Elon Musk Promises to Publish His World Domination Plans Soon

Lately, it seems the only headlines written about Tesla Motors are brimming with controversy, so wonderCEO Elon Musk decided to change the channel the best way he knew how — by generating 100 megawatts of hype.

As he’s known to do, Musk took to Twitter last night to tease something big. Well, a looming announcement of something big. But something that could change the world. But no details just yet. In typical Bond villain-esque fashion, Musk tweeted, “Working on Top Secret Tesla Masterplan, Part 2. Hoping to publish later this week.”Suddenly, we’re all thinking about what type of robot butler (which doubles as a rocket!) we’re going to see, and the headlines of the past two weeks fade to the background. The timing can easily be seen as suspect, but the curiosity his tweet generated is genuine, and with good reason.

Musk’s wording alludes to his original business blueprint, which mapped out a roughly decade-long game plan for automobile production, culminating in the Model 3. Will “Part 2” detail the next ten years? We’ll dutifully stay tuned to see what comes of it, though Tesla fans will treat the wait like the night before Christmas.

For Musk and Tesla, the speculation partially changes the channel from the controversy surrounding the company’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system, which is at the center of separate investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

The NHTSA is looking into the causes of two Tesla crashes — a fatal Model S crash in Florida where Tesla admits that the vehicle’s Autopilot was fooled by light conditions, and a July 1 Model X rollover in Pennsylvania. Consumer and safety organizations criticized Musk and Tesla for not perfecting the Autopilot technology before installing it in vehicles.

In his defense, Musk repeatedly claimed that the system is meant to work as a driver’s aid for alert, attentive occupants, and not as a hands-off autonomous driving service.

The CEO recently faced a backlash over his plan to acquire solar energy provider SolarCity and integrate it into his company’s fold. This, at a time when the automaker is exhausting all of its energy to ramp up production ahead of the Model 3.

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