Chidi Okereke
Elon Musk, the South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, investor, engineer, inventor and CEO of Space X, Tesla and other mega establishments just negotiated a deal worth about $200 million with Michael Cannon-Brookes, an Australian billionaire and co-founder of the software company Atlassian.
The Austrailian had seen a blog post talking about how Tesla can solve SA’s power woes in 100 days. He tweeted at Elon Musk, asking him if he is serious, and if he could bet that he can make guarantee 100MW in 100 days.
Holy s#%t https://t.co/I0Kiw3wZsd
— Mike Cannon-Brookes 👨🏼💻🧢🇦🇺 (@mcannonbrookes) March 9, 2017
Lyndon & @elonmusk – how serious are you about this bet? If I can make the $ happen (& politics), can you guarantee the 100MW in 100 days? https://t.co/av38xcizNo
— Mike Cannon-Brookes 👨🏼💻🧢🇦🇺 (@mcannonbrookes) March 9, 2017
Elon Musk affirmed, and added that if it is not working in 100 days, from the day contracts are signed, he would have lost the bet, and he would forfeit the money.
Tesla will get the system installed and working 100 days from contract signature or it is free. That serious enough for you?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2017
Mike Cannon agreed and asked for 7 days to sort out the money and politics involved in installing electricity in a sovereign nation.
legend! ☀️ You’re on mate. Give me 7 days to try sort out politics & funding. DM me a quote for approx 100MW cost – mates rates!
— Mike Cannon-Brookes 👨🏼💻🧢🇦🇺 (@mcannonbrookes) March 10, 2017
$250/kWh at the pack level for 100MWh+ systems. Tesla is moving to fixed and open pricing and terms for all products.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2017
Billionaires sha. If this is not goals, I don’t know what is.
