Elon Musk is an atypical and somewhat impatient entrepreneur, and those close to him claim that he quickly loses interest in his existing projects and initiatives to take on new ones, in a relentless race that opens up new horizons, projects and business, personal and political challenges. In fact, Tesla seemed to be the apple of the South African entrepreneur's eye between 2017 and 2020, until his business priorities became the space company Space X and the social network Twitter, which he renamed X. It's no secret that over the past few months – largely explains the 43% drop in Tesla's stock market value during the last two months of trading. But there are more reasons behind this crisis.

Friends help each other. Tesla owner Elon Musk may have been grateful when Donald Trump said he would buy one of his electric vehicles on March 11. However, it was the least the president could do for his scourge-in-chief against bureaucracy. The day before, Trump had helped cause Tesla's stock price to drop more than 15% amid a broader sell-off triggered by his trade policies and his warning that the US economy was facing a "transition period." The Trumpian endorsement The subsequent fall was not enough to stem the decline in car sales and Tesla's stock price.