Four weeks ago he posted his concerns that Tesla remained silent after CEO Elon Musk used Nazi mass murderers as a prop in a joke to make light of his critics. Jared Ottmann accidentally cut short his nearly seven-year career at Tesla by exercising his free speech on social media.

Elon Musk's father slammed claims that his son performed a "Nazi salute" after Donald Trump's inauguration at the celebratory rally in the Capital One Arena, instead claiming it was a gesture to show

Footage captured the anti-Tesla campaign, which saw an advert removed at a bus shelter and replaced with an edited image of the billionaire.

Errol Musk called his son a 'terrible' public speaker after he struggled to speak coherently in front of a large crowd – but he rejected the claims that Elon made a 'Nazi Salute' at a political rally