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Porkins Policy Radio episode 159 Inside Tesla, Solar City, and Elon Musk with Artisan Loaf

Long time listener and friend Nick aka @ArtisanLoaf joins me this week. We discussed Elon Musk, his various companies, and his strange and often bad business practices. We started off by talking briefly about Musk’s privileged upbringing in South Africa. We talked about Musk’s first big start with PayPal and his business relationship with Peter Thiel. We then moved onto Tesla and the way the company has been run. We discussed the poor business model that the company has employed under the leadership of Musk.

The Feds Just Charged Tesla’s Elon Musk With Fraud

(ZHE) — In the aftermath of Elon Musk’s infamous Tesla going private “funding secured” tweet, the investing public had been split into two camps: the first, and more cynical, said that the SEC would never pursue what was a clear case of securities fraud and stock manipulation – after all, Elon Musk is “too big” of a “visionary” to […]

Tesla Stocks Tumble After US Gov’t Opens Criminal Probe of Elon Musk’s Statements

(ZHE) —  Update: Tesla has confirmed that it has received a voluntary request for information from the DoJ, but not a subpoena. Further, Tesla confirms that it is cooperating with DoJ’s request and hopes to resolve the request quickly. Investors don’t seem to reassured… *  *  * Having shrugged off Audi’s e-tron launch, TSLA stock is tumbling after reports […]