"Needing" to reduce reliance on cars is debatable; that's certainly one way but not the only way. I doubt Musk would deny that replacing all cars with EVs would be enough. That's why Tesla also offers the solar roof (which needs more attention from Musk IMO) and grid level energy storage.

Tesla has discontinued the solar roof, as far as I know. That was basically just a stunt to use Tesla's money to bail out Musk and his brother. The solar wall is a better example of what you mean though.

It looks like you can still order the solar roof on their site: https://www.tesla.com/solarroof

People are great at finding ulterior motives for people they've already decided they dislike. I don't think Musk is an altruist, and I'm certain he has multiple motives for the ventures he cares about, but I think it's hard to deny that he's found success where others have struggled, and that his ventures will ultimately benefit humanity.

You can order it, but apparently [0] they are deploying on the order of ~20 per week overall, so it's unclear if you'll ever get one. You're right though that it's not discontinued - sorry about that.

[0] https://electrek.co/2022/07/07/tesla-tsla-achieves-best-sola...

How do you feel about Musks 100M X prize for atmospheric carbon removal?

I am very skeptical of atmospheric carbon removal as a viable path to stopping global warming - especially given the extreme systemic risks of most of the ideas I heard, such as seeding the oceans with iron; but also the extreme difficulty of others, such as re-seeding enough forest area to actually matter.

So, my temptation is to say it's just a publicity stunt. But, I am prepared to praise it if it produces some viable solution, as unlikely as I believe it is.