‘Engineering reality’ bites into Musk’s autonomous promise

Corporate earnings calls and meetings with investors represent opportunities for a company to convey updates on its progress. Comments made during these events can either attract or dissuade investments and shape the strategies of other players. So what happens when a chief executive makes untrue assertions during them? Last year, it cost Trevor Milton his job and Nikola Motor a major piece of its GM collaboration. For Tesla and Elon Musk, it may simply prove par for the course.