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No, Warren Buffett didn’t buy Tesla for $1 trillion

  • GoBankingRates published a satirical article on April 1, 2025, stating Warren Buffett bought Tesla for $1 trillion.
  • The article was an April Fools' Day prank, despite billionaire CEO Warren Buffett's lack of interest in tech companies.
  • The satirical piece claimed Elon Musk would become chief meme officer and Buffett made unusual claims on a conference call.
  • The article mentioned Buffett supposedly said he drives a Cybertruck at night and investors were told about tech companies.
  • The prank quickly spread online, becoming a trending Google search, but was fictional and later addressed by news outlets.
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No, Warren Buffett didn’t buy Tesla for $1 trillion

An online outlet played an April Fools' joke on its readers, claiming Tesla had been sold.

·Denver, United States
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KGW 8 broke the news in Portland, United States on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
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