Americans read/watch the news and every news article about this I've read so far ₁₂₃₄ correctly pointed out the Soviet connection.

₁ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/05/23/tesla-s...

₂ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-23/musk-file...

₃ https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-pravda-media-company-already-...

₄ http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tweets-what-does-pr...

To elaborate, Pravda means "truth" in Russian, and that was the name of the state propoganda newspaper in the soviet union.

"There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and there is no Izvestiya in Pravda" -- Pravda being truth and Izvestiya being news.