Some investors are hoping that the electric car company will act like a mature company as it bounces back from controversy.
The EV pioneer used to be in the "production hell" that kept it scrambling to meet demand. A worrying sign of over-building is when a company offers huge discounts on its most popular cars in the US and China.
Musk has courted controversy at the micro-blogging site, and investors are tired of the effect that could have on the company's value.
Dan Ives wrote recently that the Cinderella ride is over for the company. "Musk now needs to navigate the company through this Category 5 dark macro storm instead of focusing on his new golden child Twitter, which remains a distraction and overhang for theTesla story/ stock in our opinion."
Musk said he can't think of anything he could have done to help the company in the last two months of the year.
There are reasons to worry for investors. Much of the slide in the shares of the company happened after Musk took over the social networking site. The electric car company reached a $1 trillion market cap in October of 2021.
In China, where the world's largest auto market is located, the price of the Model 3 and Model Y was slashed. In the US, there is an end-of-year cash-back deal for the popular models. According to investors, there will be more price cuts this year.
Musk has spent much of the year selling off shares of the company in order to help fund his purchase of the social networking site. In a conversation with investors at the end of last year, Musk promised to stop selling shares of the company.
One participant in the Spaces conversation raised concerns about Musk's political views and the decision to allow some previously banned far-right voices to return to the site.
Musk said he wouldn't suppress his views just to boost the stock price.
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