Elon Musk

There are loads of Teslas in my part of the UK. It used to be a novelty to see one; now, it's every 30th car or whatever. They're nearly all white in my experience. Two teachers at my school drive them. I want to ask them 'the fuck are you affording that on teacher's wages?' but don't want to be gauche.

Tesla Sales Rebound After Steep Price Cuts

To maintain sales, Tesla cut prices, offering Model 3s on its website for well under $30,000 after factoring in the tax credits. By late December, the number of lower-priced cars listed on the website appeared to have dwindled, suggesting that the strategy had succeeded. But the price reductions cut into Tesla profits, which fell 44 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier.

thats a pretty nice deal tbf

Is there any emerging schism in tesla fans being anti-Musk in more than just a "I wish he'd stop mouthing off and tanking our stocks" way?

https://archive.ph/O6a3f

our hard working ceo can have a little illegal drugs as a treat

probably naive but this being in the WSJ and not, like, daily beast feels like a biggish deal.

its such a weird situation how musks aura has made his companies so much more valuable than they should be, basically makes him untouchable

From the WSJ article:

Musk is intrinsic to the value of his companies...

Probably unconsciously, this nicely sums up the penchant for the 'free market' to add totally irrational factors to the allocation of trillions of dollars of capital, creating periodic outcomes such as bubbles, panics, and crashes.

Musk is intrinsic to the value of his companies

economists go boom

lol

https://bsky.app/profile/mtsw.bsky.social/post/3kieh7qsgce2r

how exactly is that news I honestly thought that was common knowledge

until this there was i think only one WSJ story about him on ketamine at parties. this seems different in that it describes specific incidents of drug use affecting his work.

his performance at the pre-acquisition twitter all hands sounds a lot the late/slurry/rambling meeting described at spacex: 'It couldn’t be learned if Musk was under the influence that day. But after the meeting, the SpaceX executives privately talked about their worries Musk was on drugs. One described the event as “nonsensical,” “unhinged” and “cringeworthy."'

unless I missed it the article doesn't mention stimulents which to me seems like the thing he's almost certainly on

Tell it to Earth

NYT: Critics suggest that titan of industry must deal with diversions

https://i.insider.com/5b9235bb5c5e5254548b59f5?width=700

"Needs more meth!"

He seemed pretty high in that Andrew Ross Sorkin interview.

Part of the issue directors have grappled with over the years is whether drug use by Musk is to blame for his unusual behavior, or if it is something else, such as his consistent lack of sleep, which he has talked about.

Uhmmmm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j05F88cEO8

Crybaby does K all day~~~

the WSJ isn’t going to complain about stimulants because that’s the drug class of the business world!

as long as you have a prescription

the “cocaine can get you a felony” bit seems a little undersold and perfunctory

imagine how annoying elon is on coke lol

Apparently we don't need to imagine.

lmao

Spiro called the description of the SpaceX incident “false as has been confirmed by countless people who were present.” He declined to elaborate on what specifically was false or describe the countless people.

lol very good

The Flashbulb's Youtube persona is somewhat annoying but he gets a pass for shitting on Tesla's self driving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DOd4RLNeT4

ed niedermeyer (author of ludicrous: the unvarnished story of tesla motors) on bluesky, about the wsj story

WSJ ain't printing this if there is any risk of Linda denying it

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Like, it's not that surprising or interesting that drugs play a role in Musk's erratic behavior. The fact that the board of a car company that's worth more than the rest of the industry combined can't do more to reign in their druggy ego monster CEO than belatedly tattle? Now that's a story, baby! If Musk runs Tesla into a wall and the board can't mitigate the damage there will be much farther reaching consequences for lots of people than if they can

Every big potentially litigious piece of Musk reporting leaves a ton on the legal cutting room floor. There is a LOT more out there.

oops i missed this:

Fave detail in the Elon drug story is the former Tesla board director who refused to stand for re-election in 2019 because of Musk's drug-fueled out-of-control behavior. The fact that Tesla's corporate governance standard is "run away and tell the WSJ four years later" is kinda the real issue, no?

yeah the board are getting extremely sued if this is true (and has consequences lol)

"everything is securities fraud" — M. Levine

the time to publish this probably would have been when tesla’s stock tanked last year. as long as the stock is relatively stable, nobody cares because money machine go brrrr

a brrring money machine is pretty nice

Is the money machine cold

ice cold baby

lmao

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video https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1yOEmqLf8T

the end reveal and comment are *chef’s kiss*

The hacked Teslas self-driving themselves into an expressway pileup was a nice touch in Leave The World Behind

xp: what's the "end reveal"?

possibly my own online names aren't as good as they could be but imagine deciding to call yourself "greggertruck"

xp: what's the "end reveal"?

yeah, the zoom out showing there are two people making a video clip and the comment.

Nothing to see here. Just the owner of this site doing a little race science while warning that black people's low intelligence will lead to deadly airplane crashes. pic.twitter.com/tXY9iUowD3

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) January 10, 2024

I hope Musk is on that plane.

It'd be OK if the fiery crash Musk dies in is in a Tesla, too. Or even in a plane piloted by, you know, some genius white pilot.

Tesla factory workers are getting a break.

Tesla said will temporarily stop production at its factory outside Berlin. Attacks on ships in the Red Sea mean the factory cannot get the parts it needs to maintain operations. https://t.co/a9sNjCILCK

— DW News (@dwnews) January 12, 2024

"race science"

lmfao

Stainless steel exposed to certain substances can corrode–and the Cybertruck is no different. So if you go for a drive in the summer and bugs splatter across the solid stainless “grille” of your Cybertruck, you’ll want to scrape them off immediately. And if you park your Cybertruck outdoors, you may need to scrub the tree sap and bird poop off daily during all summer.

In the winter, your Cybertruck will be exposed to road salt during every drive. And Tesla specifies that you’ll have to wash that off immediately too. Tar and grease from the road could be a year round problem. And Tesla adds that you may need a bottle of denatured alcohol to get those last two removed.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/tesla-youll-have-to-wipe-dead-bugs-and-bird-poop-off-your-cybertruck-asap-to-avoid-corrosion/

i hate to say anything nice about the new nazi e-truck but a tarnished stainless steel truck might actually look cool. i always kinda liked how old steel spoons looked.