“It seems to me that the company should be on autopilot already.”

Looking at the macro environment Tesla is swimming against the current. They better hope Govt doesn’t cut the cord in form of ZEV credits.

“His ludicrously pun-filled comment wasn’t actually a jab at their sales :)“

He is excused as everyone needs an Outlet.

“and (at least in recent decades) peaceful place”

Case can be made this was the main argument when deciding to form EU.

“Also, a star to anyone who can tell me what Venezuelans used for light before they used candles.”

This is a trick question. They didn’t!