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Tesla is awarding CEO Elon Musk 96 million shares of restricted stock valued at approximately $29 billion, just six months after a judge ordered the company to revoke his massive pay package.

The electric vehicle maker said in a regulatory filing on Monday that Musk must first pay Tesla $23.34 per share of restricted stock that vests, which is equal to the exercise price per share of the 2018 pay package that was awarded to the company's CEO.

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[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

They’ve sealed their fate. They could have pivoted, given musk the ax and said he doesn’t align with their core values, saved some face and maybe regained trust of their core demographic. Doubling down on someone who pissed off nearly everyone who cared about buying their cars is fucking idiotic.

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Maybe they're afraid of the dirt that he has on the company. He could potentially do more damage than it costs to keep him such as revealing that tests were faked or the Cyber truck was a friend of Epstein's

[–] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Every now and again I'll browse through some used Teslas, and occasionally see one that looks like a great deal.

Even justifying it by saying "Buying a used Tesla, no money goes to Elon", I just can't bring myself to seriously consider owning one. It just feels icky, and I don't want to even be remotely associated.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago

He still makes money off the monthly subscription fees, especially from the idiots stupid enough to pay for FSD

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Be careful. You may suddenly need to drop 20k+ on a failing battery if you buy them used.

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah this is a huge reason I haven’t considered buying an electric car; I want to keep it for over ten years, but don’t want to deal with that huge expense.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Agreed, I've been waiting for the next leap in battery technology. Ideally solid state batteries.

I'll run my car into the ground while I wait.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Could they, though? It’s another cult, and if Glorious Leader leaves, so do the simps and therefore the profits.

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

There are definitely a lot of culty fanboys out there, but I doubt they account for anywhere near the majority of Tesla customers. They’re going to see a huge sales dip this year as a result of musk’s political fuckery. Hopefully people don’t forget who he is and that sales dip continues until they go out of business. Stupid decisions should be punished.