Everyone has to accept that Tesla is worth $150 billion precisely because Elon Musk doesn't behave like any other CEO in the business
Tesla's factory in California has been shut down since March.
, Musk lambasted shelter-in-place orders that, among other things, have idled Tesla's car factory in Fremont, California. That's a baffling situation to many industry observers, who habitually point out that the major automakers have been printing money, pre-pandemic, by selling as many profitable pickups and SUVs in a month as Tesla sells all-electric vehicles in a year. But there's a good reason why Tesla is worth so much.
It is worth pointing out that pandemic shelter-in-place restrictions have completely stalled Tesla's progress toward a 500,000-car year in 2020, so Musk's comments can't be placed in a context that's either purely virtuous and in-it-for-humanity or in the swashbuckling, uncensored tradition of less tightly leashed business leaders in the Era Before Twitter.
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