October 6, 2015
By Eddie Pipkin
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Elon Musk is considered by many to be a genius. He founded PayPal, SpaceX, SolarCity, and Tesla. He works tirelessly to harness technology to build money making businesses AND promote a more environmental (and adventure-filled) planet. Heck, he has been acknowledged as the inspiration for the Tony Stark character in the Iron Man movies. But hero though he is, even he blows it sometimes.
Tesla is considered one of the ground-breaking companies of our age, building high performance electronic vehicles that are good for the world and look amazing, too). The anticipation level was off the charts at the on September 29th as Tesla prepared to unveil its first sport utility vehicle, the Model X. The occasion had been hyped in the press, and at the launch party in Fremont, California, the room was filled with excited investors and media members. And then Musk came out on stage and