Elon Musk rejected the idea of Tesla getting a new public relations department, and his reasoning behind that decision is quite revealing: He doesn't believe in "manipulating public opinion.".
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For years, Tesla has received more press coverage than any other automaker, but it has always had a very small public relations (PR) department compared to even smaller automakers.
Only a few people handled the hundreds of questions from journalists every day. This made sense in the 2010s when the company began as a start-up, but since then Tesla has evolved into a major automaker and the most valuable car company in the world as of 2020.
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A natural progression would have been to create a larger public relations department, but Tesla did the exact opposite. The automaker stopped answering press questions in 2020, and it was later revealed that CEO Elon Musk had disbanded Tesla.
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Now, a year later, Musk has commented on his move.
Every time Musk complains about the media coverage of Tesla, users comment on him telling him to re-hire a PR team. This time, a large group of users made the same comment, and Musk responded to one of them:
From what we understand, Tesla is not going to acquire a new public relations department, since Musk has a specific reason for disbanding the previous one.
Source of information: electrek.co
