In one day, Tesla lost 10.3 percent in market value - $ 15 billion, equivalent to just over SEK 150 billion. It reports among other things Denmark's Radio and the Wall Street Journal. The loss happened after the company's CEO, Elon Musk, went out on twitter with the statement:
"The price of Tesla's shares is too high".
In an email to the Wall Street Journal, the CEO answers "no" to the question of whether someone hacked him or if the tweet was false.
"Can someone take his phone"
In addition to the tweets about the shares, several other posts have elicited reactions among the followers. Among other things, Musk writes that he intends to sell all his physical property and not own any house.
He also writes that his girlfriend is angry with him - and that they are expecting children on Monday.
"Can anyone take his phone away from him?", A follower answers.
A fine of 200 million
This is not the first time Musk's twitter account is causing problems for his company. In 2018, he was sued by the US Treasury SEC, resulting in a $ 200 million fine for price manipulation.
At the time, Elon Musk wrote that he was considering making Tesla private at $ 420 per share and that financing was secured, which caused the market capitalization to rise by 11 percent.
The CEO then resigned and there was, according to the SEC, no funding to implement the plan.
"I have always acted truthfully and transparently, with the best of investors in focus," Musk said in a statement.