Elon Musk personally cancels blogger's Tesla order after 'rude' post
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#12R39)
A Californian venture capitalist had his Tesla Motors Model X order cancelled after he wrote about a badly run launch event
Unimaginable wealth has brought Elon Musk a lot of benefits, from being able to build a private spaceflight company to planning a magnet-powered vacuum tube supersonic transport system between LA and San Francisco - and be taken seriously. But perhaps the best perk of being Elon Musk is the ability to be unbelievably petty.
The Californian venture capitalist Stewart Alsop learned that to his cost, he says, after he wrote an open letter to Musk about the badly run launch event for the Tesla Motors Model X (the newest car from Musk's electric vehicle startup).
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