{"id":249386,"date":"2024-04-23T13:21:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/to-elon-or-not-to-elon-the-question-heats-up\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:21:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:21:37","slug":"to-elon-or-not-to-elon-the-question-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/to-elon-or-not-to-elon-the-question-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"To Elon Or Not To Elon? The Question Heats Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>This question may be more heated, more debated, and more relevant than I\u2019ve ever seen it: Should Elon Musk remain the CEO of Tesla? This question has been raised for years by some, mostly people who have never liked him and have generally predicted he\u2019d fail. In my opinion, looking back at what Tesla has achieved, I think there\u2019s no way to say he failed. Tesla hit its semi-insane growth goals and became probably larger than Elon Musk and JB Straubel initially dreamed. The Tesla Model 3 was a massive success, and the Tesla Model Y was an even bigger success.<\/p>\n<p>That was the past, though. These days, there are many people who bet on Elon in the past, who loved him in the past, and who sunk a lot of their money into Tesla who are now saying it\u2019s time for him to move on.<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2024\/04\/23\/to-elon-or-not-to-elon-the-question-heats-up\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! 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