Tesla and Musk are synonymous. Most Americans cannot name the chairperson of Waymo or Volkswagen or Uber. For better or worse, that means that if one of those people wears a dumb t-shirt or makes a controversially questionable arm motion (unless they do so in a very public setting with the entire world watching), we're unlikely to know or care.

Tesla employees are testing autonomous EVs in Austin and San Francisco ahead of a ride-hailing service rollout in Austin this summer.