This subject comes up frequently on HN, but Tesla does not need to maximize their profits to ensure shareholder fiduciary requirements are met. I invest because it’s a cause that matters to me.
Employee compensation is valuable consideration of course. I prefer to not enable short sellers from profiting off of Tesla’s challenges, if that wasn’t clear.
Sidenote: Tesla employees with stock comp are going to do very well when a short squeeze drives the stock price up. And they deserve that comp.