805 days since Elon Musk promised Twitter would not reinstate banned accounts without first creating a diverse content moderation council. (10/28/2022)
783 days since Elon Musk reinstated Trump's banned account without establishing any sort of content moderation council. (11/19/2022)
"Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes."
855 days since Elon Musk said Tesla would start paying customers when service appointments are rescheduled with little notice, in order to be fair. (9/8/2022)
"We should credit Tesla owners $100 if we change appointments with less than 24 hours notice. Should be reciprocal."
966 days since Elon Musk announced he was building a new litigation department at Tesla for the purpose of suing people after he was accused of offering a horse in exchange for sexual services. (5/20/2022)
"Tesla is building a hardcore litigation department where we directly initiate & execute lawsuits. The team will report directly to me. Please send 3 to 5 bullet points describing evidence of exceptional ability."
1,359 days since Elon Musk explained bitcoin helps solve climate change by burning coal. (4/22/2021)
1,339 days since Elon Musk explained bitcoin helps cause climate change by burning coal. (5/12/2021)
"True [bitcoin incentivizes renewable energy]"
"We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel"
1,392 days since Elon Musk announced the FSD button and v9 of FSD would be 'uploaded' soon. (3/20/2021)
"Given significant architectural changes, including fundamental improvements to pure vision, there is limited value to testing 8.x. Hoping to upload V9.0 & button next month."
1,645 days since Elon Musk said that people who get brain surgery from him could pay for it with augmented brain powers. (7/10/2020)
"Earning power post augmentation would easily pay for itself (if that’s even necessary). This is the best thing I can think of to ensure that collective human will decides the future."
1,715 days since Elon Musk promised to get rid of most possessions and live without a home. (5/1/2020)
"I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no house. [...] Don’t need the cash. Devoting myself to Mars and Earth. Possession just weigh you down."
1,806 days since Elon Musk said Coronavirus would be similar to the flu. (1/31/2020)
"There is considerable conflation of diagnosis & contraction of “corona”. Actual virality is much lower than it would seem. I think this will turn out to be comparable to other forms of influenza."
1,806 days since Elon Musk advised consumers that Teslas can safely function as a boat for short periods of time. (1/31/2020)
"A Tesla works as a boat for short periods of time, as an electric car has no air intake or exhaust to block & battery/motor/electronics are water-sealed."
1,920 days since Elon Musk promised to install back up batteries at all Superchargers affected by California blackouts. (10/9/2019)
"All Tesla Supercharger stations in regions affected by California power outages will have Tesla Powerpacks within next few weeks. Just waiting on permits."
2,090 days since Elon Musk said there will be a million fully autonomous Tesla robotaxis in a year. (4/22/2019)
"The fundamental message consumers should be taking today is that it's financially insane to buy anything other than a Tesla. It'll be like owning a horse in three years."
2,172 days since Elon Musk promised Teslas would soon be able to automatically call tow trucks if there is an issue. (1/30/2019)
"The next thing we want to add is if a car detects something wrong - like a flat tire or a drive unit failure - that before the car has even come to a halt, there's a tow truck and service loaner on the way."
2,207 days since Elon Musk said brake pads on a Tesla would never need to be replaced. (12/26/2018)
"Vast majority of vehicle motion is returned to the battery, as the electric motors act like a generator in reverse. Brake pads on a Tesla literally never need to be replaced for lifetime of the car."
3,153 days since Elon Musk charged thousands of dollars to replace brake pads on a Tesla. (5/24/2016)
2,276 days since Elon Musk said Tesla service centers would work to expand to all of North America in 3-6 months. (10/18/2018)
"Sorry for this foolish oversight. Tesla will aim to cover all regions of NA (not just big cities) within 3 to 6 months. Same goes for all countries within which we officially operate by end of next year."
2,286 days since Elon Musk submitted a trademark application for a distilled agave liquor named 'Teslaquila' based on a legally binding intent to use it. (10/8/2018)
2,308 days since Elon Musk announced that Tesla's body shop was aiming to repair collisions in under an hour. (9/16/2018)
"Aiming for same day soon, then under an hour. Goal is for repaired car to be better than before accident. Should always be true if damaged/used parts are correctly replaced with newer parts."
