12 entries dated 2023 across achievements, SpaceX missions and legal records.
In 2023 the Model Y became the best-selling vehicle of any kind on Earth — the first EV ever to top the global charts.
X scales Community Notes — crowdsourced, bridging-algorithm fact-checks — and Meta and TikTok adopt the model.
From the experimental Ad Astra lab school to a $100M commitment for a new STEM-focused school and university in Texas, Musk has repeatedly funded unconventional education.
SpaceX develops Starship, the largest and most powerful launch vehicle in history, via rapid iterative flight testing.
Musk launches xAI and ships the Grok assistant, building a frontier AI lab from scratch in months.
Powerwall 3 integrated a solar inverter directly into the home battery, raising power output and simplifying installs — making whole-home solar-plus-storage cheaper and cleaner.
Tesla ships the stainless-steel Cybertruck — the best-selling electric pickup in the US in its first full year.
Tesla’s connector is adopted by nearly every automaker and standardized as NACS (SAE J3400) — the North American standard.
The first integrated launch of the full Starship stack cleared the pad and gathered data before tumbling and being destroyed — the start of a rapid test campaign.
Musk sought to terminate or narrow the 2018 SEC consent decree requiring pre-approval of certain Tesla-related tweets, arguing it chilled his speech.
Investors sued Musk and Tesla directors claiming the 2018 'funding secured' tweets caused losses. The case went to a federal jury in San Francisco, where Musk testified he believed he had a handshake agreement with Saudi Arabia's PIF.
X sued the watchdog Media Matters over a November 2023 report showing ads appearing next to extremist content on X, alleging it manufactured the juxtapositions to drive an advertiser exodus. Media Matters calls the suit a SLAPP intended to silence criticism.