[kylecordes]

This is clever, but it is unlikely his motivation is to microscopically increase demand for Teslas by having Tesla's white-collar workforce commute more.

It is much more likely that he earnestly believes that the trade-offs for Tesla organization favor a fully on-site office workforce, knowing that will drive away some excellent team members.

(It's hard to argue with Tesla's success; but it seems to me the future more broadly is away from on-site office workforces... even and especially at companies doing well.)

[PestoDiRucola]

Of course he does not believe that making Tesla workers work in-office will increase demand for Tesla, but Elon Musk dunking on remote work is bound to have some effect on other tech CEOs which might create a ripple effect and cause even more people to start commuting again.