Coal Miner’s CEO Calls Tesla a ‘Fraud’ and Elon Musk Tweets It

  • Murray says Tesla hasn’t turned profit despite subsidies
  • Climate science denial is ‘real fraud,’ Musk says on Twitter

Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc.

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The head of the biggest privately owned U.S. coal producer on Monday called electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc.Bloomberg Terminal a “fraud” for failing to turn a profit despite subsidies.

Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla, fired back at Murray Energy Corp. CEO Robert Murray within hours on Twitter.