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I can confirm I have seen Elon and Tesla Marketing do 'horrible' things. Its one of the least ethical mainstream companies.

If I could warn anyone, I found our fellow 'highly educated' nerds, fall for marketing, similar to how we see the uneducated masses fall for populist politicians. I believe this is because these 'nerds', don't work in automotive and have limited understanding of 2019 automotive technology.

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People also have limited reading and listening skills. They overlook context, caveats, and weasel words and their brains add in levels of certainty and promises that simply aren’t there in the original statements. Blame the people doing the misinterpretation, not the people who made very clear but nuanced statements about possible future developments.

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