>false advertising

I think you mean "securities fraud", at gargantuan scale at that. Theranos and Nikola were nowhere near that scale.

It is strange how Elon and Tesla get a pass on this. Tesla has contributed to the death of more people than Thernos. I guess he didn't rip off rich investors, except maybe the ones who died in their Teslas.

Perhaps it's that cars are more sacred than healthcare.