Musk: "... if it is the last thing I do on this Earth."

Me: IS HE FINALLY GOING TO MARS??? 👐🙏

"The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/the-vehicle-suddenly-accelerated-with-our-baby-in-it-the-terrifying-truth-about-why-teslas-cars-keep-crashing

‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing

Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops on the highway – have led to questions about the safety of the brand. Why won’t Tesla give any answers?

The Guardian

"Tesla released a statement to the press saying the company was “deeply saddened” by the incident, adding, “We are working to gather all the facts in this case and are fully cooperating with local authorities.”

To this day, Meier still doesn’t know why her husband died."

Doesn't sound like full co-operation to me.

Tesla lies and hides everything.

"Some escaped with a scare; others ended up in ditches, crashing into walls or colliding with oncoming vehicles. “After dropping my son off in his school parking lot, as I go to make a right-hand exit it lurches forward suddenly,” one complaint read. Another said, “My autopilot failed/malfunctioned this morning (car didn’t brake) and I almost rear-ended somebody at 65mph.” A third reported, “Today, while my wife was driving with our baby in the car, it suddenly accelerated out of nowhere.” "
"Braking for no reason caused just as much distress. “Our car just stopped on the highway. That was terrifying,” a Tesla driver wrote. Another complained, “Frequent phantom braking on two-lane highways. Makes the autopilot almost unusable.” Some report their car “jumped lanes unexpectedly”, causing them to hit a concrete barrier, or veered into oncoming traffic."

_Tesla must pay $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says_

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/tesla-must-pay-329-million-in-damages-in-fatal-autopilot-case.html

Tesla must pay portion of $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says

A jury in Florida determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving its Autopilot technology.

CNBC

Ketamine Karen rolled out a pornographic AI anime companion and also landed grifting defence contracts because hey it's 2025 and humanity had a good run.

_Grok Rolls Out Pornographic Anime Companion, Lands Department of Defense Contract_
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/grok-pornographic-anime-companion-department-of-defense-1235385034/

Grok Rolls Out Pornographic Anime Companion, Lands Department of Defense Contract

Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk's xAI that went full Nazi and declared itself 'MechaHitler,' now offers a sexy anime girlfriend character.

Rolling Stone

So if Tesla hits a market cap of 8 trillion dollars, Elon Musk will receive a pay package that will make him worth a trillion dollars.

If anyone is still oblivious that this is a con, nothing will save them. 😄

If this guy could be a bigger dirt bag, I don't know how.

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-trial-trump-gold-card

Elon Musk Is Running a "Quiet Trial" of Trump's "Gold Card" Billionaire Immigration Program

South African-born Elon Musk says he's "doing a quiet trial" of president Donald Trump's dubious "gold card" immigration program.

Futurism

Where's moral hazard when Elon Musk (con man and idiot) gets himself voted a one trillion dollar pay package.

Oh and racist. I forgot the racism.

So the man who showed up to the White House with a black eye and claimed that he asked his son to punch him in the face is now going to manufacture computer chips. 🤡

"Elon Musk has announced the Terafab project, a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX and xAI, to build the "largest chip manufacturing facility ever." In his usual grandiose fashion, Musk claims Terafab is the next step towards harnessing the power of the sun and creating a "galactic civilization."

Is anyone even listening to this racist nutter any more?

You couldn't pay me to take one of his cars.

_Father and son incinerated after ‘self-driving’ Tesla suddenly slammed into tree, lawsuit says_
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-self-driving-deaths-lawsuit-musk-b2951558.html
Father and son incinerated in Tesla after ‘self-driving’ Model 3 suddenly slammed into tree, lawsuit says

Exclusive details: ‘It has been a struggle for [our client] to even talk about it enough for us to be able to file this lawsuit on her behalf,’ attorney Quinton Seay told The Independent

The Independent

Tesla makes large profits in the United States. It then pays huge costs to a partnership domiciled in the Netherlands which isn't real. So Tesla pays zero United States tax.

It also pays little tax in the Netherlands, too. Tax data is confidential there, so we won't know how that works.

...

...

However, note that even if Tesla had to pay taxes in the United States on this $18 billion of profits it would have paid $400 million of taxes. (Ref https://economictimes.com/news/international/business/elon-musk-scorned-shady-loopholes-yet-offshore-tax-tricks-likely-saved-tesla-hundreds-of-millions/articleshow/130389082.cms. By the way, I have no idea how it would be such a small number!)

