Elon musk, who sent Tesla Roadster into space, was born on June 28th, 197 1. He is an entrepreneur, engineer and philanthropist with dual Canadian and American citizenship. Now he is the CEO and CTO of Space Exploration Technology Company, the CEO and product architect of Tesla Company, and the chairman of the board of Sun City Company.
Elon musk graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double degree in economics and physics. From 1995 to 2000, elon musk and his partners founded three companies, namely online content publishing software "Zip2", electronic payment "X.com" and international trade payment tool "PayPal".
In June, 2002, elon musk invested 1 100 million dollars to establish American Space Exploration Technology Company as CEO and Chief Technology Officer. In 2004, elon musk invested $6.3 million in Tesla Motors as the company's chairman.
In 2006, elon musk invested US$ 6.5438+million to establish Sun City Company, a photovoltaic power generation enterprise, with its partners. 2065438+On May 3, 20021day, the "Dragon" capsule of Musk's subsidiary Space Exploration Technology Company successfully docked with the International Space Station and returned to Earth, which opened the era of privately operated space transportation.
On 20 13165438+1October 2 1 day, Fortune, a famous American financial magazine, announced "2013 Business Person of the Year", and Tesla CEO Musk topped the list. 20 16 On September 22nd, elon musk ranked 1 1 in Bloomberg's list of the 50 most influential people in the world.
20 16 12 14 won the honor of "20 16 most influential CEO". On February 4th, 20 17, 17, he was named 43rd on the list of the 50 most influential people in the world in 20 17 by Bloomberg Businessweek.
At 4: 45 on February 7th, 20 18, Beijing time, Musk's space exploration technology company "Heavy Falcon" carrier rocket was successfully launched for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center in the United States, and two first-class booster rockets were successfully recovered.
You must feel a little strange about the Tesla Roadster that was sent to heaven this time. Tesla Roadster is the world's first mass-produced electric roadster, produced by Tesla Motors in Silicon Valley, California, USA.
In February 2008, Elon Musk, one of the founders of Tesla, bought the first Tesla Roadster. By July of 20 10, Tesla had produced more than 1200 Roadster and sold them to 28 countries and regions around the world.
20 10 earlier, the company also started to produce left-hand drive versions for Britain, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Roadster is the first electric car that can travel more than 320 kilometers per charge using lithium battery technology. The world record (50 1 km) was also set by Roadster in the Global Green Challenge held in Australia on June 27th, 2009.
According to the independent analysis of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Tesla Roadster can travel 393 kilometers per charge, and the acceleration time from 0 to 60 miles (about 0 to 97 kilometers) is only 3.7 seconds.
In terms of appearance, Roadster is a two-door four-seat convertible sports car. The exterior design adopts Tesla family design, and the wheel arch extending at the tail is full of movement.
In terms of power, Roadster is equipped with a 200 kWh battery pack, and the peak torque of the motor is 10000 Nm. Officials say the maximum cruising range of the car is about 992 kilometers.
In terms of acceleration time, the acceleration time of Roadster0-96 km/h is 1.9 seconds; 0- 160 km/h acceleration time is 4.2 seconds; The acceleration time of 0-400 meters is 8.9 seconds, and the top speed is 400 km/h.