I am a fan of innovation ( i own an electric car myself)
Though his company is bit all over the place.

-Buying a company (Solar City) which was heading towards Chapter 7 because of huge debt...and assuming its debt...made no sense to me.
-His niche was how exclusive his technology was....shows how far that idea is falling if he's hawking his solar goods at Home Depot (makes perfect sense but get my point)
-Flamethrowers? Seriously what is he thinking?

Personally i think he's Steve Jobs 2.0....a flawed genius who eventually will get pushed out of his own company based on his whim purchases.
Here's an excellent article about him

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/elon-musk-inventors-plans-for-outer-space-cars-finding-love-w511747

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