Elon Musk should be awarded an honorary degree from Trump University for his tendency to write off any negative story as a dishonest smear attempt regardless of the evidence.
Who can blame him, though. The strategy has certainly worked -- so far, at least -- for Donald Trump, who’s never missed an opportunity to dispute an indisputable fact.
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On Thursday, federal regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed they are looking into potential suspension failures on the Model S. NHTSA also said it had warned Tesla about “troublesome” nondisclosure agreements that the automaker had gotten some customers to sign in exchange for free out-of-warranty repairs.
Early today, Musk and Tesla shot back in the only way they apparently know how -- with indignant denials and an attack on a writer they claim “fabricated” the story. It’s the same way they’ve responded in the past to negative reviews and frustrated customers.
Tesla said flatly: “There is no safety defect with the suspensions in either the Model S or Model X.” Well then. Case closed. Let’s move on to finding out when Musk will launch a rocket to Mars.
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