Elon Musk and the EV Industry in General

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Aaron Carroll: Elon Musk has used a lot of these promises in order to pump up the share price. He says that was what worked for him and his investors, but it also played into larger narratives about Tesla taking over the world. But when we actually look at the fundamentals of the company, which is an electric car company, he says, they are facing challenges. Carroll: They got a totally unique deal in China that we still don't know the terms of. It's been important to their ongoing sort of viability,. certainly as a stock promotion and ever interesting though, I think we're going to see China and the US start to match each other.

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.

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