So "X" - nothing to see here. Elon's in control - Part XXX

Take your pick: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/all-the-major-legal-battles-elon-musk-and-his-companies-are-facing/

No shortage of things there to give holders of Tesla stock concerns.

I'm thinking something more on a personal level, he's basically debasing himself in an environment he is not at all suited for.

Could be just one more person to burn up after moving too close in to Trump's orbit a-la Rudy Giuliani.

@PopePalpatine With all the stuff in your link, it still doesn't mention the below!

• Producer of "Blade Runner 2049" sues Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Bros. Discovery for using images of the film without permission during Tesla's Cybercab promo event.
• EU Warns Elon Musk’s Companies of Potential Fines
  • Authorities have alerted that revenue generated from this platform, along with earnings from Musk’s enterprises like SpaceX and Neuralink, might incur penalties under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

^^ Getting the Idea from Brazil who went after his other companies.

@Tell me how Maybe I'm way off but he doesn't look comfortable at the events I've seen him at so I've been wondering why has he invested himself in this as much as he has.

He gave reasons for it?

ELON MUSK: "I hate politics. I don't want to be in politics. I'm a technologist. I build rockets and cars. I derive joy from seeing people enjoy the products that my companies make. But the stakes are so high that I had no choice but to take a stand." ~~ Source

Trump has said he will reward him so it might just be supporting Trump is a bribe and supporting Kamala won't see the same favours.

Jesus fcuking Christ.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/25/elon-musk-has-been-in-regular-contact-with-putin-for-two-years-say-reports

The Wall Street Journal, citing several in-post and former US, European and Russian officials, reported that the conversations between the two men ranged from the personal to the geopolitical and included a request from the Russian leader not to activate his Starlink ​​satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favour to the Chinese leader and Putin ally, Xi Jinping.

The implications of a secret channel of communication between Musk and Putin are enormous for western security. The Tesla tycoon is a key player in the US space programme and has a high-level security clearance. His company SpaceX launches US national security satellites, his Starlink satellite communications system is critical to the war in Ukraine, and he runs one of the world’s biggest and most influential social media platforms, X, which has provided a vehicle for Russian disinformation campaigns.

If that's true….. It's just insane.

I doubt the WSJ would have published if not true, and it's no real suprise either considering his cosy relationships over the past few years.

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BuT tRuMp Is JuSt An OrDiNaRy ReSpEcTaBlE cOnSeRvAtIvE.

He almost treats tesla like a tech company than a car company, he's going balls deep for robo taxis and robots; oh and those toaster looking buses. Their next quarter earnings call should be fun.

I think when Tesla starts to lose those subsidies is when they start to end up in trouble. The EV market has drastically improved to the point where they're not the only player in town.

Yes, but my point is, he's such a hateful c@#t that people should wipe him out now. There's tons of better options than a Tesla, the Koreans and Chinese are building better cars than Tesla. It's surviving off propaganda and being a first mover.

Same with Twitter, there's other options, move there. I have no idea why anyone would use or associate themselves with any product this fool provides. I wouldn't give him a cent.

All imaginary money, it could disappear in the morning if half his customers just decided to go elsewhere. And Tesla was the cash cow that allows him to get funds into his other projects including Twitter.

Space X and the ability to fill space with satellites is going to be a huge issue in the future. Not content with covering the earth with crap, we've now moved on to space.

Elon's attempt to buy the election could land him in hot water:

A PHILADELPHIA JUDGE has ordered all parties, including Elon Musk, to attend a court hearing in a lawsuit aimed at shutting down the billionaire’s $1 million-a-day (€920,000) sweepstakes in battleground states. The giveaways come from Musk’s political organisation, which aims to boost Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

https://www.thejournal.ie/elon-musk-lawsuit-one-million-giveaways-us-election-6528714-Oct2024/

I commented yesterday but it either didn’t post or was deleted by a mod. Robots and robo-taxis are all pie in the sky. They want to create these products and use cheap offshore labour to remotely pilot them.
That’s what Musk and Bezos want.
Take the guard rails and regulation off AI development (which Trump will also do for them) and in a couple of years they can get rid of that workforce too.
How the feudal serfs left behind by their actions will ever have enough money to buy any of their products is a worry for another day.

The smartest man of the world, sharing fake news again.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1852783528016011566