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SolarCity Founders Peter & Lyndon Rive Join ZOLA Electric To Advance Solar In Africa
The co-founders of SolarCity have resurfaced on the global stage and they have a new pet project that also happens to be powered by the sun. Brothers Lyndon and Peter Rive, who are also cousins to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, were brought into the fold at the rapidly growing solar-plus-storage company ZOLA Electric.
Model X Wedding Crasher, Jonas Issues TSLA Warning, Lyndon Rive Leaves Tesla/SolarCity
Tesla, “the company that Twitter built,” had a banner day in the headlines yesterday. A Model X rented for a wedding was crashed into by a stolen car. Meanwhile, SpaceX launched its heaviest satellite yet. Adam Jonas, one of the biggest cheerleaders for Tesla stock on Wall Street lowered his sights a bit. And Elon Musk’s cousin, Lyndon Rive, says he will leave the company next month to pursue “other opportunities.”
SolarCity Set To Lay Off 108 Employees
SolarCity announced earlier this month that it intended to begin cutting jobs in an attempt to streamline the company’s business following lower-than-expected quarterly results and forecasted guidance. To soften the blow, somewhat, SolarCity’s co-founders, brothers Lyndon and Peter Rive, asked the board to reduce their salaries from $275,000 per year to … [continued]
SolarCity Co-Founders To Take Pay Cut To $1 Per Year
Lyndon Rive and Peter Rive, co-founders of the leading US solar developer, SolarCity, will take an extreme pay cut ahead of planned job cuts to streamline the company’s business in the wake of lower than expected PV installations for 2016. As reported earlier this month, SolarCity posted a net loss … [continued]
Beyond Net Metering — SolarCity’s Elon Musk & Lyndon Rive Chat About The Future
Originally published on SolarLove. During the Q2 earnings call for SolarCity, Elon Musk and Peter Rive laid out their vision for the future as Tesla and SolarCity combine forces. In his remarks, Musk told the analysts and investors on hand that demand for electrical power will double or triple, as … [continued]
TSLA Investors Rise Up, Want Elon Musk’s Control Over Tesla Weakened
(Full Disclosure: I own stock in both TSLA and SCTY, because I think they have strong long-term competitive advantages and are leaders in bringing us into a cleaner, safer future. I do not intend to influence stock prices with this article or any others, and I do not anticipate that … [continued]
SolarCity Study Calls For Revamped Electric Grid
A revamped electric grid could yield huge cost savings, states a SolarCity study. Reacting to the California-based study, SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive said Californians could save $1.4 billion a year if modern technologies are better incorporated into the way electricity is stored and delivered. Rive added if states revamp the utility business … [continued]
More US Solar Jobs Than Oil + Gas Extraction & Pipeline Jobs (Combined) In 2015
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The newest Solar Jobs Census from the Solar Foundation was recently released, giving us some interesting insights into the US solar industry. Amongst the most interesting of the report’s notes is that the solar workforce in the US grew 20% in 2015 (for … [continued]
Elon Musk To California: Mandate Volkswagen To Produce EVs
This week, a long list of CEOs, including Elon Musk, cousin and SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive, Michale Brune (Executive Director of Sierra Club), and Jigar Shah (President, Generate Capital co-founder and regular guest writer here at CleanTechnica) wrote to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to request an intervention in regards … [continued]
