Musk promises manufacturing, self-driving, battery breakthroughs--and profits – Ars Technica

On Tuesday, Tesla held its annual shareholder meeting. As expected, none of the controversial shareholder votes passed--there will be no independent CEO replacing Musk, and his brother and the other two candidates were reelected to the board with no drama or fireworks. Even Tesla's chief counsel Todd Maron referred to the opening agenda items as "the boring bits." Things got more interesting once Musk took to the stage for a Q&A session, answering queries submitted in advance via Twitter and then from the audience. It was an odd performance, often feeling more like a Netflix comedy special than a shareholder meeting.