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Elon Musk Did Something Somewhat Unusual: Delete a Tweet
- CEO removes reply from chain speculating on Tesla’s valuation
- Musk has yet to remove other post following NLRB order
Elon Musk
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Does Tesla Inc. have the potential to be a $1 trillion company? It’s a notion that got Elon Musk tweeting early Friday, only for the billionaire to do something fairly rare for him: delete a post.
The exchange started with a tweet by an account that regularly features promotional posts about Tesla and “Full Self-Driving,” a package the company sells along with its driver-assistance system Autopilot. The suite of features often referred to as FSD is controversial because of Tesla’s mixed messaging -- the company tells drivers who use it that they need to be fully attentive.