“Elon Musk. Is it a scam? Yep,” reads the caption to the video in which comedian Alex Falcone reviewed the promises Tesla boss has made over the years.
A comedian took to social media to call out Tesla Boss Elon Musk on overpromising and underdelivering on his grandiose visions. Alex Falcone, in a now-viral video, reviewed the promises Musk has made over the years and pointed out how many were never fulfilled, at least within the timelines originally promised. Falcone captioned the video, “Elon Musk. Is it a scam? Yep.”
He started his video with the words, “Elon Musk is weird loser but is he a scam?” as a screengrab of one of Musk’s post on X popped up. It read, “Fine Taylor… You win… I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life.” Musk made this post after American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris during the recent US Election, which former president Donald Trump won.
Falcone went on to highlight Musk’s complex history in Silicon Valley. He explained, “He was fired as the CEO of X Bank, and then was kicked out as the CEO of PayPal. But he’s most known for founding Tesla. And by founding, I mean not founding. Investing, kicking out the founders, and then later making a large settlement that allowed him to claim that he was the founder.”
X.com and PayPal
For those unverserved, Elon Musk co-founded X.com in March 1999, one of the first federally insured online banks, attracting over 200,000 customers early on. However, due to skepticism from investors, he was replaced by Intuit CEO Bill Harris later that year.
In 2000, X.com merged with the Confinity, PayPal’s parent company and Musk briefly returned as CEO. He was later ousted in a boardroom coup led by investor Peter Thiel, co-founder Max Levchin, board member Reid Hoffman, and COO and product leader David Sacks. In 2017, Musk purchased the X.com domain from PayPal for its “sentimental value”, and in 2023, he rebranded Twitter as “X”, changing its URL to X.com.
‘Founding’ Tesla
Elon Musk became involved with Tesla as a major investor and later joined as chairman of its board. Following a financial crisis, co-founder Martin Eberhard was ousted, paving the way for Musk to become CEO. A lawsuit settlement in September 2009 allowed all five key figures – Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, Ian Wright, Elon Musk, and JB Straubel—to be recognised as Tesla co-founders.
‘Elon Musk’s true passion: Fake Promises’
“His true passions are saying things out loud that aren’t true. In 2011, he said we’d be to Mars in ten years. Then in 2017, he said we’d be there by 2022. He has constantly claimed that we were moments away from full self-driving cars,” Falcone added.
He further stated, “Elon Musk also promised that by 2020 if you buy a Tesla, it will be able to work during the day without your help as a robotaxi. In 2014, he promised that your car would be able to swap its battery within minutes.”
Falcone also pointed out Musk’s 2013 Hyperloop promise of travelling from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes, which Musk later admitted was partly intended to derail California’s high-speed rail project, as noted by his abiographer Ashlee Vance. A decade later, the company pursuing this vision has shut down.
He continued to name a few more things that Musk promised and failed to deliver.
“So, he is a fake founder who either lies about everything or doesn’t understand any of the projects he’s working on. But is he a scam? Yep,” he concluded.
Watch the entire video below:
The video, since being shared has clocked over 6.4 million views and counting. Many even took to the comments section to post their thoughts, with many expressing shock over the information Falcone shared.
Here’s how people reacted to the video:
“He bought the title of ‘Founder’. How is it even? WHAT?” wrote a user.
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Another added, “He’s not smart, he’s just rich.”
“I loath it when people call him a genius! He didn’t invent shit! All he did was buying startups and calling himself the founder. He’s a good investor, sure I give him that. But he’s not a tech genius!” expressed a third.
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