ENERGY MINERALS

"[Tesla] might get into the mining business"

Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted at entering the mining industry at the electric vehicle manufacturer's annual shareholder meeting this week.

Staff reporter
Tesla is developing vehicle production at its Gigafactory Shanghai

Tesla is developing vehicle production at its Gigafactory Shanghai

He made the comments in relation to battery scaling, one of the challenges facing the company.

"There's not much point in adding product complexity if we don't have enough batteries," he told the meeting.

"We're matching the product roll-out according to the scaling of battery production, that's really the main limiting factor.

"As we scale battery production to very high levels, we actually have to look further down the supply chain.

"We might get into the mining business, I don't know - maybe a little bit at least," he quipped.

"But we'll do whatever we have to, to ensure we can scale at the fastest rate possible."

Tesla had reported a net loss of US$702 million for the March quarter and a cash position of $2.2 billion, down $1.5 billion from the previous quarter due to a $920 million convertible bond repayment and an increase of the number of vehicles in transit to customers at the end of the period.

The company (Nasdaq: TSLA) is aiming to deliver 360,000-400,000 vehicles in 2019, an increase of 45%-65% on 2018.

Its shares closed down 3.6% yesterday to $209.26, capitalising it over $37 billion.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence Investor Sentiment Report 2024

Survey revealing the plans, priorities, and preferences of 120+ mining investors and their expectations for the sector in 2024.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence Mining Equities Report 2023

Access an exclusive, inside look on the quarterly mining IPOs and secondary raisings data and mining equities performance tables with an annual Stock Exchange Comparisons supplement.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence World Risk Report 2023 (feat. MineHutte ratings)

A detailed analysis of mining investment risks across 121 jurisdictions globally, built on 11 ‘hard risk’ metrics and an industrywide survey.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence Global Leadership Report 2023: Social licence

Gain insights into social licence trends and best practices from interviews with 20+ top mining company executives and an industrywide survey.