If an individual made $18 billion of income they would have to pay roughly half of it - $9 billion - as taxes.

So there's something else gravely wrong with this situation.

Elon Musk scorned shady loopholes, yet offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millions

Tesla has reportedly saved over 400 million dollars on US taxes. This was achieved through a financial maneuver involving its units in the Netherlands and Singapore. These units posted 18 billion dollars in profits that were not taxed in those countries. This practice allowed Tesla to reduce its tax bill in the United States.

Economic Times

Finally, all these tax shenanigans are just straight up making Elon Musk rich. That's it. It's just more con man bullshit because all of these savings pump the stock price which goes straight in his pocket for the most part.

He's just a boy-faced con man. And a racist Nazi of course.

And at the same time that Tesla makes record profits by not paying any taxes, it also makes absolutely trash automobiles.

_It’s Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto_
https://fuelarc.com/news-and-features/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/

It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News

We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to compare to the Ford Pinto, a car so notoriously combustible that it has become a watchword for corporate greed. Let’s start with the data […]

FuelArc News

Unsurprisingly Uber does the same thing and avoids taxes using dozens of shell companies.

Any rational actor would take full advantage of these tax loopholes, unfortunately.

https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-tax-avoidance-50-dutch-shell-companies-5-billion-revenue-2021-5?op=1

'Champions League of tax avoidance:' Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on nearly $6 billion in revenue, report says

Uber claimed a $4.5 billion global operating loss in 2019 for tax purposes, despite bringing in $5.8 billion, an Australian research group found.

Business Insider
I have all these leftover Dutch shell companies lying around the house, so it is nice to see a use for them. Reuse and recycle, you know.

"518,428
Preventable child deaths in the year since Musk dismantled USAID, saying, “Time for it to die"."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/geek-tragedy-altman-musk-bezos-zuckerberg/

Geek tragedy

Look upon the works of the AI oligarchs and despair.

Mother Jones
_Dylan Carter, 'The Voice' alum, died after his Tesla veered 'off the road'
Dylan Carter, a former "The Voice" contestant, died at 24 after striking a curb and a utility pole before his Tesla overturned._
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/04/28/dylan-carter-death-the-voice-car-accident-details/89836207007/
Dylan Carter, 'The Voice' alum, died after his Tesla veered 'off the road'

New details are emerging after Dylan Carter, a former "The Voice" contestant, died at 24 in a car accident in South Carolina, authorities say.

USA TODAY

BBC reported today that Elon Musk complained that the _other side's lawyers_ asked him trick questions while he was on the stand in his case against Altman.

What.

🤣

How anyone can hold even a single share of Tesla is beyond me.

"Tech billionaire Elon Musk has accused defence lawyers of asking him trick questions on the third day of his lawsuit against OpenAI"

I'm dying. 🤣

I'm dead.

I bought a Tesla and tried the self-driving mode and now I'm dead. I'm that dead. 🤣

AHAHAHAH

_Your questions are designed to trick me’: combative Musk grilled over battle with Sam Altman
Lawyers for world’s richest person try to paint him as humanitarian as judge cuts off his long-winded replies_
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-lawsuit

OH MAN LET HIM BRING HIS MOM UP ON THE STAND WITH HIM. COME ON THIS IS UNFAIR 🤣

Sam Altman tries to fend off Elon Musk’s attacks on OpenAI in court battle

Altman faces off against Musk, his OpenAI co-founder, in second day of high-stakes lawsuit

The Guardian

"At various points, Musk told OpenAI’s counsel, “You’re being misleading with your question,” and “Your questions are not simple, they are designed to trick me, essentially.”

Sir, I just asked you to state your name for the record
- opposing counsel, probably

The wheels may come off your Cybertruck.

Hope you don't mind.

I wonder if Elon will fix this one with an over-the-air update 🤡

By the way the recall specifies a cause is "loose nuts" and I am not sure if they mean actual nuts or are referring to Elon.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-latest-tesla-recall-wheels-may-fall-off-cybertrucks/

Tesla’s Latest Recall? Wheels May Fall Off Cybertrucks

In what is the 11th Cybertruck recall, certain models of Elon Musk’s embattled pickup could experience a sudden, unexpected wheel separation, thanks to the wrong grease and loose nuts.

