'Before I am dead!’ Elon Musk sets ambitions on 'off-planet Tesla factory' on Mars

ELON MUSK has instructed Tesla shareholders he intends to build motors on Mars inside the subsequent 40 years.

The CEO and Chief Engineer at SpaceX and CEO of Tesla have set his points of interest on the Red Planet for some time, but now the entrepreneur has given himself a deadline. Mr. Musk, 50, has previously said he plans on sending humans to Mars and now he intends on constructing vehicle manufacturing stations on the remote planet.

Speaking at a Tesla shareholder assembly in Austin, Texas, Mr. Musk said an “off-planet manufacturing facility” may additionally take place within his life

when a shareholder requested whilst the seemingly impossible feat can be expected.

“So, we're a few years before Tesla's first off-planet manufacturing facility,” he stated, Fox Business pronounced.

“I mean, I would like to peer one before I am lifeless.

“That would be cool.

In February this year, Mr. Musk revealed plans to put human beings on Mars by using 2026.

His bold plan is seven years before NASA intends on sending astronauts to the planet.

The entrepreneur has said that once SpaceX sends humans to Mars, as many as 1,000,000 people may be capable of staying at the Red Planet as soon as 2050.

The plans consist of developing 'glass domes' on the cruel planet so that it will make it habitable for humans.

However, Tesla's manufacturing presently remains Earthbound and has several manufacturing centers - Fremont, California, Sparks, Nevada, Buffalo, New York (targeted on sun electricity), and Shanghai, China.

The enterprise is inside the system of constructing two greater in Germany and Texas.