As someone that owns a Tesla car, but not Tesla shares, they are a car company. They sold me a car. That is why we are here, not as a question of what is best for shareholders (although this looks pretty shortsighted there as well, given that if Tesla stops selling cars because demand craters, they go bankrupt in just a few months, which is the whole reason Tesla is cutting costs right now).
And for now, Tesla is a car company. They can WANT to be a tech company, but they sell one thing today. Cars. They need to pivot to be a "tech" company (whatever that means), and they have yet to succeed at that. When 95% of your revenue comes from selling one thing, that is what you are. Call me when Tesla is making even 25% of revenue from something that isn't tied to a physical vehicle they make in one of their factories.