>I know in Microsoft it would be relatively easy to push destructive code changes.
So why did it never happen? Or if it did, why did Bill Gates not leak an email saying they found the culprit, and that they believe he was hired by those unscrupulous companies, Lotus or Oracle?
>There's $10B in TSLA short positions, when the numbers get this big its not unthinkable.
Once again, much of the short interest is not naked shorting, but is in fact people and institutions hedging their long bet on a stock that is very volatile.
>Everyone's reaction to this seems to be "He is crazy / paranoid".
He also investigated "sabotage" when a SpaceX rocket exploded in 2016.
>or a competing manufacturer, or an oil / gas company finally picking things up after a terrible oil price collapse
This is borderline ridiculous. Are you really convinced that Tesla is on the verge of upending the entire energy world? That any minute now they are going to put Big Oil out of business? Companies like Exxon and BP are doing far more R&D into renewables than Tesla is. They aren't even thinking about Tesla. Other auto manufacturers are spending more on R&D and working hard to get cars out. They are behind, but they are succeeding.
Outside of the coastal elites or tech junkies, Tesla is practically unknown and is a rounding error to competitors. The data shows they aren't "growing like gangbusters". Model S/X are stagnating, SolarCity is installing far less per quarter (and essentially laid everyone off recently). Read the financials.
There are tons of competitors in both renewables and cars, but they all decided to pick on Tesla, did they?
>but when you're working at this level as CEO I feel like you have to at least consider the possibility.
So you say it in an email and leak it to the press before any investigation is done?
I called this a long time ago, on these forums: if/when Tesla blows up, everyone is going to point to some conspiracy, rather than lack of execution. Silicon Valley has completely lost touch with reality.
So why did it never happen? Or if it did, why did Bill Gates not leak an email saying they found the culprit, and that they believe he was hired by those unscrupulous companies, Lotus or Oracle?