He is more akin to a snake oil salesman than the “pioneer of the future” that everyone makes him out to be. Sure, he made a cool car. But it’s the lifetime of late, half-baked, unfulfilled promises that makes him a scammer in my eyes.

Remember when we were supposed to have a colony on mars in 2024? Or the Tesla cybertruck and semi supposed to be out years ago? Remember when Musk said every year for the last decade that level 5 self driving would be ready in Teslas next year? Remember when Musk lied about inventing the Hyperloop despite the concept being around for nearly half a century? Don’t even get me started about TeslaBot. I could go on and on and on…