In April Fools' tweets, Musk jokes of a Tesla bankruptcy

"Despite intense efforts to raise money, including a last-ditch mass sale of Easter Eggs, we are sad to report that Tesla has gone completely and totally bankrupt," Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted in an April Fools' Day tweet on Sunday. (REUTERS)

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Craig Trudell

April 01, 2018 05:00 AM

After the worst month for Tesla Inc. shares in more than seven years, punctuated by company blog posts about the death of a Model X driver, Elon Musk is joking about his electric-car maker going bankrupt.

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