I'm so over this guy.

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Billionaire Elon Musk threatens removing Tesla from California over ‘fascist’ coronavirus restrictions

May 9, 2020

By Agence France-Presse

Tesla chief Elon Musk on Saturday threatened to pull his electric car headquarters and plant out of California after local authorities kept him from resuming production due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately,” Musk tweeted in a long diatribe, characteristic of past online rants which are not necessarily carried out.

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Musk made headlines just over a week ago with a different Twitter rant declaring that Tesla’s stock was overvalued, which sent the electric carmaker’s shares tumbling more than 10 percent.

Several days prior he delivered an expletive-laden diatribe during an earnings call in which he dubbed coronavirus restrictions “fascist.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/billionaire-elon-musk-threatens-removing-tesla-from-california-over-fascist-coronavirus-restrictions/

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There's nothing more tiresome and off-putting than a whiny billionaire. Give me a goddamned break.

[Newest Reality]

1. Same here.

He pushed the eject button with that for me.

He might want to move his company to Mars where he can be the Grand Wazoo.

[hlthe2b]

2. Long ago, I thought he might be one of the "good guys..." Sigh

[pwb]

3. All the billionaires want us out and back making them money they don't need.

Greed is awful especially for those with so much and still nothing to give.

[tazkcmo]

4. Too smart.

I'm sure conservatives will stop buying SUVs and pick-ups in favor of his product due to their shared concern for the environment.

[dalton99a]

5. But he is the genius who invented electromagnetic induction, rocket propulsion

and the lithium-ion battery

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Hav]

20. Well, that didn't age well

60000 annually vs 60000 in a month. Yes, the common cold is worse...

But it's always interesting to look back and seeing the early warning signs even at the end of January. It was clear back then that it would be worse than the previous Sars outbreak. At least 2 months were wasted.

[mitch96]

6. Next he will threaten to move to Mexico or Canada.......

It's like these guys who own sports teams who threaten to move the franchise if they don't get a new stadium or tax break... uff....
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[a kennedy]

7. Yup, just lost my dream of EVER owning one of his cars.

[genxlib]

8. I was pretty sure he had lost his mind

When he released that hideous truck.

Now it seems certain.

As additional evidence, he wants to saddle his new born child with a name that will haunt it for a lifetime https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/entertainment/elon-musk-grimes-baby-name-pronunciation-scli-intl/index.html

[catbyte]

10. Oh, geez. And I thought Gwenyth Paltrow was nuts for naming her kid "Apple."

[dalton99a]

11. The next one will be named Q,?$ Z-101101

[genxlib]

13. The next one will be named

By their cat walking across their keyboard.

[skypilot]

16. The cat would come up with a better name.

*

[clutterbox1830]

14. The guy lost his mind a long ago

if you ever seen his Twitter feed.

The man is not a nice guy and a lot of ppl excuse his behavior because he founded a few companies.

[Hortensis]

9. Fascist restrictions benefit business and the state, not the individual.

Seriously. He's misusing vocabulary like a typical idiot, but I note he's misusing to bash RW as in fascism, -- not liberalism as in Democratic protections for the individual.

Fascism is the state. Liberalism is the individual. ~ Mussolini

[Cirque du So-What]

12. I had the misfortune of working for a company that supplied parts to Tesla

No details, but the requirements were more onerous than the most stringent ever dreamed up by any other existing auto manufacturer - and that's saying a lot. Dealing with Tesla was a deciding factor in leaving that company.

[Wellstone ruled]

15. The Boy is a bit

nervous me thinks. China Motors will be rolling out a EV shortly at a fraction of the price of a Tesla. That is what is driving Boy to react in the way he is at this time.

Musk's threat is hollow at best. Reno/Sparks area can not support what he claims. Period.

[genxlib]

17. It is only a matter of time

Before a chinese car company breaks through in the US.

Once upon a time, Japanese cars seemed like a real outlier and now they control much of the market. When Korean cars came along, they took a while to get some cred but now they too have made some real headway.

I do think Musk is overstressed and it is making him crazy. He has made too many promises to too many people and the weight of them is bearing down.

[Wellstone ruled]

18. China is going after the Eourpean Market

and Indian markets and they have a mandate to eliminate Combustion Engine driven Autos by 2030. Notice Musk closed his China plant.

Something says,China is not Worried about the US market or Musk. First off,our Used Car Market has Collapsed. And with the Virus Damage to our Economy,the Tesla absorption rate just took a major hit. Looking much like 2009 and work out will take years longer this time around.

[LessAspin]

19. Silicon Valley

has been disappointing.