There’s no such thing as bad publicity; if there was, Tesla’s owner wouldn’t have been able to throw up two nazi salutes at the inauguration and then be given access to all of the American people’s personal data.

Look at Tesla stock it’s literally dropped >20% since he did that. You’re literally giving an example of how it does. “No such thing as bad publicity” is not a real thing. The Hindenburg didn’t help the zeppelin industry.

It does hurt Tesla. People don’t want to buy a car likely to get vandalized. One incident won’t make a noticeable difference, but if people think it’s okay to vandalize them it absolutely would hurt sales regardless of your opinion of the morality of it

Hey! They’re not just there for a pay check! It’s also the legal insider trading and other benefits