Elon Musk envisions a potential Starship flight to Mars as early as November or December 2026, possibly crewed by Tesla's Optimus robot. While acknowledging the challenges, he anticipates an uncrewed flight in roughly 3.

Tesla gave Elon Musk a stock grant of $29 billion on Monday as a reward for years of “transformative and unprecedented” growth despite a recent foray into right-wing politics that has hurt its sales,

The new package comes just six months after a judge ordered the company to revoke his $56 billion pay package.