More like P.T. Barnum than Edison. He knows how to run a good scam and has been since he started all these companies.
He gets large amounts of money from the federal Government, meaning us and still can't make a profit yet we keep subsidizing his businesses...
The guy can run a good scam. Running companies that are making and selling products that are not viable in turning a profit.
He is meeting the goals set forth in his 10 year contract on our backs when his companies should be out of business or try to get more private investment.
In 2022 he is on schedule to receive 1.6 billion dollars for reaching the goals set forth in his contract. If he meets these goals, which he more than likely will, it will be because of getting all that free money from the government and it's taxpayers. if the companies were so great they would not need the government money and private investors would be handing him money at will... They are not. Why do you think they are not?
Pretty simple as they don't invest in companies they don't think can turn a profit with their money...
Musk is a huckster and he has a good scam going on right now