Why Elon Musk's crazy plans for Tesla Motors are perfectly sane and other top stories.

• Why Elon Musk's crazy plans for Tesla Motors are perfectly sane

  

  Chair and CEO Elon Musk. Tesla's grand vision may well prove to be the strategic advantage that it needs to achieve its goals. David Paul Morris by Vivek Wadhwa Elon Musk recently laid out a "master plan" for where his company, Tesla Motors, is heading. The vision is undoubtedly ambitious: four new kinds of Tesla vehicles, solar initiatives, autonomous driving technologies and a ride-sharing program.Judging by the s..

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• NBN's second satellite blasting off in October

  

  NBN's second satellite, Sky Muster II, has been given a launch date for 5 October 2016. The new satellite will provide additional data capacity for providing satellite broadband services to regional areas of Australia who aren't eligible for a physical NBN connection. NBN estimates that end users receive download speeds up to 25 Mbps and download speeds upload speeds up to 5 Mbps from the first satellite launched in October. Skymuster also allows NBN resellers to supply wholesale broadband serv..

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• Suzuki facelifts S-Cross

  

  Suzuki has revealed a facelifted S-Cross in Europe, ahead of its world public debut at the Paris motor show in late September and its Australian release by the end of this year. The first upgrade since the S-Cross was launched Down Under in December ...

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