[kadenshep]

Seems like a really fragile attitude to take when you're the head of a company.

[SeanAppleby]

Public opinion is swayed by the large volume of articles like these, and public opinion is important when you're running a high end, large scale b2c enterprise while making an emotional appeal that buying your product is something they should feel good about for their contribution to pushing the world in a better direction.

[downrightmike]

That, or they will make their quotas this year and this is the best way to keep the money in tesla/musk's control.