“ Great companies are built on great products. ”

“ Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. ”

“ A Prius is not a true hybrid, really. The current Prius is, like, 2 percent electric. It's a gasoline car with slightly better mileage. ”

“ We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe. ”

“ I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email. ”

“ Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson. ”

“ America is the spirit of human exploration distilled. ”

“ I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It's a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that's what going to result in humanity achieving a sustainable transport future. I wish it was growing faster than it is. ”

“ You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases. ”

“ SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people. ”