Elon Musk Seems Bored With Cars
Investors yawned at the Cybercab, too. Plus: Inside the companies setting sports betting lines, and seeking the NBA’s next big star.
Tesla’s “We, Robot” event had dramatic lighting.
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Last night was a big deal for Elon Musk and Tesla. On a Warner Bros. lot in California, Musk played emcee to a suite of robotic stars—both humanoid and vehicular. But, as Dana Hull writes, it didn’t totally land with investors. Plus: The number-crunchers setting sports gambling odds, and why the NBA needs a major star on the New York Knicks. If this email was forwarded to you, click here to sign up .
I watched Elon Musk unveil a dedicated Cybercab and an art-deco-inspired Robovan concept from home on Thursday. It was a long night; the event was delayed for almost an hour, and it wasn’t even scheduled to start until 10 p.m. New York time. We saw, as the title “We, Robot” promised, a variety of robots and slick prototypes of vehicles that operate without human drivers. If the lighting was dramatic, it was maybe part of the spectacle of doing a business event on a Hollywood sound stage.