My takeaway building on yours is that Tesla could survive but Elon Musk would be booted out in a recession.
Lets not forget that Tesla has impressive IPs wanted by generally most car companies and very well-trained staff, factories and huge customer demand (over-subscribing their orders) so if Tesla was to be sold for cheap in a recessionary period, any car company would raise money to buy Tesla.
Lets not forget that Tesla has impressive IPs wanted by generally most car companies and very well-trained staff, factories and huge customer demand (over-subscribing their orders) so if Tesla was to be sold for cheap in a recessionary period, any car company would raise money to buy Tesla.