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Tesla Rumor Mill Misfires in Ways That Exasperate Even Elon Musk

A steel supplier fans have speculated about for months has nothing to do with the Cybertruck.

Construction work taking place in October at Tesla’s factory in Austin, Texas.

Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg
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Steel Dynamics, a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based steel producer, has gotten all sorts of attention lately from Tesla fans and followers. This has been entirely unfounded, and is one of several examples of the narrative around the Elon Musk-led company getting ahead of reality recently.