CGX car nut:
SciFrog:

Maybe Musk is trying to increase the short sellers position for the mother of all short squeezes just before the convertibles reset early next year. That would be genius.

Just like his self-proclaimed “revolution in manufacturing.”   Perhaps he’ll sell to his cult following replicas of his impotent Flufferbot, this is the name of a robot that couldn’t handle its tasks on the Model 3 line.  That should fill the coffers. 

As genius as that might sound, it's rather improbable given that Elon Musk has pledged 13,774,897 of his Tesla shares (i.e. $3.8 billion at the current $276 share price) to secure certain personal indebtedness...

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Link: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459018009339/tsla-def14a_20180606.htm

...if or when the Tesla share price falls, Elon Musk is obliged to provide additional shares as collateral to secure his personal loans.

Maybe he was just a little bit annoyed at the personal margin calls? Smiley