Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.

The confusing hours after the Tesla vehicle was apparently used as a makeshift bomb would be any brand’s reputational nightmare.

Elon Musk defended the Tesla Cybertruck after it was used in a possible terrorist attack in Las Vegas, stating that the vehicle contained the explosion and directed it upwards, and that it saved lives by containing the blast.

The explosion outside a Trump hotel highlights the wealth of information Musk’s company collects on its drivers -- and his selectivity in sharing it.