WIRED

Reuters reports that Tesla employees who do the video tagging for good and bad driving are saying that full self-driving is hitting animals and making lots of crazy mistakes.

They also noted that when they introduced the Robotaxi at the press event, these employees spent a ton of time specifically programming the cars for the very highly controlled path within which those cars were allowed to drive. This can't be done for regular roads.

This is all a con. Elon is a con man.

And by the way, he's been talking about full self-driving for almost 15 years if not that.

It's insane to me that anyone believes anything out of this (Nazi) con man's mouth.

And of course don't forget his robots, which were all remotely controlled.

Elon is a con man. It's as simple as that.

Electric truck maker Nikola* was caught committing fraud when it allowed the shell of a truck to roll downhill while saying it was a functional truck

Elon has lied a number of ways about full self-driving and they are nowhere near achieving it if it's even achievable. It's all fraud.

*I call it, Temu Tesla

I should mention, because the radio is once more full of Elon telling me how many millions of accidents Teslas are going to avoid, that Teslas are some of the most dangerous cars on the road. I have the articles in my Elon Musk thread (which is now up to a ridiculous four parts).

Elon's Great Theft From Your 401k

is about to begin

SpaceX lists on a Friday?? What are they scared of haha
Oh damn, I should have gone with Grand Theft IPO
Tommy Robinson meets Elon Musk’s father in Moscow

Activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, shared video of his meeting with Errol Musk

The Guardian
Elon Musk's role was 'instrumental' in the Belfast riots, researchers say

The newly crowned world's first trillionaire is once again facing criticism over the violent narratives he amplified on his platform X.

Le Monde
WATCH LIVE: Police to detail arrests in string of Toronto shootings, including 1 at U.S. Consulate

Toronto police will be providing details Tuesday on arrests that have been made in connection with multiple shooting investigations in the city, including one at the U.S. Consulate back in March.

CTVNews

_Tesla Driver Using Autopilot Crashes Into Home, Killing a Woman, Officials Say

The driver told investigators he was using the vehicle’s automated-driver system when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a house in Harris County, Texas._

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/tesla-autopilot-crash-texas.html

Tesla Driver Using Autopilot Crashes Into Home in Texas and Kills a Woman, Officials Say

The driver told investigators he was using the vehicle’s automated-driver system when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a house in Harris County, Texas.

The New York Times

And now the regulator is investigating Tesla .

Well, until Elon Musk bribes the regulator, that is.

https://apnews.com/article/tesla-selfdriving-robotaxis-crash-investigation-musk-d0a9a3fbe237b6d7f9b6d33be618e946

Top auto regulator opens special investigation into deadly Tesla crash

The top U.S. auto regulator has opened an investigation after a Tesla using an automated driving feature slammed into a Texas home at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing inside. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it was opening a special investigation into the Tesla Model 3 crash, a significant probe since it involves technology that Elon Musk considers key to Tesla’s future. The Tesla CEO is rolling out robotaxis using automated software in several U.S. cities this year. Tesla did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

AP News

A lifeguard saved a Tesla owner who drove into a community pool.

That would be taxpayer dollars paying for the lifeguard who saved the man who helped make Elon Musk a trillionaire by buying a garbage product from a con man.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-driver-pool-lifeguard-rescue-b3000659.html

Lifeguard rescues man who accidentally drove his Tesla into a community pool

The vehicle entered the water after the driver accidentally accelerated a Tesla while trying to park

The Independent

_Worker’s Death at SpaceX Factory Followed Hundreds of Injuries in Recent Years

A 25-year-old died last month of “blunt force trauma due to a fall.” An Observer analysis found that the injury rate at "Starbase" was well above an industry national average._

https://www.texasobserver.org/worker-death-starbase-spacex-osha-elon-musk/

Worker's Death at SpaceX Factory Followed Hundreds of Injuries in Recent Years

A 25-year-old died last month of “blunt force trauma due to a fall.” An Observer analysis found that the injury rate at "Starbase" was well above an industry national average.

The Texas Observer

@jmcrookston

In 2024, #SpaceX was named one of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health’s “Dirty Dozen,” after reporting from #Reuters showed the #Starbase site had hundreds of injuries, many of them not reported to #OSHA.
https://nationalcosh.org/DD24

#Capitalism #labourmovement

@peterjriley2024

Elon Musk is a horrible human being