have probably not had to attack journalists, probably not, but he did, "he said.

He did not mention the $ 40 million tweet that deprived him of his president title after the SEC accused him of securities-related fraud for publishing the project to take Tesla in private.

But he said that he could not tweet with such freedom now because of an SEC deal. "I think it's mainly if it can cause a substantial movement of stock during trading hours," he said.

Tesla will continue to tweet.