Former President Donald Trump called Tesla CEO Elon Musk a “hooligan” at his rally in Alaska on Saturday, citing Musk’s rejection of the Twitter buyout deal, as well as alleged Republican votes. Here are some cases where the absolute hypemaster Musk has proven the truth of Trump’s characterization.
Former President Donald Trump said a few words about Tesla CEO Elon Musk at his Saturday rally in Alaska. Musk recently canceled the $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal, saying the company did not disclose details about the number of bots on the platform.
Elon Musk at Cybertruck (Ringo HW Chiu/AP)
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Speaking at the Save America rally, Trump said: “One of our top priorities in Congress is to end left-wing censorship in America and restore freedom of speech. Meanwhile, while I’m here, get out and sign up for Truth Social today. As a gun. It’s hot and you know what I’m talking about, right? Elon. Elon!
“You know, he’s confused. He said ‘I didn’t vote for the Republicans,’ the other day. I said I didn’t know. He said he voted for me. So he’s still a mean actor but he’s not going to buy him, maybe later. Who knows what’s going to happen? He has a pretty bad contract,” Trump said. “I looked at his contract, his bad contract. Subscribe to his truth feed. We love truth.”
As Trump has pointed out, Musk has a tendency to regularly make big claims that are unreasonable. Here are some of those statements:
1. By 2020 Tesla will have 1 million robot taxis
Musk said that by 2020 the electric vehicle company will have 1 million active robot taxis on the roads. Musk said he could use Tesla’s “full self-driving” technology to build unmanned robotic taxis that can take people to their destinations without any assistance from human drivers. Of course that didn’t happen.
Functionality still looks good for this year. Legal approval unknown.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 12, 2020
Musk has since revised his estimate, saying that instead of “1 million robot taxis by the end of the year, there will be 1 million people in the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta” by the end of 2022.
However, not all Tesla owners buy the FSD feature and seem to be at greater risk compared to other vehicles with similar cruise control features. The Associated Press recently reported:
Tesla’s figure and its crash rate per 1,000 vehicles are higher than the equivalent figures for other automakers that provided such data to the Associated Press prior to the NHTSA’s release. The number of Tesla collisions was announced as part of the NHTSA investigation into Teslas on autopilot that crashed in an emergency while other vehicles were standing in the lane.
Breitbart News also detailed 200 different crashes involving Tesla vehicles and FSD software currently under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
2: By the end of 2019, 1,000 rooftop solar panels will be built per week.
In 2019, Musk predicted that the company would build about 1,000 rooftop solar panels per week at its giga factory. Since then, the company has stopped producing its solar panels due to supply issues, leaving many customers homeless.
Fast production line deployment. It plans to produce around 1,000 solar roofs per week by the end of this year.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 30 July 2019
Electrek reported on the case of Ryan Pridjik, a customer who asked Tesla to begin installing the solar roof by removing the existing roof and building a temporary “dry” waterproof roof with a protective film over the plywood before installing the actual roof. material. Prizhich was told that installation would take place within eight weeks, but was later informed that installation is unlikely to occur before the end of the year, which is beyond the guaranteed drainage period.
3. Tesla cars will automatically search for tow trucks to fix problems
In 2019, Musk announced that Tesla vehicles will soon be able to detect vehicle malfunctions and automatically call tow trucks to their current location for repair or towing. Musk said:
The next thing we would like to add is that if a malfunction such as a tire burst or driving malfunction is detected in the vehicle, there is already a tow truck and service center on the road before the vehicle stops.
Of course, this was not fulfilled. Add to this that cars cannot be towed in the traditional way due to the design of Tesla cars. For example, Tesla Model 3 vehicles generate power as the wheels turn, so traction can damage the engine.
Tesla vehicles must be delivered on a platform to avoid damage. As Elon expected, vehicles won’t be able to do this independently, so you’ll have to summon a tow truck on your own.
In a recent incident, a Tesla driver was stranded after his vehicle’s Netflix app disabled the vehicle’s entire system. Asking for help is a long way from the car itself!
– Dolly Parton with the giant rifle (@dollypilled) July 5, 2022
4. $420 Funded for Tesla Customization
In 2018, Musk made an unbelievable tweet that he was returning Tesla to $420 per share and securing the financing.
I was thinking of giving Tesla into private hands for $420. Financing secured.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 7, 2018
Shortly after the announcement, Musk quit his job, saying he wouldn’t make the electric car company private, and wrote a lengthy post about why he made the sudden change. The article appeared shortly after the damn report. New York Post With quotes from inside Tesla describing the company as a “shit show” run by Musk. From building a production line in a tent to building 5,000 cars a week, 4,300 of them need to be repaired, Tesla had a rough few months until Musk faced an SEC investigation over his “safe fund” tweets.
Eventually, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Musk, alleging that he committed securities fraud. After an initial denial, Musk eventually agreed to a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and both he and Tesla paid $20 million in fines; however, in February of this year, Musk reportedly received another subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which sought to determine whether he had complied with the terms of the deal.
5. Brain-computer interface for stroke and cancer treatment will emerge in 4 years
Musk said in 2017 that brain-computer interface company Neuralink will have an implantable brain interface that can be used to treat problems such as brain injuries from stroke, cancer or birth defects. “We aim to bring something to market in almost four years that will help with some serious brain damage (stroke, cancer, congenital),” Musk told Yahoo News.
Since then, Neuralink has not successfully tested its technology on humans. In fact, the company is accused of illegally harassing and subjecting monkeys to “great suffering” as part of its animal testing.
Business Insider has been given access to a draft regulatory complaint that is expected to be submitted to the USDA this week. The complaint by the Committee of Physicians for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) states that the group had access to records showing that monkeys participating in the Neuralink trials were “in severe pain due to insufficient exercise.” experiments. . ”
PCRM says it provides access to more than 700 pages of documents such as veterinary records, autopsy reports. When requested at university. The entries are linked to 23 Neuralink monkeys that underwent experiments at the UC Davis facility from 2017 to 2020.
According to Jeremy Beckham, research advocacy coordinator at PCRM, only seven of the 23 monkeys survived and were transferred to the Neuralink center in 2020 after Neuralink cut its affiliation with UC Davis.
These are just a few examples of Musk’s unfulfilled claims that have barely scratched the surface of the main hypemaster’s PR machine. Read more about Musk’s broken promises at Breitbart Tech here.
Source: Breitbart
