Thursday, April 30, 2020

Elon Musk Goes Off Rails On Earnings Call

Elon Musk, the founder of Hawthorne-based SpaceX, in addition to Tesla, appeared to go off script and off the rails on the Tesla earnings call on Wednesday. Musk--while answering questions about when Tesla might resume production in the Bay Area--suddenly called the Bay Area's "shelter in place" order "fascist" and said that is "not why people came to America or pulled this country--what the f**k?". Shortly after that, Musk was suddenly disconnected from the call, replaced by Tesla's finance chief, who said "Sorry we got disconnected for some reason. What was the question?"

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