By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, Dec 2 - Australia appointed Tesla chair Robyn Denholm on Monday to lead a review of the country's research and development performance, in an attempt to improve economic growth. "It's been almost 20 years since we asked the hard questions about our R&D performance, despite the alarming slide over the last decade," Minister for Industry and …
As Elon Musk chases a robot future, the Tesla board is trying to pull off its own breakthrough: time travel. That deal—approved by shareholders in 2018—was intended, according to board committee notes, to ensure Musk remained Tesla’s “fully engaged CEO." “His equity stake was also a powerful incentive to avoid allowing Tesla to fall in what Musk might consider to …
One longtime director, the venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, had left his firm after an internal investigation found he had slept with multiple women in the tech industry and used illegal drugs. “The answer was do nothing and see what happens," said another former independent Tesla director and good friend of Musk’s, Antonio Gracias, in a 2021 court deposition, when asked …
