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It's a cool demo, but if I were holding Tesla stock I'd be kinda peeved
And you should be! Stock got a solid bump from this idiot demo and then dropped below opening price. :)
Most Tesla investors are the kind to be impressed by such a stunt.
Musk made his fortune showing shiny things and making false promises to investors.
Yeah, because they're obviously dumping a lot of engineering money into it, but it's something that will never be practical, will probably never be legal to use on actual roads, and will never sell in any significant numbers.
Meanwhile the Chinese elites are flying around in personal drones. Actual flying vehicles.
In comparison the Tesla demo is like tying a horse to the front of a locomotive to show off the fastest horse in the world.
It's quite sad how much him being involved in everything USA is holding us back.
Reminds me of when he sent one to space