Tesla, to give them credit, actually produces electric cars people want to drive (unlike the California-compliance specials the other carmakers build). EVs (with the notable exception of the EV1) that have been available to the general public have tended toward the advanced golf cart end of the spectrum, mainly for cost (the all lose money per unit, so lose as little as possible) and range (lots of vroom uses lots of power from the battery - the EV1 could beat a 'Vette across any intersection, maybe twice on a charge). Many are fine as urban runabouts, but that's a very limited market for something that costs as much as a loaded family car. Tesla changed that, and still is the only carmaker (other than GM, with the Bolt) to make EVs for general sale that have both good performance and good range. Several competitors at high prices ($60K+) are appearing, but nobody other than GM is actually competitive in terms of performance and range at a given price level. So losing Tesla due to a PR-hungry CEO who got too far off the plot will not be a good thing.

As for logistics hell (a recent Musk tweetstorm connected, in part, to the UP issue that started this thread), that's fixable if reasonable humans can work on it (and the shipping bills get paid). As for the management team bailing out, that has a significant smell of rats and sinking ships. Sad.