He has also repeatedly called out EVS as being unreliable and "not going very far." Before he became buddies with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, he ridiculed him and his businesses. Related: Costco has a massive labor problem nobody is talking about When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects,

Following his departure from a White House advisory role, Elon Musk has floated plans to start a new political party to disrupt the Republican-Democrat divide.

After a political detour that angered customers and tanked profits, the billionaire CEO returns to a Tesla in crisis.