Elon Musk Faking "Aspergers":
Musk claimed on SNL last night that he had "Aspergers" to explain away his frauds and various evils.
In his nearly 50 years of life, Musk has never mentioned "Aspergers" once. Nor have his several biographers, his mother, his father... 1/5
...his brother, his sister, his cousins, his current girlfriend, his ex-girlfriends, his ex-wives, his current and past business partners, his officers, his directors, his employees, or even his lawyers ever mentioned anything about an ASD/Asperger's diagnosis. 2/5
What we do know is that the @NTSB report about the TX driverless #Tesla crash will be imminently released. That there is Congressional scrutiny over "Autopilot" and "Full Self Driving". That Chinese regulators are clamping down on Tesla's defects and hurting sales. 3/5
That the Berlin factory is facing severe delays due to regulatory and union pressure. That he is failing to achieve the production and sales targets Wall St. expects of him.
In response, he now comes out, on SNL of all places, with a self-diagnosis of "Aspergers". 4/5
It's sickening for Musk to claim "Aspergers", a defunct diagnosis, which has been folded into ASD/DSM-V since 2013. Musk has manipulated thousands of people with ASD into using him as an inspiration, while using his self-diagnosis to repel criticism. 5/5 spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpo…
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Musk on SNL, Live Thread for $TSLAQ: Miley Cyrus sings a Mother's Day song while wearing a... breast shirt. A bunch of unfunny Mother's Day tributes by cast. Musk comes out, stiff as a board, smirking and steepling. Does the neck twitch thing. He's definitely on uppers. 1/5
Makes fun of his speech pattern and then says he's the "first person with Aspergers to host SNL". Jokes about it. Then tries to sell genius visionary bullshit about colonizing other planets. Jokes about abusing Twitter. 2/5
Says he's not a "chill normal dude" because he "reinvented" electric cars and "sends people to Mars". Jokes about smoking weed on Joe Rogan. Makes OJ joke about "killing it" on SNL. Jokes about his son's name being indecipherable. Super jumpy and twitchy now. 3/5
The latest car from Tesla has a deadly defect. If its battery dies, rear-seat passengers are trapped: there is NO MANUAL RELEASE for the rear doors.
This information is ONLY in the Emergency Responder Guide... $TSLA $TSLAQ 1/5
...and NOT in #Tesla's regular Owner's Manual, which misleadingly says to use the "manual door release", without specifying that there is NO SUCH RELEASE for a Model Y's REAR doors. Additionally, passengers unfamiliar with this defect face a higher risk of death if trapped. 2/5
This fatal defect exists in the #Tesla Model 3, which was introduced back in 2016. It has now carried over to the Model Y. Its deadliness is compounded with the 3rd row being stuffed into the back, and Musk marketing the car as seating 7 adults.
h/t @laque_tess@sbalatan 3/5
This is a poorly researched article from @WSJ, which fails to account for: 1/ BATTERY DISPOSAL. What are the costs of disposal, and the disposal's environmental impact at both the battery's & the vehicle's end of life? #Tesla $TSLA $TSLAQ
2/ EV BATTERIES DEGRADE. By 60k mi., a #Tesla's battery can lose 15% ~ 25% of its capacity. What's the environmental impact replacing the battery every 100k mi.? ICE vehicles don't lose range, and even a new engine is cheaper than replacing a battery. electrek.co/2020/06/06/tes…
3/ FAKE RANGE. Tesla has been proven by many different organizations to overestimate their range. What is the time value of needing to charge more often? Of being stranded on the side of the road because Tesla lied about the remaining range? edmunds.com/car-news/testi…
Near-Term Spin for $TSLA:
It's been a few very negative days, but it may be worth keeping in mind the following tailwinds that may help bouy the stonk narrative in Q2 ~ Q3:
- Expansion/addition to FIT EV credit
- Possible additional subsidies from Green New Deal
$TSLAQ 1/4
- Temporary pent-up demand for refreshed Model S/X (none made for >4 mos now)
- Beginning of fake "production" in Austin
- Additional pumps (fake FSD, 4860 "breakthroughs", additional product "hints/reveals" - e.g. "$25 K" model, more Semi orders, etc.)
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Likely $TSLA headwinds include:
- China forces recall for brake failures/Autopilot, cuffs Grace Tao
- Musk bombs SNL appearance
- @NTSB prelim. TX crash report concludes #Autopilot involved, victims' families sue
- Additional regulatory scrutiny/regulation of Autopilot/FSD
3/4
🚨 The Chinese Government is Furious With #Tesla: Thread
State-controlled media in China is abuzz with slamming Tesla's dangerous "Autopilot". Less than 2 months ago, Tesla was summoned by 5 regulators over quality problems. $TSLA $TSLAQ 1/9 asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Elec…
CCTV, China's premier state-owned national TV channel, opens with this headine on a Tesla blowing a red light and hitting motorcyclists on 3/23:
Demand for Tesla cars were driven by a combo of the uniqueness/image of EVs, Tesla building a good performance/range EV from the ground up that's not a compliance car, OTA updates, subsidies, fast charging, subsidies and Musk's image. Musk is fast destroying his image... 3/10