Elon Musk at the Viva Tech affair in June 2023.Photo:Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty
Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty
Elon Muskmay be looking to snag a property of his own after all.
Afterfamously tweeting that he will “own no house”in May 2020, the Tesla CEO, 50, reportedly has an all-glass home being made for him, according toThe Wall Street Journal. The top secret construction is known as “Project 42” to Tesla employees, who have allegedly been working on it over the past year.
While there are reportedly multiple concepts for its design, the completely transparent structure will be located just outside of Austin, Texas, with Tesla’s headquarters visible in the distance. One plan features waterfront views and a hexagonal shape, while another plan showed a box shape “reminiscent of Apple’s store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan,” the outlet states.
Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue Apple store which reportedly looks like one concept of Musk’s Project 42.Roy Rochlin/Getty
Roy Rochlin/Getty
WSJcites unnamed people with knowledge of the situation claiming that some employees were concerned about the reason for the large order.
According to the outlet, some alleged that the order sparked an investigation into whether company resources had been misused. TheWSJreported that it is unknown what the outcome of Tesla’s investigation was or if there is an update on the current status of the project.
News of the glass house may come as a surprise to those who have been following the billionaire for years, especially since Musk hasexpressed little interest in ever owning a homeof his own.
In May 2020, he tweeted: “I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no house.” He later went into moredetail about his living situationduring a 2022interviewwith TED head Chris Anderson.
Aerial view of Elon Musk’s “Snailbrook” community in March 2023.Brandon Bell/Getty
Brandon Bell/Getty
He continued, “But that is not the case. In fact, Idon’t even own a home right now. I’m literally staying at friends' places. If I travel to the Bay Area, which is where most of Tesla’s engineering is, I basically rotate through friends' spare bedrooms.” The Tesla headquarters officiallymoved from California to Texasback in 2020.
He added that he doesn’t own a yacht or take vacations, but he did admit, “The one exception is a plane. If I don’t use the plane, then I have less hours to work."
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According toWSJ, Musk’s former girlfriend,Grimes, and friendKanye Westwere consulted on the project.
Musk’s team did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
