ClaimsElon Musk

“So the SpaceX and Tesla teams both separately are working to build to 100 gigawatts a year of solar power in the US (of manufactured solar power).”

Elon Musk, interviewee at Davos, leader of SpaceX and Tesla 27 January 2026 Transcript: Elon Musk at Davos World Economic Forum, Jan. 2026 (What's Up Tesla) archived copy

Promise Economics and markets

SpaceX and Tesla teams are each working to build up to 100 GW a year of US solar manufacturing, which will probably take about three years.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

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Reasoning

deadline 2029 is after 2026-11-04

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Elon Musk, “SpaceX and Tesla teams are each working to build up to 100 GW a year of US solar manufacturing, which will probably take about three years.” (said 27 January 2026). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_038f08e81171, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_038f08e81171

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