2,330 days since Elon Musk promised that the Tesla Gigafactory would be solar powered by the end of 2019. (8/25/2018)
"Fossil fuel merchants of doubt have been pushing that bs for years. Tesla Gigafactory will be 100% renewable powered (by Tesla Solar) by end of next year."
2,371 days since Elon Musk said he would rescue children stuck in a cave with a custom built mini-sub. (7/15/2018)
"You know what, don't bother showing the video. We will make one of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it."
2,553 days since Elon Musk promised most operations in a Tesla would soon be controlled via voice command. (1/14/2018)
"You will be able to do pretty much anything via voice command. Software team is focused on core Model 3 functionality right now, but that will be done soon, then we will add a lot more features."
2,718 days since Elon Musk promised producton of 10,000 units a week by the end of 2018. (8/2/2017)
"What people should absolutely have zero concern about, and I mean zero, is that Tesla will achieve a 10,000 unit production week by the end of next year."
2,878 days since Elon Musk promised Tesla employees free yogurt and electric pod rollercoasters in exchange for not unionizing. (2/23/2017)
"There will also be little things that come along like free frozen yogurt stands scattered around the factory and my personal favorite: a Tesla electric pod car roller coaster (with an optional loop the loop route, of course!) that will allow fast and fun travel throughout our Fremont campus, dipping in and out of the factory and connecting all the parking lots."
2,996 days since Elon Musk said solar tile installations would start in summer of 2017. (10/28/2016)
"We expect this to have two or three times the longevity of asphalt. It's really never going to wear out. It's got a quasi-infinite lifetime. It's made of quartz."
3,005 days since Elon Musk started charging Tesla customers for 'self driving' that he said would be able to drive from Los Angeles to New York city with no human intervention by the end of 2017. (10/19/2016)
"All you will need to do is get in and tell your car where to go."
3,292 days since Elon Musk claimed summon would be able to autonomously drive a Tesla across country to pick up its owner in about two years. (1/6/2016)
"In ~2 years, summon should work anywhere connected by land & not blocked by borders, eg you're in LA and the car is in NY."
4,264 days since Elon Musk said the Model S could be recharged faster than filling tank with gas throughout the country. (5/9/2013)
"There is a way for the Tesla Model S to be recharged throughout the country faster than you could fill a gas tank."
4,222 days since Elon Musk demonstrated automated battery swapping and started selling tens of millions of dollars of CARB credits based on the assumption Tesla would deploy it. (6/20/2013)
"You have the choice of the supercharger, which is and always will be free, or you have the choice of the battery pack swap which is faster than you can fill a gastank."
4,716 days since Elon Musk said Tesla will never need to raise capital again. (2/12/2012)
"Tesla does not need to ever raise another funding round."
4,487 days since Elon Musk raised $195.7M in common stock. (9/28/2012)
4,257 days since Elon Musk raised $313M in common stock. (5/16/2013)
4,257 days since Elon Musk raised $600M in convertible notes. (5/16/2013)
3,970 days since Elon Musk raised $2B in convertible notes. (2/27/2014)
3,438 days since Elon Musk raised $652.2M in common stock. (8/13/2015)
3,152 days since Elon Musk raised $1.4B in common stock (excluding Musk's $600M sale). (5/25/2016)
2,857 days since Elon Musk raised $350M in common stock. (3/16/2017)
2,857 days since Elon Musk raised $850M in convertible notes. (3/16/2017)
2,703 days since Elon Musk raised $1.8B in high yield notes. (8/17/2017)
2,080 days since Elon Musk raised $850M in common stock. (5/2/2019)
2,080 days since Elon Musk raised $1.2B in convertible notes. (5/2/2019)
1,793 days since Elon Musk raised $2.3B in common stock. (2/13/2020)
1,592 days since Elon Musk raised $5B in common stock. (9/1/2020)
1,494 days since Elon Musk raised $5B in common stock. (12/8/2020)
“Tesla HQ has said that as a general policy it doesn’t confirm or deny the veracity of Musk’s tweets.”
Editor's note: others have done great work exposing Musk's shameless charlatan carnival barking. If you enjoy this sort of thing, I highly recommend Niya White's excellent article Musk Misses: The Stories You Don't Hear About Tesla Anymore or for more serious research on Tesla's mistruths to investors check out TSLA Mistruths.