- cross-posted to:
- europe@feddit.org
- cross-posted to:
- europe@feddit.org
Elon Musk’s EV company is running a social-media campaign blaming European traffic deaths on red tape. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle.


It’s wild to me that so many people thought (and still think) that he’s a genius.
At best he started on third and caught a lucky break and stole home. I saw through him when he first became a big public figure like 15 years ago. I don’t know how so many people I know, several who I thought were smarter than me, fell for his schtick.