Elon Musk built an all-electric car in an effort to do what? What perpetuated him to try and take on the auto-industry as he has?

Based on the discussion about Tesla and how it was manufactured and how it operates, what do you think Musk studied in college? In order to create something like an all-electric car, what type of educational background is essential?

What is Musk’s other energy based company? Why does he feel this is an equally important company to his electric car innovation?

Musk is working on developing reusable rockets in order to further us as a space-faring civilization. Given his life dedication to energy production, conservation, and efficiency, can you think of any other reasons that Musk may want to expand our ability to exist on other planets and in space?

Elon Musk's motivation to build an electric car company can be understood by by Tesla's vision statement: “to create the most compelling car company of the 21st century by driving the world's transition to electric vehicles.

Clearly, he build Tesla because he wanted people to shift to clean energy sources from fossil fuel as the Earth is facing the problem of global warming.

Considering Elon Musk's entrepreneurial mindset and technical abilities, he must have studied business and engineering, which I think is very essential because business studies give you the know-how of doing business, managing people and leadership skills. And studying engineering would give you technical skills to bring an innovation like an electric-car.

SolarCity, a subsidiary of Tesla, is Musk's another company that specializes in solar energy services. This is as important as Tesla for him because this contributes to his broader mission to curb fossil fule usage.

Since planet Earth has limited resources and the population is increasing exponentially, one day natural resources won't be enough to sustain human life. This may be the reason why Musk wants us to be able to live on other planets.