I think Tesla and Nikola are actually great examples of how "fake it till you make it" can go both ways. AFAIK Tesla was multiple times several months away fro

I think Tesla and Nikola are actually great examples of how "fake it till you make it" can go both ways. AFAIK Tesla was multiple times several months away from running out of money and some of the "fake" announcements (the new roadster) definitely helped Tesla bridge the gap to making it (likely also some of the crypto pump and dump). It's also important to remember that Tesla for a long time (still? ) didn't succeed as a car company but as an emissions certificate trade company (I still find the idea behind this completely ridiculous, should all companies that build things that don't emit get credits, e.g. bike companies? Why the company and not the consumer buying the product... A tax would have made so much more sense)