Current social media posts might go away customers with the mistaken perception that entrepreneur Elon Musk is releasing a low-cost home, unveiling a “UFO fighter jet that defies physics,” and launching a “being pregnant robotic.”
These unfounded claims and extra have unfold on-line about Musk, the X proprietor and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. And now, Musk has purportedly “despatched shockwaves all through the world” with a “revolutionary announcement” about an electrical bike, in accordance with a number of Fb posts.
“I’m releasing $1,000 Tesla e-bike right now!” learn a quote attributed to Musk within the posts.
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The Fb posts are from Nov. 2 and Nov. 4, so it’s unclear when “right now” was.
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However we discovered no credible proof, similar to information stories, press releases from Tesla or public statements from Musk to corroborate that he made such a press release.
In 2020, an e-bike idea that used Tesla’s emblem drew consideration on-line, but it surely was a designer’s private undertaking — not a brand new Tesla product.
We price claims Musk introduced a brand new $1,000 Tesla e-bike False.
