It doesn't matter what Musk really meant with this salute. Robotaxis are exclusively a product for large urban areas, and that population largely didn't like it at all.

Tesla investors want answers, and they want them now. The company’s fourth-quarter earnings report just dropped today, but shareholders are more focused on the man in charge: Elon Musk. This is quite uncharacteristic of them,

Musk's response to the accusations has included the complaint that the "legacy media" is trying to cancel him.