Muskapedia is trying to document everything about Elon Musk, and I mean Everything!

Elon Musk Fans have kicked off another new initiative dedicated just to him. Previously we have seen Youtube Channels featuring every Elon Musk video he has appeared in, Teslarati, Subreddits dedicated to Elon Musk, and of course facebook, twitter accounts and dozens of Quora questions dedicated to the man.

Just recently fans have started to organize a Wiki site just focused on Elon Musk. Muskapedia is dedicated to documenting everything about the man known as Iron Man, including all the subtle details about his life, passions and companies. They have also begun categorizing all the books he has read, predictions he makes about future events or releases, and his companies.

It’s interesting to see more information documented about the SpaceX and Tesla CEO to share the information in a documented and organized way. Be sure to check out their progress and contribute what you have learned about Elon over at Muskapedia!

What is Elon Musk Thinking: LA Traffic is hurting Tesla Milage Calculations

Elon Musk hates traffic. Who doesn't? For a guy who's time is worth so much, he can't waste his time in gridlock. As the CEO of Tesla Motors in Palo Alto and SpaceX in Hawthorne. This causes enough travel during the week between LA and SF. Even in Los Angeles, Elon travels plenty of miles on the 405! This is probably why he gave a 'small' $50,000 donation to Angelenos Against Gridlock. Assuming he is not driving his one gasoline powered vehicle, he would likely be in the carpool lane, and he is still complaining about gridlock.

While he complains of not being able to put his kids to bed, the real issue comes down to Electric vehicle range. For electric cars, mileage will vary, and in traffic millage will deplenish significantly in traffic. Even the LED headlights will drain a charged battery in a Model S!

Maybe the solution is not to continue widen the highways, but considering both long term and short term alternatives. And Finally, is money what we need to solve gridlock, maybe it's just a mindset, or Ridesharing mentality to solve this problem?

What is Elon Musk Thinking: Google Autopilot Cars and the Tesla Service Warranty

On April 26th 2013, Tesla Motors announced an amazingly generous Service warranty program. Quite arguably the best in the world. The valet service described is supposed to be seamless in your everyday life, without a noticeable difference in your daily routine. Simply picked up from your chosen location and swapped with a loaner car. Wow, now that is helpful!

"Tesla is putting in place a valet service, so that your car is seamlessly picked up and replaced with a loaner and then returned as soon as we are done. There is no additional charge for this."

As good as this Valet service sounds, it sounds like a lot of work for Tesla to swap cars. More recently in the news Elon was mentioned talking about Google's self-driving Car technology and Tesla building their own self driving vehicles. As great as this would be for Tesla Motors, added benefit would come from autopilot vehicles to help with the service warranty delivery door to door. Imagine, a autopilot vehicle arrives at your door, keys are swapped and the old one is towed away (if need be) or set on autopilot back to the nearest service station. This would be quite remarkable!

The service warranty program also gives a nice incentive to snap up some cheaper Tesla Model S vehicles! From the Blog we read:

"The Model S loaners will be available for immediate purchase at a price that is lower by 1 percent per month of age and $1 per mile."

Running the math on this, and making a few assumptions,  we find that 1 month of driving 25 miles/day results in a 1%+$750, or about $1,600 off each month.

Tesla wanted the charger to be like a Mac Laptop charger with the magnetic connectivity

Overall, Tesla exceeds consumers expectations with the service warranty, providing a top end quality product.

P.s. That Battery warranty looks pretty good also!