I kinda put him in the same box as Steve Jobs. They are very crappy in some ways, but you cannot argue with what they have achieved.

Would we have a 'space race' like we have now, if it wasn't for Musk? Even Bezos cannot keep up.

How long would the EV 'evolution' have taken if Musk didn't make it a priority?

There are loads of faults here, and I am not blind to them. However, I think its short-sighted to paint his goals as "lies".

1. You don't have to believe him. 2. We still get some impossible results in the end which leads to a more interesting future.

If we have self-landing rockets you could argue all day about truth and integrity but we'll still have self-landing rockets.

Making impossible claims in investor calls, in corporate communications, to be clear, to the point where the company has later had to asterisk said claims as "visionary, not targets".