Out of my depth for the specifics with this comment, but here goes anyway...
Tesla doesn’t need Wall Street anymore. They can self fund their mission going forward and adjust the growth speed as necessary. So, they technically don’t care what games the MM/shortz play. Almost. Tesla does offer their workers stock options. Tesla wants the workers happy with options to avoid the constant clawing of the unions from making any inroads. As long as the stock does well over a certain period of time, the workers are happy and the union is likely avoided. So while Tesla financially doesn’t need Wall Street, they need Wall Street to fairly value the stock- they are creating huge stockholder value. What’s “fair” though? What P/E is justified these days? If Tesla continues to be the juggernaut that it is, as long as the employees can weather any manipulation that Wall Street cooks up, and still be positive about their compensation, Tesla doesn’t need Wall Street.
I guess my point is that the employee options still ties Tesla to Wall Street a bit. Without that piece, they could totally not give a F.
This is true, Tesla is printing money now at an accelerating pace quarter to quarter.
It's hard to believe that just a couple of years ago I was still worried about whether or not Tesla would survive. I don't worry about that anymore.