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A mock up of the Crew Dragon spacecraft is displayed during a media tour of SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory on August 13, 2018, in Hawthorne, California.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesSpaceX has not closed its facilities despite the outbreak of a novel coronavirus, BuzzFeed reported on Friday.Elon Musk, the company's…

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By Jack Morse2020-03-20 20:39:04 UTC In the face of a projected national shortage, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to manufacture life-saving ventilators. There's just one problem: The companies actually making medical ventilators today don't think he can pull it off.  As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world,…

Elon Musk tweeted Friday that Tesla and SpaceX employees are “working on ventilators” even though he doesn’t believe they will be needed. His confirmation on Twitter that both of the companies he leads are working on ventilators comes a day after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a direct…

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A few more days — "Danger of panic far exceeds danger of corona," Elon Musk tweeted on Monday. Timothy B. Lee - Mar 20, 2020 1:47 am UTC Enlarge / Elon Musk.Since Monday, Tesla has been under pressure from officials in Alameda County to shut down operations of its car…

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Home News Tech SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk discusses the company's successful Falcon Heavy rocket test in February 2018. (Image: © Kim Shiflett/NASA) Elon Musk wants to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. The billionaire entrepreneur — who runs SpaceX and the electric-car company Tesla, among other ventures — offered to…

Elsewhere, Geek Squad still sending out techies to elderly people's homes Updated Tesla CEO Elon Musk said employees should continue working at the automaker's Fremont factory despite the site falling under the San Francisco Bay Area's strict near-lockdown order. Alameda County, where the factory is located, is among several California…