Has dabbling in politics ever proved so costly? Between its peak last December and its dismal first-quarter sales and earnings report last week, Tesla lost roughly $800bn in market value. That knocked a cool $100bn or so off the wealth of its co-founder and CEO, Elon Musk. The shares have since bounced a little, in part as investors have cheered Musk’s promise to step back from wielding a chainsaw in US government departments as head of Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, and spend more time running the electric vehicle maker. But repairing the damage to Tesla will require more than just a slightly less distracted boss.
涉足政治有過如此慘重的代價嗎？從去年12月的巔峰到上周報告悲催的第一季度銷售和盈利，特斯拉(Tesla)的市值蒸發約8000億美元。這使其聯合創始人和首席執行官埃隆?馬斯克(Elon Musk)的財富縮水約1000億美元。此后，特斯拉股價已略有反彈，部分原因是投資者歡迎馬斯克的最新承諾：縮減他作為唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)所謂的政府效率部(DOGE)負責人、對美國政府部門“揮舞電鋸”的職責，而是要將更多時間投入經營這家電動汽車制造商。但是，要修復特斯拉受到的損害，僅僅讓老板少分一些心還不夠。