Tesla CEO Elon Musk On The Verge: What He’s Doing Aside from Courting Amber Heard

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been into his microblogging missives over the last days or so. Aside from trying to court American actress Amber Heard, the Tesla CEO has been busy throwing out some interesting and hype-worthy tweets through his official twitter account.

The Tesla CEO first tweeted that there will be an unveiling of an "unexpected by most" Tesla product on October 17 of this year. Then it was followed by another tweet stating a SolarCity update on the 28^th. As for avid tesla fans, these tweets are mind-boggling. Knowing that it came from Elon Musk's official Twitter Account.

Tesla product unveiling on the 17th (unexpected by most), followed by Tesla/SolarCity on the 28th

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 9, 2016

The October 17 event is still a mere mystery until now. As we already suspect that the SolarCity announcement will be most likely more about information related to the company's solar roof project, which pairs Tesla's Powerwall energy storage system to a solar-panel-laden roof (for a house, not a car). Rumors are circulating that the October 17 announcement could herald about the Tesla's Autopilot function.

Electrek believes it could herald Autopilot 2.0, which will include new and much advanced hardware for the autopilot system, or more new relating to the company's most anticipated affordable electronic vehicle for the masses, the Tesla Model 3. Another notable tweet just came out from the comments made by Mr. Robert Murray, CEO of one of the largest coal mining firms that operate in the US. Murray called Tesla a fraud.

The coal mining tycoon mentioned that Tesla only exists because of subsidies. Knowing Musk, he is not the type of CEO to shy away from a brawl shot back at the Big Coal CEO. Elon Musk unfearfully replied that both industries should eliminate subsidies entirely.

Real fraud going on is denial of climate science. As for "subsidies", Tesla gets pennies on dollar vs coal. How about we both go to zero? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 10, 2016

On Musk's tweet, he claims that his company's subsidies only amount to pennies and dimes compare what Mr. Murray's coal operation are receiving from the government. There are data that may back up Musk's statements regarding coal mining subsidies. In the said data, subsidies from fossil-fuel can reach up to a staggering $5 trillion each year globally. Musk is in much favor of a carbon tax, which could have a lasting impact on the profit-driven fossil-fuel industry.