Elon Musk On Why He Started Tesla
Whatever you do, don’t eve accuse Elon Musk of using Tesla to take advantage of government subsidies just to make some money. Musk took to Twitter this morning to respond to criticism from investors in the week who were shorting Tesla’s stock.
The following Twitter saga came after Musk tweeted an article by Investopedia saying that Tesla is the most shorted company in the US, which stated that the short interest in Tesla totals $10.4 billion:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/872868505351094272
Today, Musk once again took to Twitter to defend his company, and also give some insight to why he started Tesla in the first place:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/873116351316938753
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/873117697420034048
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/873119655354695685
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/873121068172460035
Musk referenced the EV1 electric car which was recalled by General Motors in the early 2000s. The story of the EV1 was documented in the movie “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
SOURCE | CNBC