{"id":264,"date":"2013-03-31T23:58:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T06:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/?p=264"},"modified":"2025-03-06T10:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:30:18","slug":"elon-musk-on-sustainable-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/elon-musk-on-sustainable-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk On Sustainable Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, CA\u2014Taking the stage during today&#8217;s &#8220;Dream!&#8221; session at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.ted.com\/TED2013\/program\/guide.php\">TED2013 conference<\/a>, Elon Musk,\u00a0CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, sat down with TED curator and host Chris Anderson to discuss his serial entrepreneurship and vision for the future. Anderson started with the obvious. \u201cWhy try to build an electric car?\u201d he asked Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Musk said he believes it&#8217;s an imperative. \u201cIt\u2019s extremely important that we have sustainable transport and sustainable engine production,\u201d Musk said. Our society, Musk argued, will continue to be dependent on electricity for the foreseeable future, and however that electricity is generated, it only makes sense to build our transportation system around it. Even though an increase in electric usage might mean more coal and natural gas burning at the electric company, Musk told the crowd that the efficiencies achievable at scale at the power plant are more environmentally friendly than the combustion engine alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also believes that electric cars are now practical for many customers. \u201cThere are far more charging stations than people realize,\u201d he said. 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