Tesla’s No Good, Very Bad Year

Tesla’s No Good, Very Bad Year

Elon Musk was promising an “epic” Q4 at Tesla last year. But 2022 ended closer to what might be considered an “epic fail,” with the stock price down 65 percent. In an uncertain economic environment like this one, how much blame goes to Musk for unloading $40 billion worth of stock and focusing on his shiny new social media network? Or are these just growing pains that every company goes through as they mature?


Guest: Dana Hull, automotive and technology reporter for Bloomberg News in San Francisco


Host: Lizzie O’Leary


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