

I think you kinda missed the point. To fire him would be admitting he isn’t anything special which also means neither is Tesla. Ford had $48BB in Q4 revenue and trades for around $10/share. Tesla had $25BB in Q4 revenue, yet trades for $240/share. Without Elon, Tesla is just another car company and would likely lose over $230/share. They can never fire Elon. They are paid in shares. The only thing they care about is that number and absolutely nothing else.
At first I dismissed this idea as bullshit, but at this point, wouldn’t it be so much fucking easier to just bring him back? There has to be some reason they aren’t, and I sure don’t believe the “they don’t want to set a precedent” line floating around.