Recently, Elon Musk was kind of on the stand in a lawsuit at the Delaware Chancery Court around a massive pay deal that he was granted in 2018. And it does seem that this sort of a deal is very linked to the sorts of things that you're talking about where Musk is incentivized to hype the stock up rather than really deliver a company that actually works. So I feel like ludicrous, in a lot of ways, if there was a message to the board of Tesla, it was, you know, one of the last things in the hardcover of the book, the softcover has an additional chapter.
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Niedermeyer to discuss the rollercoaster ride of Tesla’s share price, the escalating regulatory and legal scrutiny the company faces, and the challenges it faces in the electric car market.
Edward Niedermeyer is the author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors and a co-host of The Autonocast. You can follow Edward on Twitter at @Tweetermeyer or on Mastodon at @niedermeyer@sfba.social.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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