Dear Tesla board members,
Many shareholders in the retail community are concerned by Elon's abrupt radio silence on robotaxi that seems to have occured post-compensation package and pre-merger rumors.
I trust Elon's character demonstrated through his many hard-fought battles and am a huge admirer of Elon. Many of us still believe there is no one better to lead the company than Elon.
But one can't help but see the incentives on the gameboard and the timing of the abrupt PR strategy shift, and be concerned. As Elon often rightly says, "incentives drive outcomes,"
We see a shift, going from announcements of "1500 robotaxis in just 2 months" 1 week prior to the compensation package vote on The All-In Podcast (now 8 months ago), to the radio silence we see today while merger rumors swirl in every corner of media - a merger that at this time would likely give Elon controlling share of TSLA/SPCX.
I hope that I, like many others, am very wrong in my concerns about this. But it would assuage many fears if someone can please address this concern. On the eve of a rumored merger, we and the public are now more in the dark about Tesla's prospects than ever.
We believe in the strategic combination of the companies in due time; but are worried about the timing of a merger if it were to be announced "soon".
While Tesla is on the verge of transforming its core business from a low margin one-time sale business model to a high-margin recurring revenue model in Roboatxi, only 5% of SPCX shares are currently available for sale, preventing true price discovery at the time of its high point of publicity and public praise.
We therefore find ourselves in a very uncomfortable position on the eve of robotaxi and the dawn of optimus.
Please advise
@jgebbia @robyndenholm @Tesla @elonmusk
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The 2025 robotaxi roadshow by Elon was pretty nasty tbh. Believe it or not, I’m a big Elon fan.
I also can’t ignore he said “half the country by 2025 year end” and “1000 RT’s in Bay Area, 500 in Austin in 2 months” on All-In conspicuously ~7 days before his comp package vote in November. This, like other forward looking ramps have been memory holed, never to be addressed again.
Since then, there’s been radio silence now that there’s a rumored merger for Elon to take controlling share of TSLA.
I will eat my words and apologize and praise Elon if there is not a merger immediately and he allows RT to ramp. Until then, I can’t sleep and will continue to voice what I see playing out on the game board.