Whatever Musk has up his sleeve, it is clear the live TV audience will be lapping up every word. While his firm is a pioneer in EVs, a key edge that it has against rival start-ups as well as legacy automakers like General Motors are its batteries.
On the evening of Saturday May 8, the CEO of electric vehicle (EV) pioneer Tesla Elon Musk will host one of America’s most popular TV shows — Saturday Night Live. The award-winning programme that has broadcast live from New York since October 1975 welcomes guest hosts, mostly entertainers. Only once in late 2015, did a businessman, New York developer and presidential candidate Donald Trump host the show.
In the lead up to that appearance, America has been abuzz with what Musk, a controversial billionaire, will use the platform for. Will he tout Dogecoin — a joke that has become the number three cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin and Ether? Will he smoke weed as he did during a live radio interview two years ago?
