“The easiest thing to say is, don’t antagonize your core customers,” Yale economist and study author Kenneth Gillingham said.

Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm said Elon Musk is key to the future of the EV maker as it focuses more on Full Self Driving and Optimus.

Musk previously said he doesn’t want to “build a robot army here and then [be] ousted because of some asinine recommendations from ISS and Glass Lewis.”