Tesla shareholders have flooded the company’s Q2 2026 earnings Q&A portal with questions, and the most-upvoted ones tell a bleak story: retail investors are now demanding that Elon Musk explain why the company keeps missing its own short-term goals.

The tone has shifted from asking about Tesla’s grand vision to asking why almost none of it is showing up on schedule — on robotaxi, “Full Self-Driving,” and Optimus.

Tuesday’s stock-market slide was what one Wall Street strategist called a “chip-wreck.” The semiconductor companies that have led this year’s stock-market advance with triple-digit percentage gains were suddenly hit with a wave of doubts about the sustainability of the AI-driven rally. Daniel Ives, Global Head of Technology as Wedbush Securities, discusses the broader tech landscape as investors remain jittery on high-flying tech stocks. (Source: Bloomberg)

Elon Musk has exercised the entirety of his 2018 Tesla (TSLA) CEO pay package, acquiring 303,960,630 shares for a paper gain of about $116 billion, according to a new SEC filing.

But he didn’t sell a single share to do it — and the stock he received is locked up until 2028.